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Adjective sensible has 7 senses
- reasonable, sensible - showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"
- sensible, sensitive - able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible p{ enveloping(a), shrouding(a), concealing,& (concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that is not solid; "the enveloping darkness"; "hills concealed by shrouding mists") }arts of the skin"
Antonyms: insensible, anesthetic, anaesthetic, anesthetized, anesthetised, anaesthetized, anaesthetised, asleep, benumbed, numb, sedated
- sensible, thoughtful - acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man"
Antonym: frivolous (indirect, via serious)
- judicious, sensible, wise - marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a sensible manager"; "a wise decision"
Antonym: imprudent (indirect, via prudent)
- sensible - readily perceived by the senses; "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor"
Antonyms: imperceptible, unperceivable (indirect, via perceptible)
- sensible - aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed; "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
Antonym: unaware (indirect, via aware)
- judicious, sensible - proceeding from good sense or judgment; "a sensible choice"
Antonyms: inadvisable, unadvisable (indirect, via advisable)
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