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Synonyms of feel

• as in to sense
• as in to touch
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• as in to think
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• as in to seem
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Thesaurus Definition of feel

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Synonyms & Similar Words

• distinguish
• catch on (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dig (through)
• come across (as)
• come off (as)

Thesaurus Definition of feel  (Entry 2 of 2)

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• Feeling synonyms | Another word for feeling

Demonstrative, adoration, ego, apprehension, attitude, ability, caring, and compassionate are all synonyms for feeling . Indifference and apathy are these antonyms of feeling. And here are another 115 synonyms for feeling.

Feeling Synonyms

1. love

• Brotherly love
• Commiseration
• Fellow feeling
• Infatuation
• Solicitousness
• Tender-heartedness
• Understanding
• Condolences

2. sensibilities

• Self-esteem
• Sensibilities
• Sensitivities

3. suspicion

• Apprehension
• Feeling in one's bones
• Funny feeling
• Gut feeling
• Premonition
• Presentiment
• Sneaking suspicion
• Sixth sense

4. sentiment

• Emotional state
• Way of thinking
• Point of view

5. aptitude

• Inclination

6. sensitive

• Compassionate
• Demonstrative
• Soft-hearted
• Sympathetic
• Tender-hearted
• Warm-hearted
• Related to feeling
• Consequence
• Unfortunately
• Comprehensive
• Challenging
• Performance
• At the same time

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Synonyms for feeling

• point of view
• inclination
• sentimentality
• understanding
• appreciation
• sensitivity
• sensibility
• fellow feeling
• sense of touch
• consciousness
• apprehension
• presentiment
• self-esteem
• sensibilities
• susceptibilities
• sensitivities
• sympathetic
• compassionate
• considerate

bad feeling

• ill feeling

hard feelings

• ill feeling(s)

a particular sensation conveyed by means of physical contact

The faculty or ability to perceive tactile stimulation, an act of touching, the capacity for or an act of responding to a stimulus.

• sensitiveness

a general cast of mind with regard to something

A complex and usually strong subjective response, such as love or hate.

• affectivity

the quality or condition of being emotionally and intuitively sensitive

Something believed or accepted as true by a person, a general impression produced by a predominant quality or characteristic, intuitive cognition, cognizant of and comprehending the needs, feelings, problems, and views of others, readily stirred by emotion, the experiencing of affective and emotional states, related words.

• soulfulness
• passionateness
• ambivalence
• ambivalency
• sexual urge
• painfulness
• ingratitude
• ungratefulness
• pridefulness
• astonishment
• devastation
• expectation
• fearlessness
• unhappiness
• affectionateness
• warmheartedness

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

• first blush

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

A physical sensation that you experience.

• somaesthesia
• somatesthesia
• somatic sensation
• somesthesia
• constriction

the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

• tactile sensation
• tactual sensation
• touch sensation
• cutaneous sensation
• haptic sensation
• skin sensation

an intuitive understanding of something

• intuitive feeling
• sprachgefuhl
• feedback circuit
• feedback loop
• feeder line
• feeding bottle
• feeding chair
• feel like a million
• feel like a million dollars
• feeling of movement
• Fehling's solution
• feijoa bush
• Felicia amelloides
• Felicia bergeriana
• felicitation
• felicitously
• felicitousness
• feeler gage
• Feeler gauge
• Feeler gauges
• feeling (like) herself
• feeling (like) himself
• feeling (like) myself
• feeling (like) oneself
• feeling (like) ourselves
• feeling (like) self
• feeling (like) themselves
• feeling (like) yourself
• feeling (one's) Moxie
• feeling a draft
• feeling a glow of contentment
• feeling a glow of happiness
• feeling a glow of satisfaction
• feeling a million dollars
• feeling about
• feeling about for
• feeling about for her
• feeling about for him
• feeling about for it
• feeling about for me
• feeling about for one
• feeling about for somebody
• feeling about for someone
• feeling about for something
• feeling about for them
• feeling about for us
• feeling about for you
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What is another word for feeling ?

Synonyms for feeling ˈfi lɪŋ feel·ing, this thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word feeling ., english synonyms and antonyms rate these synonyms: 0.0 / 0 votes.

Sensation is the mind's consciousness due to a bodily affection, as of heat or cold; perception is the cognition of some external object which is the cause or occasion of the sensation ; the sensation of heat may be connected with the perception of a fire. While sensations are connected with the body, emotions , as joy, grief, etc., are wholly of the mind. "As the most of them [the sensations ] are positively agreeable or the opposite, they are nearly akin to those emotions , as hope or terror, or those passions, as anger and envy, which are acknowledged by all to belong exclusively to the spirit, and to involve no relation whatever to matter or the bodily organism. Such feelings are not infrequently styled sensations , though improperly." Porter Human Intellect § 112, p. 128. [ Chas. Scribner's Sons '90.] Feeling is a general term popularly denoting what is felt, whether through the body or by the mind alone, and includes both sensation and emotion . A sense is an organ or faculty of sensation or of perception .

Synonyms: emotion , perception , sensation , sense

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms Rate these synonyms: 2.0 / 1 vote

Synonyms: touch , sensation , contact , pathos , tenderness , impression , consciousness , sensibility , emotion , sentiment , passion , sensitiveness

Antonyms: insensibility , callousness , imperturbability , inexcitable ty , coldness , insensateness

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• feeling noun

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

"she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

Synonyms: intuitive feeling , look , touch sensation , tone , notion , touch , opinion , tactile sensation , flavour , spirit , flavor , tactual sensation , belief , smell , impression , feel

impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion noun

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

"his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

Synonyms: persuasion , touch , public opinion , flavour , stamp , mental picture , imprint , smell , ruling , view , legal opinion , flavor , tactile sensation , whim , impression , touch sensation , thought , printing , effect , picture , opinion , belief , sentiment , spirit , tactual sensation , tone , popular opinion , whimsy , feel , judgment , judgement , depression , notion , whimsey , vox populi , intuitive feeling , look

spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell noun

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

"the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

Synonyms: looking at , pure tone , touch , tactile property , life , timber , look , olfactory perception , timbre , sprightliness , step , tone of voice , smell , olfactory property , aspect , disembodied spirit , savor , feel , quality , tactile sensation , whole tone , impression , touch sensation , scent , aroma , savour , opinion , belief , olfactory sensation , sense of smell , facial expression , odour , shade , spirit , emotional state , tonicity , tone , sapidity , whole step , olfaction , flavour , heart , smack , tang , olfactory modality , odor , tonus , tincture , intent , tactual sensation , expression , notion , intuitive feeling , purport , relish , looking , flavor , face , musical note , liveliness , smelling , tint , note

a physical sensation that you experience

"he had a queasy feeling"; "I had a strange feeling in my leg"; "he lost all feeling in his arm"

touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, tactile sensation, feeling noun

the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

"she likes the touch of silk on her skin"; "the surface had a greasy feeling"

Synonyms: hint , touch , tactility , signature , mite , skin senses , ghost , flavour , spot , jot , sense of touch , cutaneous senses , touch modality , trace , tactile sensation , tinge , skin perceptiveness , soupcon , impression , touch sensation , speck , touching , opinion , belief , spirit , tactual sensation , tone , feel , smell , pinch , notion , contact , intuitive feeling , touch perception , flavor , look

feeling, intuitive feeling noun

an intuitive understanding of something

"he had a great feeling for music"

Synonyms: belief , look , smell , touch , flavour , tactual sensation , feel , flavor , touch sensation , spirit , opinion , intuitive feeling , notion , tone , tactile sensation , impression

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feeling adjective

Synonyms: affecting , moving , touching , melting , pathetic

Synonyms: sensitive , tender

Synonyms: sense of touch

Synonyms: sensation , perception by touch

Synonyms: sensibility , emotion , sentiment , passion , affection , impression

Synonyms: tenderness , susceptibility

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Synonyms: susceptible , sensitive , sentient , sympathetic

Antonyms: insentient , unfeeling , stoic , impassive

Synonyms: sensibility , sensation , sentiency , emotion

Antonyms: insensibility , impassivity , numbness

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List of paraphrases for "feeling":

sense , impression , sentiment , sensation , feel , emotion , hunch , perception , printing , smell , meaning , premonition , print

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Drew Stelter :

These interviews were torturous and left me feeling anything but worthy, loved or deserving of belonging in my community.

Amy Easterbrook :

It was a great chance to ask questions without feeling intimidated.

Walter Benjamin :

The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble.

Stan Wawrinka :

I was feeling good on the court, i was playing well. The more the match was going, better I was playing, I was hitting really hard the ball. I was feeling great on the court. That's the most important.

Matt Schoen :

It was not a good feeling and again you immediately turn to hope and prayers and thoughts that there is a successful rescue mission.

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