| Main Entry: | sensory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affecting animate nerve organs |
Synonyms: |
acoustic, afferent, audible, audiovisual, auditory, aural, auricular, clear, discernible, distinct, gustative, gustatory, hearable, lingual, neural, neurological, ocular, olfactive, olfactory, ophthalmic, optic, perceptible, phonic, plain, receptive, sensational, sensatory, sensible, sensual, sonic, tactile, visual |
| Main Entry: | sensitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impressionable |
Synonyms: |
acute, cognizant, conscious, delicate, easily affected, emotionable, emotional, feeling, fine, high-strung, hung up, hypersensitive, impressible, irritable, keen, knowing, nervous, oversensitive, perceiving, perceptive, precarious, precise, psychic, reactive, receptive, responsive, seeing, sensatory, sensile, sensorial, sensory, sentient, supersensitive, susceptible, tense, ticklish, touchy, touchy feely, tricky, tuned in, turned on to, umbrageous, understanding, unstable, wired |
| Notes: | sensible means showing reason or sound judgment; sensitive means responsive to physical stimuli or having the capacity or ability of perceiving with a sense or senses |
Antonyms: |
impassive, insensitive, thick-skinned, unsusceptible |
| Main Entry: | sensuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gratifying to senses |
Synonyms: |
carnal, epicurean, exciting, fleshly, fleshy, hedonistic, luscious, lush, luxurious, passionate, physical, pleasurable, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, primrose, rich, self-indulgent, sensory, sensual, sensualistic, sumptuous, sybaritic, voluptuous |
Antonyms: |
despicable, distasteful |
| Main Entry: | sensorial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sensational |
Synonyms: |
amazing, arresting, astounding, breathtaking, electrifying, emotional, piquant, sensitive, sensory, sensual, sensuous, stimulating, sultry |
| Main Entry: | susceptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sensitive |
Synonyms: |
acute, cognizant, conscious, delicate, easily affected, emotionable, emotional, feeling, fine, high-strung, hung up, hypersensitive, impressible, impressionable, irritable, keen, knowing, nervous, oversensitive, perceiving, perceptive, precarious, precise, psychic, reactive, receptive, responsive, seeing, sensatory, sensible, sensile, sensorial, sensory, sentient, supersensitive, susceptible, tense, ticklish, touchy, touchy feely, tricky, tuned in, turned on to, umbrageous, understanding, unstable, wired |