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sensation

/sɛnˈseɪʃən/noun3 syllables

Sensation means: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.

Synonyms for sensation26

noun, as in someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

ace, adept, champion, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz

noun, as in an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum

noun, as in the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

sense, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty

also used for sensation

event, feeling, perception

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What does sensation mean?5

noun

1

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

2

an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation“a sensation of touch”

3

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended“in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”

4

a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest“anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear”

5

a state of widespread public excitement and interest“the news caused a sensation”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sensation?60

two syllables

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Sensation in a sentence

  • Cold is not a physical quantity, but rather a sensation.sundown
  • I can feel a burning sensation in my stomach.sundown
  • Ziri made a machine that allowed him to safely experience the sensation of death.Amastan
  • The news of the fire in the factory caused a sensation.CK
  • I have a prickling sensation in my left eye.CK
  • He had the sensation that he was still on the waves.CK
  • A knocking sensation may indicate a loose headset.wma
  • I could never have imagined such a sensation.ulyssemc1

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Forms of sensation

as a noun

plural
sensations