I. verb
1.
Synonyms: touch 1, finger, handle, palpate, paw
Related Word: manipulate, ply, wield; explore, sound; fumble, grope
2.
to have as an emotional response
felt pleasure in her company
Synonyms: experience, know, savor, taste
Related Word: apprehend; notice, observe, perceive; encounter, meet; endure, suffer, undergo
Idioms: be aware ( or conscious) of, be sensible of
Contrasted words: disregard, ignore
3.
to view as right or true
we feel that he should retire soon
Synonyms: believe, consider, credit, deem, hold, sense, think; compare consider 3
Related Word: assume, presume, suppose, suspect; conclude, deduce, gather, infer, judge; conjecture, guess, surmise; esteem; repute
Idioms: take (it) into one's head
Contrasted words: challenge, distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question
4.
Synonyms: grope , fumble, grabble
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: touch 3, tactility
2.
Synonyms: touch 4, feeling
3.
Synonyms: air 3, atmosphere, aura, feeling, mood, semblance
Contrasted words: basis, essence, reality