sensible
having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment: a sensible young woman.
cognizant; keenly aware (usually followed by of): sensible of his fault.
significant in quantity, magnitude, etc.; considerable; appreciable: a sensible reduction in price.
capable of being perceived by the senses; material: the sensible universe.
capable of feeling or perceiving, as organs or parts of the body.
perceptible to the mind.
conscious: The patient was speechless but still sensible.
Archaic. sensitive.
Origin of sensible
1synonym study For sensible
Other words for sensible
Opposites for sensible
Other words from sensible
- sen·si·ble·ness, noun
- sen·si·bly, adverb
- non·sen·si·ble, adjective
- non·sen·si·ble·ness, noun
- non·sen·si·bly, adverb
- o·ver·sen·si·ble, adjective
- o·ver·sen·si·ble·ness, noun
- o·ver·sen·si·bly, adverb
- un·sen·si·ble, adjective
- un·sen·si·ble·ness, noun
- un·sen·si·bly, adverb
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How to use sensible in a sentence
In the next decade or two, he says he’s sure that hyperloops will exist between city pairs that are sensible to connect.
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She has argued that wormholes need to be expressly forbidden if the integral is to give sensible results.
The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End | George Musser | October 29, 2020 | Quanta MagazineIt is sensible to be able to protect the franchise by being able to compensate our employees in line with our performance.
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Nothing will work sensibly, or fairly, until human responsibility is restored as the activating force for all public choices.
Finally we had about 10 or 12 guys in my room, we were talking sensibly.
Should the Clippers Just Quit? Lessons From 1965’s Football Strike Against Jim Crow | Evan Weiner | April 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen hardworking people with limited food have the chance, they sensibly sit or lie, which costs much less energy than standing.
Is Your Chair Killing You? The Consequences of Comfort | Daniel E. Lieberman | October 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Queen, sensibly, spends all her holidays at Balmoral or Sandringham, where she can truly be assured of total privacy.
Naturally, Central States sensibly and responsibly put that money into the market, where it promptly lost half its value.
But there is a newness in every thing here, a want of interest on account of what has been, that is most sensibly felt.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamHe himself is sensibly worse since he exerted himself to attend to this painful business.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamWhen Lucy Warrender first came into her eight hundred a year, Mr. Capt's income had very sensibly increased.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume III (of 3) | Charles James WillsLike ants they kept going continually backwards and forwards, till the heaps of goods sensibly diminished.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonIn a few days his countenance became sensibly older-looking, and his hair more grey.
Julian Home | Dean Frederic W. Farrar
British Dictionary definitions for sensible
/ (ˈsɛnsɪbəl) /
having or showing good sense or judgment: a sensible decision
(of clothing) serviceable; practical: sensible shoes
having the capacity for sensation; sensitive
capable of being apprehended by the senses
perceptible to the mind
(sometimes foll by of) having perception; aware: sensible of your kindness
readily perceived; considerable: a sensible difference
Also called: sensible note a less common term for leading note
Origin of sensible
1Derived forms of sensible
- sensibleness, noun
- sensibly, adverb
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