sensible B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈsɛn.sə.bəl/ UK /ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/ See IPA manual Freq #6074 Meanings 1 adj Showing good judgement; reasonable and practical. Buying a small, cheap car was a sensible choice for a student. 2 adj Useful and practical rather than attractive or fashionable, especially of clothing. For the long hike she wore sensible shoes instead of heels. 3 adj Aware of something through feeling or understanding. I was made sensible of my mistakes by my teacher. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · showing good judgement;... reasonable Word family Forms sensibles Derived forms commonsensibleelectrosensibleextrasensiblenonsensibleoversensiblesensibilizationsensiblenesssensiblysubsensiblesuprasensibleunsensible Related forms sensesensitivesensorysensualsensuoussupersensible Common collocations sensible horizon Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”). *sent- Proto-Indo-European sēnsibilis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sensible **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈsɛn.sə.bəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/ **Frequency rank:** 6074 ## Meanings 1. Showing good judgement; reasonable and practical. 2. Useful and practical rather than attractive or fashionable, especially of clothing. 3. Aware of something through feeling or understanding. ## Examples - Buying a small, cheap car was a sensible choice for a student. - For the long hike she wore sensible shoes instead of heels. - I was made sensible of my mistakes by my teacher. ## Derived Forms - commonsensible - electrosensible - extrasensible - nonsensible - oversensible - sensibilization - sensibleness - sensibly - subsensible - suprasensible - unsensible ## Related Forms - sense - sensitive - sensory - sensual - sensuous - supersensible ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *sent- - Root: sēnsibilis ## Etymology From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”). ## AI Etymology Sensible is from Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”). Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *sent-, Latin sēnsibilis. In current use it includes senses such as Showing good judgement; reasonable and practical and Useful and practical rather than attractive or fashionable, especially of clothing. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown