| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Marked by comprehension, cognizance, and perception: alive, awake, aware, cognizant, sentient, wise1. Slang : hip. Idioms: on to. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. Capable of being noticed or apprehended mentally: appreciable, detectable, discernible, distinguishable, noticeable, observable, palpable, perceivable, perceptible, ponderable. See KNOWLEDGE. 3. Composed of or relating to things that occupy space and can be perceived by the senses: concrete, corporeal, material, objective, phenomenal, physical, substantial, tangible. See BODY, MATTER. 4. Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence: balanced, commonsensible, commonsensical, judicious, levelheaded, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, sound2, well-founded, well-grounded, wise1. See REASON, SANE. 5. Able to receive and respond to external stimuli: impressible, impressionable, responsive, sensitive, sentient, susceptible, susceptive. See AWARENESS.
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