adjective
1.
Synonyms: aware , alive, au courant, awake, cognizant, conscious, conversant, knowing, sensible, witting
2.
Synonyms: emotional 1, emotionable, feeling, sensitive
3.
capable of receiving and of being readily affected by external stimuli
deeply disturbed in the most sentient reaches of her mind
Synonyms: impressible, impressionable, responsive, sensible, sensile, sensitive, susceptible, susceptive
Related Word: sensate; open, receptive, susceptive; reactive
Contrasted words: insensate; closed, unreceptive; unreactive