sentience
4 synonyms and 1 antonym for sentience, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The ability to feel, sense or be conscious of things.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
sentiency
Antonyms
insentience
Etymology
Comes from sentient, from Latin sentiēns, the present participle of sentiō (“feel, sense”). Compare sentence, an equivalent formation from Classic Latin sententia (standing for *sentientia).
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