'Sentient' definitions:
Definition of 'sentient'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: sentient, animate] [ant: insensate, insentient]
adjective
Consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
Definition of 'Sentient'
From: GCIDE
- Sentient \Sen"ti*ent\, n. One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sentient'
From: GCIDE
- Sentient \Sen"ti*ent\, a. [L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of sentire to discern or perceive by the senses. See Sense.] Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sentient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alive,
- alive to,
- au courant,
- awake,
- aware,
- cognizant,
- conscious,
- conversant,
- emotionable,
- feeling,
- impressible,
- impressionable,
- impressive,
- knowing,
- open,
- perceptive,
- reactive,
- receptive,
- responsive,
- sensible,
- sensile,
- sensitive,
- sensitive to,
- susceptible,
- susceptive,
- witting