Sensible

Definitions: Sensible

Sensible

Adjective

1. Showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person".

2. Able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin".

3. Acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man".

4. Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a sensible manager"; "a wise decision".

5. Readily perceived by the senses; "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor".

6. 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.

7. Proceeding from good sense or judgment; "a sensible choice".

Date "sensible" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Sensible

Synonyms: judicious (adj), reasonable (adj), sensitive (adj), thoughtful (adj), wise (adj). (additional references)

Antonyms: insensible (adj), unreasonable (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Intelligence Wisdom	Wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens, judicious, strong-minded.
	Wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious; well-thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised; prudent, politic; expedient.
MATERIALITY	Adjective: material, bodily; corporeal, corporal; physical; somatic, somatoscopic; sensible, tangible, ponderable, palpable, substantial.
Physical Sensibility	Verb: be sensible of. Adjective: feel, perceive.
	Render sensible. Adjective: sharpen, cultivate, tutor.
	Adjective: sensible, sensitive, sensuous; aesthetic, perceptive, sentient; conscious. (aware).
Sensibility	Verb: be sensible; Adjective: have a tender heart, have a warm heart, have a sensitive heart.
	Adjective: sensible, sensitive; impressible, impressionable; susceptive, susceptible; alive to, impassionable, gushing; warm hearted, tender hearted, soft hearted; tender as a chicken; soft, sentimental, romantic; enthusiastic, highflying, spirited, mettlesome, vivacious, lively, expressive, mobile, tremblingly alive; excitable; oversensitive, without skin, thin-skinned; fastidious.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Sensible

English words defined with "sensible": approval, approving ♦ best, blessing, broad-minded ♦ celestial horizon, Conjugate focus ♦ down-to-earth ♦ earthy ♦ Finger reading, frivolity, frivolousness ♦ Hard-mouthed, horizon ♦ If it were not for ♦ judicious ♦ Leading note ♦ prudent ♦ quixotic ♦ reasonable, romantic ♦ sensible horizon, Sensible note, sensitive, soundness, Subsemitone, Sweating bath ♦ thoughtful ♦ unshockable ♦ Were it not for, wild-eyed, wisdom, wise, Wise-like, wiseness, Witful. (references)

Specialty definitions using "sensible": aerodynamic vehicle, aerospace vehicle, air washer, Audeanism ♦ COOLING CAPACITY, SENSIBLE, COOLING CAPACITY, TOTAL, Cooling Load ♦ default reasoning, DRY BULB TEMPERATURE, dry tons ♦ Effect, effective temperature ♦ Fleissner process ♦ Garlic, GOOD ♦ Hadley cell, hypo-allergenic ♦ in situ gasification, INDIFFERENT, in-flight start ♦ machine sensible, Margarine Substitute, mine cooling load ♦ Pascal-, precooler load, pretty pictures, Printing Office ♦ RECOOL, reentry body, reentry vehicle, reheater load ♦ sensible atmosphere, SENSIBLE COOLING CAPACITY, Sensible Cooling Effect, Sensible Cooling Load, SENSIBLE HEAT, sensible heat air cooler, sensible heat load, sensible heat ratio, Sensible Heat Storage, Sigma Heat, space-air vehicle, Stack Loss ♦ total cooling load ♦ Vulgar Errors. (references)

