n. Function: noun
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Synonyms: MEANING 1, acceptation, import, intendment, message, purport, significance, significancy, signification, understanding
Related Words: gist, pith, substance; center, core, focus, nucleus
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Synonyms: SUBSTANCE 2, burden, core, gist, matter, meat, purport, short, thrust, upshot
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Synonyms: SENSATION 1, feeling, sensibility, sensitivity
Related Words: awareness, cognizance; discernment, discrimination, penetration; appreciation; recognition
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usually
senses plural
Synonyms: WIT 2, lucidity, ||marbles, mind, reason, saneness, sanity, soundness
Related Words: consciousness
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Synonyms: INTELLIGENCE 1, brain(s), brainpower, mentality, mother wit, wit
6 ability to make intelligent choices and to reach intelligent conclusions or decisions FF1C; had enough sense to study something practical FF1E;
Synonyms: common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, judgment, wisdom
Related Words: discretion, foresight, prudence; appreciation, comprehension, understanding; brains, intelligence, ||smarts, wit
Antonyms: folly