Synonyms for feel
verb
To examine by touch
touch, handle, finger, explore, stroke, palm, caress, manipulate, press, squeeze, fondle, tickle, paw, feel for, fumble, grope, grasp, grapple, grip, clutch, clasp, run the fingers over, brush, pinch, poke, probe, prod, palpate, twiddle, contact, fiddle with*.
To experience
sense, perceive, apprehend, be aware of, be conscious of, observe, be moved by, respond, be sensible of, welcome, know, intuit, be affected by, be sensitive to, have the experience of, undergo, go through, taste, take to heart.
Antonyms ignore*, be insensitive to, be unaware of.
To believe
consider, hold, sense, think; see assume 1, believe 1.
To give an impression through touch
appear, exhibit, suggest; see seem.
See feel in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To be physically aware of through the senses:
experience, have. See knowledgeTo bring the hands or fingers, for example, into contact with so as to give or receive a physical sensation:
finger, handle, palpate, touch. See touchTo reach about or search blindly or uncertainly:
fumble, grabble, grope, poke. See seek, touchTo participate in or partake of personally:
experience, go through, have, know, meet1 (with), see, suffer, taste (of), undergo. (Archaic) prove. Idiom: run up against. See participateTo be intuitively aware of:
apprehend, intuit, perceive, sense. Idioms: feel in one's bones, get vibrations. See knowledgeTo undergo an emotional reaction:
experience, have, know, savor, taste. See feelingsTo experience or express compassion:
ache, commiserate, compassionate, pity, sympathize, yearn. Idioms: be sorry, have (or take) pity. See pityTo view in a certain way:
believe, hold, sense, think. See opinion
phrasal verb feel outTo test the attitude of:
probe, sound3 (out). Idioms: put out feelers, send up a trial balloon. See investigate
noun
A particular sensation conveyed by means of physical contact:
feeling, touch. See touchThe faculty or ability to perceive tactile stimulation:
feeling, tactility, touch. See touchA general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic:
air, ambiance, atmosphere, aura, feeling, mood, smell, tone. See beThe proper method for doing, using, or handling something:
knack, trick. (Informal) hang. See ability
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