Etymologies containing "sensible": insensible ♦ Witful. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Sensible" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (accessible, charitable, delicate, discernible, distinct, emotive, fine, impressible, marked, maudlin, merciful, noticeable, perceptible, raw, responsive, sensible, sensitive, sentient, shrinking, sore, susceptible, tender, tenderhearted, thin-skinned), Spanish (adoptive, alive, amenable, appreciative, appreciatory, feeling, noticeable, perceptible, regrettable, responsive, sensitive, sentient, susceptive, tangible, tender).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	This operation could make the Charge of the Light Brigade look like a sensible military exercise! (The Eagle Has Landed; writing credit: Jack Higgins; Tom Mankiewicz) It's really the only sensible thing to do, if its done safely. (Airplane!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker) Oh, well that's much more sensible than just Thorfin getting killed. (Erik the Viking; writing credit: Terry Jones)
Lyrics	I used to think that was sensible (Lay All Your Love On Me; performing artist: Abba) But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible, (The Logical Song; performing artist: Supertramp)
Movie/TV Titles	Âge sensible (2002)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	200 Small House Plans: Innovative Plans for Sensible Lifestyles: Designs Under 2,500 Square Feet (reference) Everything You Need to Know Before You Call the Doctor: A Straightforward and Sensible Home Medical Reference for Men, Women, Children and Seniors (reference) Sensible Cruising: The Thoreau Approach (reference) The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century (reference) What All Good Dogs Should Know: The Sensible Way to Train (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Sensible Sound (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Sensible Obsession (reference) A Sensible Obsession (reference) The Sensible Thing (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Sensible Shoes (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The Condom: Sensible, Safe And Sensual.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		The Condom: Sensible, Safe And Sensual.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	The Lady of Fashion. : The Sensible Woman.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Sensible Mr. Carter.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Sensible Roosevelt--A whipping-post for wife-beaters.Credit: Library of Congress.		People tell us the only sensible voices in Parliament belong to the NDP : thank you : NDP, the planning party.Credit: Library of Congress.
	The NDP favours free education on all levels : any arguments? : NDP, the sensible party.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Emerson	No sensible person ever made an apology.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld	We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.
George Bancroft	Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the infinite.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
	Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.
Martial	"I'll live." -- Yes, but no sensible man would say so. Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.
Oscar Wilde	In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.
Rochefoucauld	Some persons of weak understanding are so sensible of that weakness, as to be able to make a good use of it.
Thomas Carlyle	One is hardly sensible of fatigue while he marches to music.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	It is true, such men may stir, whenever they please; but it will be only to their own just ruin and perdition: for till the mischief be grown general, and the ill designs of the rulers become visible, or their attempts sensible to the greater part, the people, who are more disposed to suffer than right themselves by resistance, are not apt to stir. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	She is not a sensible girl, nor a girl of any information.
Sylvie and Bruno	Carroll, Lewis	I felt the remark was not so sensible as I should have liked it to be.
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	Becoming immediately sensible of the impropriety, he poked the fire, and extinguished the last frail spark for ever.
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	No sensible man, it was confessed, could doubt on which side the victory would turn.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	These relations of the sensible, visible to you through one form and to me through another, must be therefore the necessary qualities of beauty.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	You are very sensible that Skyresh Bolgolam (Galbet, or High Admiral) has been your mortal enemy almost ever since your arrival.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		If you have sarcoidosis, you can help yourself by following sensible health measures. (references)
		PPH patients can also help themselves by following the same sensible health measures that everyone should observe. (references)
		Available data support only the instruction of travelers in regard to sensible dietary practices as a prophylactic measure. (references)
Business		Instead of considering a bed to be a mere consumer good, buyers are now considering beds to be a sensible investment for the maintenance of their health. (references)
Economic History	Syria	Because Syrian law and the Arabic language pose significant obstacles to U.S. businesses, hiring a local attorney is a sensible and often necessary action. (references)
Human Rights	Seychelles	In 1999 the Center for Rights and Development (CEFRAD) published a 5-year action plan that stressed respect for human rights, participation in a civil society, and sensible approaches to development. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the other -- which is no more sensible than it would be for one who has never seen a dog except in the pursuit of a rabbit to declare the rabbit the cause of a dog.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	The assembly to which I address myself is too enlightened not to be fully sensible how much a flourishing state of the arts and sciences contributes to national prosperity and reputation.
John Adams	1797-1801	But although the establishment of a permanent system of naval defense appears to be requisite, I am sensible it can not be formed so speedily and extensively as the present crisis demands.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Relying, then, on the patronage of your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make.
James Madison	1809-1817	Our public ships and private cruisers, by their activity, and, where there was occasion, by their intrepidity, have made the enemy sensible of the difference between a reciprocity of captures and the long confinement of them to their side.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	We are all sensible of the bias to which the strongest minds and purest hearts are, under such circumstances, liable.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	To assure that our classrooms are truly places of learning, and to respond to what teachers have been asking us to do for years, we should say that all states and school districts must both adopt and implement sensible discipline policies.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Sensible" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.16% of the time. "Sensible" is used about 2,749 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.16%	2,726	3,369
Noun (proper)	0.8%	22	74,468
Noun (common)	0.04%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	2,749	N/A

Expressions using "sensible": be sensible of ♦ being sensible ♦ machine sensible ♦ render sensible ♦ sensible cooling effect ♦ sensible decision ♦ sensible difference ♦ sensible heat ♦ sensible heat air cooler ♦ sensible heat load ♦ sensible heat ratio ♦ sensible horizon ♦ sensible man ♦ sensible note ♦ sensible tone ♦ the most sensible thing to do. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "sensible": sensible-looking, sensible-sized.
	Ending with "sensible": machine-sensible, non-sensible, photo-sensible, super-sensible.
	Containing "sensible": too-sensible-for-his-own-good.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "sensible"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		me mend (politic, right-minded, soundly, wisely), i ndjeshëm (appreciable, delicate, fast, perceptible, sensitive, sensuous, sentient, sentimental, susceptive, tender, thin-skinned, touchy), i mençur (brainy, clever, gumptious, judicious, politic, sage, wise), i dukshëm (apparent, appreciable, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evidence, evident, in evidence, manifest, marked, memorable, mere, naked, notable, noticeable, observable, obvious, outward, overt, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, pointed, prominent, rank, salient, self-explanatory, sheer, simple, speaking, substantial, telling, thorough-paced, transparent, unconcealed, unqualified, visible), i arsyeshëm (legitimate, level headed, logical, rational, reasonable, reasoning, sane), i arësyeshëm (legitimate, level headed, logical, rational, reasonable, reasoning, sane). (various references)

Arabic		‏ملموس (palpable, perceptible, tactile, tangible), ‏معقول (believable, comprehensible, credible, feasible, intelligible, logical, plausibility, plausible, possible, rational, reasonable, understandable), ‏معتير, ‏حساس (compassionate, critical, emotional, feeling, fine, hypersensitive, impressionable, maudlin, responsive, sensational, sensitive, sentient, sentiment, sentimental, susceptible, sympathetic, temperamental, tender, tender-hearted, ticklish), ‏عاقل (discreet, intelligent, judicious, politic, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sober minded, sound), ‏راشد (adult, elder, grown up, legally major, major, mature, orthodox, reasonable, sober). (various references)

Bulgarian		сетивен (material, sensate, sensational, sense, sensorial, sensory, sensual, sensuous), разумен (discriminate, equitable, intelligent, judicious, level, long-headed, politic, rational, reasonable, responsible, sane, thinking, understanding, well-judged), чувствителен (apprehensive, fastidious, feeling, hair-trigger, high strung, impressionable, nice, sensitive, sentient, susceptible, susceptive, tender, thin-skinned), видим (apparent, discernible, observable, optical, ostensible, outward, perceivable, seeable, visible), в съзнание (conscious), осезаем (corporeal, palpable, perceivable, perceptible, phenomenal, tactile, tangible), значителен (appreciable, considerable, goodly, handsome, important, major, marked, monumental, respectable, round, serious, significant, smart, symbolic, symbolical, tidy), забележим (distinguishable, noticeable, observable), практичен (applicable, applied, careful, down to earth, hardheaded, practical, pragmatic, unromantic, working, worldly wise), подходящ (adaptable, adequate, agreeable, answerable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, congenial, congruent, congruous, convenient, correct, correspondent, fit, fitting, germane, god given, likely, opportune, pointful, proper, propitious, suitable, suited, sympathetic, worthy). (various references)

Chinese		懂事 (intelligent, thoughtful), 明智 (not unwise), �"察觉. (various references)

Czech		znatelný (perceptible), rozumný (advisable, rational, reasonable, sane, understanding, wise), dobrý (all right, fair, glad, good, soft, strong, useful), úèelný (advisable, expedient, functional, pragmatic, useful). (various references)

Danish		fornuftig (prudent, reasonable, sagacious, sage, wise). (various references)

Dutch		verstandig (prudent, reasonable, sagacious, sage, wise). (various references)

Esperanto		prudenta (prudent, reasonable). (various references)

Faeroese		skilagóður (prudent, reasonable), rættsiktaður (prudent, reasonable), hyggin (prudent, reasonable). (various references)

Farsi		محسوس (Patent, Phenomenal, Tangible), معقول (Conscionable, Inexpensive, Rational, Reasonable, Sane, Subjective, Wise), مشهود (Evident, Obvious), بارز (Manifest). (various references)

Finnish		älykäs (bright, clever, intelligent, prudent, quick-witted, reasonable, sagacious). (various references)

French		sage, raisonnable (seemly), prudent. (various references)

German		verständig (intelligent, judicious, judiciously, knowledgeably, mature, maturely, prudent, reasonable, sagacious, sensibly, understanding, wise), vernünftig (decent, decently, judicious, level headed, mature, maturely, moderate, properly, prudent, rational, rationally, reasonable, reasonably, right-minded, sane, sensibly, sober, sober minded, sound, soundly, thinking, wise), spürbar (marked, noticeable, perceptible, perceptibly), sinnvoll (meaningful, rational, suggestive, useful), gescheit (brainy, bright, clever, prudent, reasonable, sagacious, sage, wise), bewusst (aware, conscious, consciously, convinced, deliberate, deliberately, intentional, intentionally, knowingly, purposely, self-aware, studious, studiously). (various references)

Greek		γνωστικόσ (gnostic, level headed), φρόνιμοσ (advisable, level, politic, prude, prudent, sound, wise), λογικόσ (logical, presumable, rational, reasonable), αισθητόσ (observable, perceivable, perceptible, sensate, serious, tangible), αισθητικόσ (aesthetic, aesthetician, sensitive, sensuous, sentient). (various references)

Hebrew		מו�"ע (aware, conscious, wise), מעשי (achievable, businesslike, down to earth, feasible, practical, workable), � בון (clever, discerning, discreet, intelligent, judicial, judicious, sagacious, sage, sapient, well advised, wise). (various references)

Hungarian		érzékeny (affective, highly strung, irritable, miffy, penetrable, respond, responsive, sensitive, sentient, skinless, susceptible, testy, thin-skinned, touchy), érezhetõ (palpable, perceptible). (various references)

Indonesian		perasa (sensitive). (various references)

Irish		ciallmhar (sagacious, sage, wise). (various references)

Italian		sensato (prudent, reasonable, sane, witted), ragionevole (rational, rationally, reasonable, wise). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		物解りの良い (understanding), 物の分かった (fair-minded), 物分かりの良い (understanding), 物判りの良い (understanding), ハイジャック防止法 (anti-highjack law, Haydn, HDTV, Heidelberg, heights, hibiscus, hiding, hi-fi, high heels, high jump, high pitch, high school, high society, high tempo, high touch, highheeled shoes, high-necked, high-power, high-powered, high-speed, high-speed steel, high-tech, high-technology, Hi-Vision, Hyde Park, hydroculture, hydroplane, hydroplaning, hydroponics, hygenic cream, hyper, hypermarket, knee socks, late teens, refined taste), 気が利く (smart, tactful, thoughtful), 気の利いた (clever, decent, smart, tasteful), 感覚的 (sensuous), 常識的 (commonplace, ordinary). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ハイセンス (refined taste), きがきく (smart, tactful, thoughtful), きのきいた (clever, decent, smart, tasteful), か�"かくてき (sensuous), もののわかった (fair-minded), ものわかりのいい (understanding), ものわかりのよい (understanding), じょうしきてき (commonplace, ordinary). (various references)

Korean		분별있�". (various references)

Manx		resoonagh (coherent, consistent, judicious, logical, moderate, rational, reasonable, reasoner, remonstrative, tidy), keeallagh (sensory). (various references)

Pig Latin		ensiblesay

Portuguese		sensato (acceptable, judo, longheaded, prudent, reasonable, right-minded, sagacious, sage, sane, shrewd, sober minded, staid, well balanced, wise). (various references)

Romanian		simţitor (feeling, passible, sentient, tender), sensibil (appreciably, considerable, considerably, delicate, feeling, impressible, impressionable, marked, noticeably, painful, palpable, passible, responsive, scrupulous, sensitive, sentient, susceptible, tangible, tender, thin-skinned, touchy), raţional (judicious, logical, lucid, philosophic, philosophical, rational, rationalistic, rationally, reasonable, reasonably, sound, soundly), perceptibil (audible, collectable, discernible, distinguishable, measurably, noticeable, observable, observably, perceivable, perceptible, perceptibly), mare (acred, adult, ample, big, boundless, brine, broad, bulky, deep, dense, enormous, famous, fat, flux, foam, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, great, gross, hard, heavy, high, howling, huge, hulking, illustrious, immense, important, keen, king size, large, large scale, long, loose, major, man-sized, massy, mighty, open, pond, ponderous, pretty, renowned, rich, roomy, sea, severe, spacious, stupendous, tall, thick, thundering, vast, violent, voluminous, wide), logic (articulate, judicious, logical, logically, sound, soundly, well advised), judicios (advised, advisedly, judgematic, judgematical, judicial, judicious, judiciously, sensibly, well balanced), cuminte (clever, dutiful, foreseeing, good, level, quiet, quietly, reasonable, sapient, serious, unassuming, well advised, wise, wisely), cu bun-simţ, considerabil (appreciable, considerable, considerably, extensive, fair, far, great, handsome, heavy, large, notably, notedly, noticeably, significant, tidy, wide), conştient (aware, conscious, consciously, knowingly, open, wittingly), apreciabil (appreciable, appreciably, considerable). (various references)

Russian		рассудительный (judicious, level headed, reasonable, sage, sober), разумный (compos mentis, reasonable, right-minded, right-thinking, within reason), осознающий, ощутимый (appreciable, apreciable, perceptible), неглупый. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		razuman (intellectual, intelligible, judicious, knowing, level headed, levelheaded, lucid, reasonable, reasonably, reasoned, reasoning, right-minded, sane), pametan (brainy, clever, intelligent, prudent, sapient, smart), osetljiv (dainty, fast, pettish, queasy, sensitive, sensuous, sentient, susceptible, tetchy, thin-skinned). (various references)

Spanish		razonable (acceptable, fair, rational, reasonable, reasonably, right, sound). (various references)

Sranan		krin-ede (prudent, reasonable). (various references)

Swedish		vettig (judicious, possible, sagacious, sage, wise), förnuftig (rational, reasonable, sane, wise). (various references)

Turkish		mantıklı (common-sensical, just, legitimate, level, level headed, likely, logical, plausible, rational, reasonable, valid), makul (acceptable, comprehensible, conceivable, fair, judicious, just, level, logical, moderate, plausible, possible, probable, reasonable, sane, sober, sober minded), hissedilir (appreciable, perceivable, sensate, tangible), hassas (brittle, climacteric, critical, delicate, emotional, exquisite, fair, feeling, fine, impressible, impressionable, nice, passibile, precision, queasy, quick, raw, responsive, rose water, sensitive, slippery, sore, spoony, squeamish, susceptible, susceptive, tender, thin-skinned, ticklish, tickly, touchy), halden anlayan (large-hearted, sympathetic, understanding), farkında (alive, aware, conscious), duyarlı (capable, delicate, emotional, feeling, hypersensitive, impressible, impressionable, liable, reactive, responsive, sensitive, sentient, susceptible, susceptive, tender, thin-skinned), akıllıca (cleverly, intelligently, judicious, no-nonsense, sagacious, sane, shrewd, wisely), akıllı (all there, astute, brainy, clever, cute, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sapient, smart, sparkling, spiritual, understanding, well advised, wise). (various references)

Ukranian		який усвідомлю�", розумний (advisable, brainy, clever, intelligent, rational, reasonable, right-minded, sapient, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, snappy, strong-minded, tenable, understanding, well advised, wise, witty), чутливий (affectional, feeling, high strung, highly strung, hightoned, impressionable, nice, responsive, rocky, sensitive, sensory, sentient, susceptible, ticklish), відчутний (appreciable, apprehensible, notable, perceivable, perceptible, phenomenal, ponderable, sensate, tactile). (various references)

Vietnamese		hợp lý (fair, justifiable), cảm thấy, có thể cảm thấy được dễ nhận thấy có cảm giác, có thể cảm giác được, có ý thức biết lẽ phải, biết phải trái; khôn ngoan. (various references)

