Antonyms of adj sensible
4 senses of sensible
Sense 1
reasonable (vs. unreasonable), sensible -- (showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person")
Sense 2
sensible (vs. insensible), sensitive -- (able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin")
insensible (vs. sensible) -- (incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth")
=> anesthetic (prenominal), anaesthetic (prenominal) -- (characterized by insensibility; "the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic"; "an anesthetic state")
=> asleep (predicate), benumbed, numb -- (lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold")
Sense 3
sensible -- (readily perceived by the senses; "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor")
INDIRECT (VIA perceptible) -> imperceptible, unperceivable -- (impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses; "an imperceptible drop in temperature"; "an imperceptible nod"; "color is unperceivable to the touch")
Sense 4
sensible -- (aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed; "made sensible of his mistakes"; "I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling"- Henry Hallam; "sensible that a good deal more is still to be done"- Edmund Burke)
INDIRECT (VIA aware) -> unaware, incognizant -- ((often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known")
Similarity of adj sensible
4 senses of sensible
Sense 1
reasonable (vs. unreasonable), sensible -- (showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person")
=> commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical -- (exhibiting native good judgment; "arrive home at a reasonable hour"; "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius"; "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated")
=> healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound -- (exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision")
=> tenable, well-founded -- (based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions")
Also See-> fair#1, just#3; logical#1; rational#1; valid#1
Sense 2
sensible (vs. insensible), sensitive -- (able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin")
Also See-> aware#1, cognizant#1, cognisant#1; conscious#2; sensitive#1
Sense 3
sensible -- (readily perceived by the senses; "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor")
=> perceptible (vs. imperceptible) -- (capable of being perceived by the mind or senses; "a perceptible limp"; "easily perceptible sounds"; "perceptible changes in behavior")
Sense 4
sensible -- (aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed; "made sensible of his mistakes"; "I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling"- Henry Hallam; "sensible that a good deal more is still to be done"- Edmund Burke)
=> aware (predicate) (vs. unaware), cognizant, cognisant -- ((sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit")