Associations to the word «Sensible»

Wiktionary

SENSIBLE, adjective. (now dated or formal) Perceptible by the senses.
SENSIBLE, adjective. Easily perceived; appreciable.
SENSIBLE, adjective. (archaic) Able to feel or perceive.
SENSIBLE, adjective. (archaic) Liable to external impression; easily affected; sensitive.
SENSIBLE, adjective. Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory.
SENSIBLE, adjective. (archaic) Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something.
SENSIBLE, adjective. Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason.
SENSIBLE, adjective. Characterized more by usefulness or practicality than by fashionableness, especially of clothing.
SENSIBLE, noun. (obsolete) Sensation; sensibility.
SENSIBLE, noun. (obsolete) That which impresses itself on the senses; anything perceptible.
SENSIBLE, noun. (obsolete) That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.

Dictionary definition

SENSIBLE, adjective. Showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person".
SENSIBLE, adjective. Able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin".
SENSIBLE, adjective. Readily perceived by the senses; "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor".
SENSIBLE, adjective. 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.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus