Scrabble & Words with friends points
- senses is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- senses is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- senses is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7
Definition of senses
- the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted (noun)
Examples
- the dictionary gave several senses for the word
- in the best sense charity is really a duty
Synonyms
- signified
- perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles (verb)
Synonyms
- feel
- sound practical judgment (noun)
Examples
- Common sense is not so common
- he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples
- fortunately she had the good sense to run away
Synonyms
- common sense
- good sense
- gumption
- horse sense
- mother wit
- become aware of not through the senses but instinctively (verb)
Examples
- I sense his hostility
Synonyms
- smell
- smell out
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended (noun)
Examples
- in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
Synonyms
- sensation
- sensory faculty
- sentience
- sentiency
- a general conscious awareness (noun)
Examples
- a sense of security
- a sense of happiness
- a sense of danger
- a sense of self
- a natural appreciation or ability (noun)
Examples
- a keen musical sense
- a good sense of timing
- comprehend (verb)
Examples
- I sensed the real meaning of his letter
- detect some circumstance or entity automatically (verb)
Examples
- This robot can sense the presence of people in the room
- particle detectors sense ionization
See definition of senses in Merriam Webster