Synonyms for sentient
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : sen-shuh nt ‐shee-uh nt ‐tee-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛn ʃənt ‐ʃi ənt ‐ti ənt |
Top 10 synonyms for sentient
Définition of sentient
Origin :- 1630s, "capable of feeling," from Latin sentientem (nominative sentiens) "feeling," present participle of sentire "to feel" (see sense (n.)). Meaning "conscious" (of something) is from 1815.
- adj conscious
- It was sentient, it was alive and aware and waiting, and it was listening.
- Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse
- As usual he addressed the dog as though he were a sentient being.
- Extract from : « 'Smiles' » by Eliot H. Robinson
- It came to me just now like a sentient thing—like something human.
- Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
- Of all sentient creatures in that deluge he was suffering most.
- Extract from : « Bonaventure » by George Washington Cable
- What if some other awareness did inhabit the universe, sentient—and lonely?
- Extract from : « Eight Keys to Eden » by Mark Irvin Clifton
- The big fellow could stand what he must with set jaws when he was sentient.
- Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine
- Except as an idea in some sentient mind, it could not be said to exist at all.
- Extract from : « Life and Matter » by Oliver Lodge
- Until then he had been existent, sentient, but never until then alive.
- Extract from : « The Wind Bloweth » by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
- He was not probably a sentient being, certainly not a conversational one.
- Extract from : « Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, » by George Alfred Townsend
- Apprehending not how fare the sentient subjects of Its scheme.
- Extract from : « A Cluster of Grapes » by Various
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