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Definition of sense : 1. A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs ( sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature.
2. Meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a remark.
3. Moral perception or appreciation.
4. One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point, line, or surface.
5. Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling.
6. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.
7. Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true, or reasonable; rational meaning.
8. That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion.
9. To perceive by the senses; to recognize.

Synonyms:

intellect, acute, discernment, sanity, champion, sense datum, discretion, thrust, sensation, usage, sight, somehow, practical, virtuoso, spirit, common sense, backfire, mind, wit, superstar, taste, whizz, smell out, disposition, soul, cleverness, skill, somewhat, cognizance, lucidness, intuition, judgment, signification, function, kinaesthetic, clear-headed, sensory faculty, substance, gift, perception, meaning, wisdom, ideal, guts, soundness, pragmatic, brainpower, good sense, motive, logic, denotation, keen, knowledge, ace, rational, logical, thought, connotation, signified, moxie, framework, sane, ability, concept, sensitiveness, smart, aesthesis, sand, grind, genius, mature, belief, maven, understanding, clarity, faith, sentiment, cut out, principle, excuse, awareness, sense experience, gumption, reek, significance, commitment, smack, grit, idiocy, cycle, reasoning, imagination, school of thought, hearing, ground, import, insight, talent, in justification of something, rationale, distinguish, approach, purport, reason, sense impression, adept, smell, competence, idle, rationality, pretext, to a degree, rationalness, cause, sentience, engagement, message, marble, nose out, palpate, value, hotshot, motivation, mother wit, instinct, assail, flood, saneness, significancy, vision, view, sniff out, theory, perspective, brilliance, intelligence, find, balanced, backbone, occasion, sensibility, idea, proficiency, scent out, lucidity, grounded, fire, philosophy, prowess, whiz, intent, mastery, subtext, sensitivity, dullness, feeling, assault, go, star, realistic, fairness, sentiency, mentality, aptitude, pragmatism, wiz, mavin, consciousness, mindset, horse sense, burn up, acceptation, sensible, brain, esthesis, point, wizard, viewpoint

grope, experience, respond, handle, probe, touch, finger, fumble, undergo

feel, detect, perceive

Usage examples:

• I'm trying to put sense into your head, that's all, and you'll thank me for it later on, too." - "From the Housetops", George Barr McCutcheon.
• I didn't think he had sense enough to ask a girl to dance. - "A Rock in the Baltic", Robert Barr.
• He had a pleasant sense that this was in his power. - "The New Rector", Stanley J. Weyman.