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| 1. | [ adjective ] showing reason or sound judgment | |
| Synonyms: | reasonable | |
| Examples: | "a sensible choice" "a sensible person" |
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| Related terms: | unreasonable healthy commonsense tenable tenable logical fair logical valid rational reasonableness | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed | |
| Examples: | "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 |
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| Related terms: | aware | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters | |
| Synonyms: | wise judicious | |
| Examples: | "judicious use of one's money" "a sensible manager" "a wise decision" |
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| Related terms: | prudent | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] readily perceived by the senses | |
| Examples: | "the sensible universe" "a sensible odor" |
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| Related terms: | perceptible | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] able to feel or perceive | |
| Synonyms: | sensitive | |
| Examples: | "even amoeba are sensible creatures" "the more sensible parts of the skin" |
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| Related terms: | insensible aware sensitive conscious | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] acting with or showing thought and good sense | |
| Synonyms: | thoughtful | |
| Examples: | "a sensible young man" |
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| Related terms: | serious | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] proceeding from good sense or judgment | |
| Synonyms: | judicious | |
| Examples: | "a sensible choice" |
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| Related terms: | advisable | |
| Similar spelling: |
sensibly sensibilize sensibilise sensify sensibility |
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