Definition of SENTIENT

sentient

Meanings

Plural: sentients

Adjective

  • endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; - T.E.Lawrence
    • "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"

Adjective Satellite

  • consciously perceiving; ; - W.A.White
    • "sentient of the intolerable load"
    • "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"

Adj

  • Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
  • Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
  • Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.

Noun

  • Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
  • An intelligent, self-aware being.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.

Scrabble Score: 8

sentient is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 10

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