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sense

n.

One of the powers of physical perception
kinesthesia, function, sensation; see hearing 3, sight 1, smell 3, taste 1, touch 1, 4.
Mental ability
intellect, understanding, reason, mind, spirit, soul, brains, judgment, wit, imagination, common sense, cleverness, reasoning, intellectual ability, mental capacity, knowledge; see also thought 1.
Antonyms dullness*, idiocy, feeble wit.
Reasonable and agreeable conduct
reasonableness, fairmindedness, discretion; see fairness.
Tact and understanding
insight, discernment, social sense; see feeling 4, judgment 1.

in a sense

in a way, to a degree, somewhat; see somehow.

make sense

be reasonable, be logical, look all right, add up*; see appear 1, seem.

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Another word for sense

noun

The capacity for or an act of responding to a stimulus:
feeling, sensation, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentiment. See awareness
The condition of being aware:
awareness, cognizance, consciousness, perception. See knowledge
The faculty of thinking, reasoning, and acquiring and applying knowledge:
brain (often used in plural), brainpower, intellect, intelligence, mentality, mind, understanding, wit. (Slang) smart (used in plural). See ability, thoughts
The ability to make sensible decisions:
common sense, judgment, wisdom. (Informal) gumption, horse sense. See ability
A healthy mental state.
Often used in plural: lucidity, lucidness, mind, reason, saneness, sanity, soundness, wit (used in plural). (Slang) marble (used in plural). See sane
What is sound or reasonable:
logic, rationale, rationality, rationalness, reason. Idiom: rhyme or reason. See reason
That which is signified by a word or expression:
acceptation, connotation, denotation, import, intent, meaning, message, purport, significance, significancy, signification, value. See meaning

verb

To be intuitively aware of:
apprehend, feel, intuit, perceive. Idioms: feel in one's bones, get vibrations. See knowledge
To view in a certain way:
believe, feel, hold, think. See opinion
To perceive and recognize the meaning of:
accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, take, take in, understand. (Informal) savvy. (Slang) dig. (Chiefly British) twig. (Scots) ken. Idioms: get (or have) a handle on, get the picture. See understand