sensible
Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
Other meanings
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.”
Synonyms
- reasonable
Related words
- commonsensible
- electrosensible
- extrasensible
- nonsensible
- oversensible
- sensibilization
- sensibleness
- sensibly
- subsensible
- suprasensible
- unsensible
Word history
From Latin "sēnsibilis" (perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sensible” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.