Associations to the word «Sentient»

Wiktionary

SENTIENT, adjective. Conscious or self-aware.
SENTIENT, adjective. Experiencing sensation, thinking, thought, or feeling.
SENTIENT, adjective. (chiefly in science fiction) Possessing human-like knowledge and intelligence.
SENTIENT, noun. Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
SENTIENT, noun. (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware being.

Dictionary definition

SENTIENT, adjective. Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence.
SENTIENT, adjective. Consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley