I. noun
1.
Synonyms: meaning 1, acceptation, import, intendment, message, purport, significance, significancy, signification, understanding
Related Word: gist, pith, substance; center, core, focus, nucleus
2.
Synonyms: substance 2, burden, core, gist, matter, meat, purport, short, thrust, upshot
3.
Synonyms: sensation 1, feeling, sensibility, sensitivity
Related Word: awareness, cognizance; discernment, discrimination, penetration; appreciation; recognition
4.
usually senses plural
Synonyms: wit 2, lucidity, ||marbles, mind, reason, saneness, sanity, soundness
Related Word: consciousness
5.
Synonyms: intelligence 1, brain(s), brainpower, mentality, mother wit, wit
6.
ability to make intelligent choices and to reach intelligent conclusions or decisions
had enough sense to study something practical
Synonyms: common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, judgment, wisdom
Related Word: discretion, foresight, prudence; appreciation, comprehension, understanding; brains, intelligence, ||smarts, wit
Antonyms: folly
II. verb
Synonyms: feel 3, believe, consider, credit, deem, hold, think
Related Word: anticipate; know, realize