Welsh		synhwyrol, call (astute, rational, wise). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	cordati, prudens, prudente, prudentem, prudentes, prudenti, prudentia, prudentibus, prudentiores, prudentis, prudentissima, prudentissime, prudentissimo, prudentissimus, prudentium, prudentius, sana, sanaballat, sanae, sanam, sani, sanis, sanorum, sanum, sanus, sanusne, sensibilis. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	ýaoxshtivañtem, vanghudhâbyô. (various references)
Late Latin	300-700	sensatus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "sensible": sensibleness, sensiblenesses, sensibler, sensibles, sensiblest. (additional references)
	Words ending with "sensible": commonsensible, insensible, supersensible. (additional references)
	Words containing "sensible": insensibleness, insensiblenesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Sensible" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sencable, sensable, Senselle, sensibe, sensibles, sensicle, sensile, Sensuelle, sessible, Sinisalo. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "sensible" (pronounced se"nsubul)
7	-e" n s u b u l	compensable, comprehensible, defensible, dispensable, incomprehensible, indefensible, indispensable, ostensible, reprehensible.
6	-n s u b u l	invincible, irresponsible, responsible.
5	-s u b u l	accessible, addressable, admissible, collapsible, crucible, Embraceable, enforceable, erasable, fixable, flexible, forcible, immiscible, impassable, impermissible, impossible, inaccessible, inadmissible, incompressible, inexplicable, inflexible, irascible, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irreversible, leasable, miscible, nontaxable, noticeable, passable, peaceable, permissible, possible, reducible, replaceable, reversible, serviceable, submersible, taxable, traceable, unenforceable, untraceable.
4	-u b u l	abominable, acceptable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, adjustable, admirable, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, employable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, flammable, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immovable, immutable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irresistible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontransferable, notable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, palatable, palpable, parable, patentable, payable, perceptible, perishable, permeable, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, punishable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, reportable, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, retractable, returnable, reusable, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable.
3	-b u l	able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-l-n-s-s"
	-1 letter: enisles, ensiles, seniles.
	-2 letters: belies, enisle, ensile, lebens, lenses, lessen, seines, senile.
	-3 letters: belie, benes, biles, bines, bises, bless, bliss, isles, leben, lenes, lenis, lense, liens, lines, seels, seine, seise, sense, sines, snibs.
	-4 letters: been, bees, bels, bene, bens, bile, bine, bins, bise, blin, eels, else, eses, isle, lees, leis, lens, less, libs, lien.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-l-n-s-s"
	+1 letter: baselines, nebulises, sensibler, sensibles, stilbenes.
	+2 letters: baseliners, bleariness, edibleness, glibnesses, inselbergs, insensible, limberness, nimbleness, ostensible, sensiblest, sublicense.
	+3 letters: amiableness, balkinesses, balminesses, beastliness, besprinkles, blindnesses, brittleness, bulkinesses, burlinesses, dispensable, distensible, ignobleness, liberalness, likableness, livableness, obliqueness, pliableness, preblessing, responsible, sizableness, sublicensed, sublicenses, sublimeness, subtileness, visibleness.
	+4 letters: amicableness, beggarliness, blearinesses, bloodinesses, bluishnesses, blurrinesses, businesslike, clubbinesses, disablements, ediblenesses, enviableness, flabbinesses, forcibleness, horribleness, inaccessible, inseparables, isobutylenes, limbernesses, lubberliness, nebulosities, nimblenesses, pitiableness, plebeianisms, publicnesses, reassembling, reliableness, sensibleness, sociableness, spellbinders, suitableness, tangibleness, terribleness, undesirables, variableness, violableness, voidableness, wobblinesses.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 65 6E 73 69 62 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

... . -. ... .. -... .-.. .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100101 01101110 01110011 01101001 01100010 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#101 &#110 &#115 &#105 &#98 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0065 006E 0073 0069 0062 006C 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
sensible erection	111	sensible soccer 98	5
division sensible solution	53	bildschirm sensible	5
sensible soccer	50	sensible weight loss	5
sensible	34	sensible storage	5
sensible world of soccer	31	remedy sensible	5
captain sensible	17	inc sensible storage	4
sensible software	17	editor hex sensible soccer	4
sensible choice dog food	15	sensible choice cat food	3
chic sensible	14	96 97 sensible soccer world	3
sensible soccer download	10	investor.com sensible	3
sensible choice	10	sensible product	3
car rental sensible	8	sensible technology	3
sensible diet	8	al pantalla sensible tacto	3
download sensible soccer world	7	editor sensible soccer	3
sensible sound	7	cinema sensible	3
heat sensible	7	sensible soccer series	3
sensible gym	6	drug policy sensible student	3
calor sensible	6	internet sensible	3
cinemas sensible	6	sensible soccer update	3
sensible solution	6	pencil sensible	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sensible

Definitions: Sensible

Sensible

Adjective

Synonyms: Sensible

Synonyms within Context: Sensible

Intelligence Wisdom

MATERIALITY

Physical Sensibility

Sensibility

Crosswords: Sensible

Modern Usage: Sensible

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Sensible

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

Image Slideshow: Sensible

Computer Images:Sensible

Photo Album: Sensible

Familiar Quotations: Sensible

Emerson

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

George Bancroft

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Martial

Oscar Wilde

Rochefoucauld

Thomas Carlyle

Historic Usage: Sensible

John Locke

Use in Literature: Sensible

Emma

Austen, Jane

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Non-Fiction Usage: Sensible

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Speeches: Sensible

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

Andrew Jackson

Bill Clinton

Usage Frequency: Sensible

Expressions: Sensible

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sensible

Modern Translations: Sensible

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Chinese

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Faeroese

Farsi

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Computer Images:
Sensible