SENSIBILITY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SENSIBILITY?

Need another word that means the same as “sensibility”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “sensibility” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Sensibility” are: sensitiveness, sensitivity, aesthesia, esthesia, finer feelings, delicacy, subtlety, taste, discrimination, discernment, feelings, emotions, sensitivities, susceptibilities, moral sense, sense of outrage

Sensibility as a Noun

Definitions of "Sensibility" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sensibility” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Sensitivity to sensory stimuli.
• (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation.
• A quality of delicate sensitivity that makes one liable to be offended or shocked.
• Responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation.
• Refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions.
• Mental responsiveness and awareness.
• The quality of being able to appreciate and respond to complex emotional or aesthetic influences; sensitivity.

Synonyms of "Sensibility" as a noun (16 Words)

aesthesia	Sensory capacity or ability of an organism, organ, etc.; an instance of this.
delicacy	Lightness in movement or manner. I have to treat this matter with the utmost delicacy.
discernment	The cognitive condition of someone who understands. An astonishing lack of discernment.
discrimination	The ability to judge what is of high quality; good judgement or taste. Those who could afford to buy showed little taste or discrimination.
emotions	Any strong feeling.
esthesia	Mental responsiveness and awareness.
feelings	A vague idea in which some confidence is placed. The remark hurt his feelings.
finer feelings	Money extracted as a penalty.
moral sense	The significance of a story or event.
sense of outrage	The meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted.
sensitiveness	(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation. The sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth.
sensitivities	The ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment. A galvanometer of extreme sensitivity.
sensitivity	Sensitivity to emotional feelings of self and others. Sensitivity to pain.
subtlety	A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude. You had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew.
susceptibilities	The state of being susceptible; easily affected.
taste	The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus. That s a joke in very bad taste.

Usage Examples of "Sensibility" as a noun

• The scale of the poverty revealed by the survey shocked people's sensibilities.
• The study of literature leads to a growth of intelligence and sensibility.
• Cruelty offended his sensibility.

Associations of "Sensibility" (30 Words)

affective	Characterized by emotion. Affective disorders.
awareness	Having knowledge of. We need to raise public awareness of the issue.
bathetic	Effusively or insincerely emotional. The movie manages to be poignant without becoming bathetic.
cathartic	Emotionally purging. Crying is a cathartic release.
cognition	A perception sensation idea or intuition resulting from the process of cognition.
emotion	Any strong feeling. Responses have to be based on historical insight not simply on emotion.
emotional	Of or pertaining to emotion. He would become emotional over nothing at all.
empathy	The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
feeling	The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. I disliked him and the feeling was mutual.
maladjustment	Faulty adjustment, especially regarding finances. Children of parents with chronic illness are at risk of psychological maladjustment.
maudlin	Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental. Maudlin expressions of sympathy.
mawkish	Sentimental in an exaggerated or false way. The mawkish smell of warm beer.
melodrama	Behaviour or events that resemble melodrama. What little is known of his early life is cloaked in melodrama.
mental	Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw. Mental images of happy times.
mind	Keep in mind. Mind out there s a step missing.
mood	A temporary state of mind or feeling. The national mood had changed radically since the last election.
moody	United States evangelist (1837-1899. Grainy film which gives a soft moody effect.
pathos	A style that has the power to evoke feelings. The actor injects his customary humour and pathos into the role.
prosody	The theory or study of prosody. The salience of prosody in child language acquisition.
psychological	Relating to psychology. The victim had sustained physical and psychological damage.
psychologist	An expert or specialist in psychology. Psychologists are being called in to help employees cope with job losses.
psychology	The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behaviour in a given context. The psychology of child killers.
sensitiveness	The ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences. The sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth.
sentiment	A view or opinion that is held or expressed. Many of the appeals rely on treacly sentiment.
sentimental	Given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality. Sentimental soap operas.
susceptibility	The state or fact of being likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing. Lack of exercise increases susceptibility to disease.
thought	The content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about. The traditions of Western thought.
touched	Having come into contact. The star said he was very touched to receive his medal.
transference	The redirection to a substitute usually a therapist of emotions that were originally felt in childhood in a phase of analysis called transference neurosis. Therapy is aided by the patient s transference to the analyst as mother.
unsentimental	Facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination. The speeches were short and unsentimental.