sensible
Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
Adjective 3 meanings
Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.
“I only wear high heels on formal occasions; otherwise, I prefer sensible shoes.”
Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived.
“For Plato the belief in sensible objects is fallible.”
Etymology
From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”).
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SENSIBLE at a glance
SENSIBLE has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + N 1 + S 1 + I 1 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,278 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with sensible
All rhymes- ABLE6
- POSSIBLE12
- AVAILABLE14
- TABLE7
- DOUBLE9
- RESPONSIBLE15
- TROUBLE9
- IMPOSSIBLE16
- TERRIBLE10
- COMFORTABLE20
- INCREDIBLE15
- CAPABLE13
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- SENSIBLY13
- TENSIBLE10
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