'Insentient' definitions:
Definition of 'insentient'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Insentient'
From: GCIDE
- Insentient \In*sen"ti*ent\, a. Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception; devoid of feeling, consciousness and animation; inanimate; as, insentient stone. Opposite of sentient. [WordNet sense 1+3]
- Syn: inanimate, insensate. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
- The . . . attributes of an insentient, inert substance. --Reid. [1913 Webster]
- But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, because it is insentient. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. incapable of sensation.
- Syn: insensate, insensible. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'insentient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiotic,
- asleep,
- azoic,
- benumbed,
- callous,
- dead,
- deadened,
- dull,
- dumb,
- exanimate,
- impassible,
- impassive,
- imperceptive,
- impercipient,
- inanimate,
- inanimated,
- inert,
- insensate,
- insensible,
- insensitive,
- lifeless,
- mute,
- nonconscious,
- nonliving,
- numb,
- numbed,
- obdurate,
- obtuse,
- senseless,
- soulless,
- thick-skinned,
- thick-witted,
- unanimated,
- unconscious,
- unfeeling,
- unfelt,
- unimpressible,
- unimpressionable,
- unperceptive,
- unresponsive,
- unsusceptible