sentient in English dictionary

  • sentient

    Meanings and definitions of "sentient"

    • Conscious or aware.
    • Experiencing sensation or feeling.
    • (Primarily in Science Fiction) Possessing human-like intelligence.
    • Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
    • adjective
      Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
    • adjective
      Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
    • adjective
      (chiefly in science fiction)
      Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
    • noun
      Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
    • noun
      (chiefly science fiction)
      An intelligent, self-aware being.
    • adjective
      consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
    • adjective
      endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence

    Synonyms of "sentient" in English dictionary

    sensate, conscious, animate are the top synonyms of "sentient" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "sentient" in English dictionary

    insentient is the antonym of "sentient" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of sentient

    • sentient ( plural  sentients)
    • sentient ( comparative more sentient, superlative most sentient)
    • sentient (comparative more sentient, superlative most sentient)
    • sentient (plural sentients)
  • Sentient

Sample sentences with "sentient"

Available translations

Authors