Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sensory_system
2 senses of sensory system
Sense 1
modality, sense modality, sensory system -- (a particular sense)
=> sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty -- (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")
Sense 2
sensory system -- (the body's system of sense organs)
=> system -- (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion")