sensate
Able to perceive
Sensate means able to perceive through the senses, or relating to physical sensation rather than intellect or spirit.
A sensate being experiences the world through touch, sight, sound, smell, and taste.
The word emphasizes bodily awareness: sensate pleasure, sensate experience.
In philosophy and psychology, sensate often contrasts with rational or spiritual modes of knowing.
Perceiving through physical contact
- feelingSensed inner state
- tingleSlight stinging sensation
- warmthHeat you feel
- coldLow temperature state
pressure · pain · pleasure · numbness · texture · itch · soreness · discomfort
Mentally present and alert
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- perceptiveQuick to understand
- attentivePaying close notice
- mindfulConsciously attentive
observant · cognizant · awake · responsive · receptive · discerning · attuned · alive
touch
Perceiving through physical contact
cold · pressure · pain · pleasure · numbness · texture · itch · soreness · discomfort · shiver
conscious
Mentally present and alert
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- perceptiveQuick to understand
- attentivePaying close notice
mindful · observant · cognizant · awake · responsive · receptive · discerning · attuned · alive · wakeful
instinct
Innate behavioral tendency
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- hunchUnproven inner sense
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
insight · innate · subconscious · visceral · somatic · nonverbal · immediate · direct
emotion
Complex psychological state
sorrow · fear · anger · love · happiness · sadness · pleasure · displeasure · mood · feeling
sensateinsensate
Lacking sensation or consciousness
numb · anesthetized · insensible · unfeeling · deadened
sensateinsentient
Lacking consciousness or awareness
inanimate · insensate · lifeless · unconscious · inert
- burning sensationPainful heat-like feeling
- cramping sensationInvoluntary muscle tightening pain
- overnight sensationRapid rise to fame
- cooling sensationPerception of lowered temperature
- viral sensationRapidly spreading online content
- tingling sensationPrickling nerve awareness
sensation, sensational, insensate, sensations, sensationless