sensible
sensiblest; sensibler
Sensible means practical and reasonable. If you're wearing sensible shoes, they're sturdy, comfortable, good for walking, and your feet don't hurt. If you're a sensible person, you're level-headed and calm, and you make wise decisions.
Sensible may not sound exciting — who wants to be like a pair of galoshes, when you can be stilettos? But sensible is the voice of reason, and when you're tooling along in your convertible, you'll be grateful for the sensible 15-mile-per-hour speed limit posted at that sharp turn where the road drops off into the canyon. Sensible comes from the Latin sensibilis, meaning "perceptible by the senses," a meaning that eventually evolved into "having good sense, reasonable."
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able to feel or perceive“even amoeba are sensible creatures”“the more sensible parts of the skin”
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synonyms:
sensitive
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aware, cognisant, cognizant
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
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conscious
knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
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sensitive
responsive to physical stimuli
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Antonyms:
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insensible
incapable of physical sensation
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incognizant, unaware
(often followed by `of') not aware
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unconscious
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
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anaesthetic, anesthetic
characterized by insensibility
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asleep, benumbed, numb
lacking sensation
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insensitive
not responsive to physical stimuli
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insensitive
deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive
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aware, cognisant, cognizant
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readily perceived by the senses“the sensible universe”“a sensible odor”
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Synonyms:
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perceptible
capable of being perceived by the mind or senses
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perceptible
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showing reason or sound judgment“a sensible choice”“a sensible person”
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synonyms:
reasonable
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fair, just
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
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logical
capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning
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rational
consistent with or based on or using reason
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commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical
exhibiting native good judgment
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healthy, intelligent, level-headed, levelheaded, sound
exercising or showing good judgment
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tenable, well-founded
based on sound reasoning or evidence
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valid
well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
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Antonyms:
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unreasonable
not reasonable; not showing good judgment
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illogical, unlogical
lacking in correct logical relation
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immoderate
beyond reasonable limits
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irrational
not consistent with or using reason
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counterintuitive
contrary to what common sense would suggest
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indefensible, untenable
(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
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mindless, reasonless, senseless
not marked by the use of reason
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undue, unjustified, unwarranted
lacking justification or authorization
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fair, just
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aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed“made sensible of his mistakes”“"I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling"- Henry Hallam”“" sensible that a good deal more is still to be done"- Edmund Burke”
Vocabulary lists containing sensible
When twelve-year-old Sophie Brown moves from a California city to a farm her dad has inherited, she is determined to learn how to raise the chickens she finds.
In this play, Oscar Wilde explores the relationship between a husband and wife who each have reason to suspect the other of being unfaithful.
This list covers Rosa Parks: My Story, "The Story Behind the Bus," "Rosa," and Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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