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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats