English word
Feeling
Definitions
noun
- the one of the basic physical senses of which the skin contains the chief end organs and of which the sensations of touch and temperature are characteristic : touch
- often unreasoned opinion or belief : sentiment
- presentiment
- capacity to respond emotionally especially with the higher emotions
- the character ascribed to something : atmosphere
- the quality of a work of art that conveys the emotion of the artist
- sympathetic aesthetic response
- feel sense 4
- a sensation experienced through this sense
- generalized bodily consciousness or sensation
- appreciative or responsive awareness or recognition
- an emotional state or reaction
- susceptibility to impression : sensitivity
- the undifferentiated background of one's awareness considered apart from any identifiable sensation, perception, or thought
- the overall quality of one's awareness
- conscious recognition : sense
Synonyms for feeling
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- emotion
- sense
- response
- susceptibility
Synonyms by context
A strong emotion deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others
noun
- sentiment
- reaction
- sensibility
- affection
- sensation
- sensitivity
- affectivity
A sensation brought about by physical contact
noun
- feel
- touch
- tactility
- taction
- contact
- perception
- activity
- enjoyment
A belief based on observation or experience
noun
- belief
- assessment
- impression
- opinion
- perspective
- stance
- standpoint
- thinking
- viewpoint
Having or showing emotional sensitivity
adjective
Involving, or given to, open or heavy displays of emotion
adjective
- passionate
- ardent
- fervent
- hot-blooded
- demonstrative
- warm
- fiery
- impassioned
- sentimental
Alive and experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling
adjective
- sentient
- living
- animate
- live
- breathing
- alive
- conscious
- alert
- sapient
- sensate
To examine through the sense of touch
verb
- touching
- stroking
- caressing
- fondling
- fingering
- thumbing
- handling
- manipulating
- fiddling with
- playing with
To be aware of through touching or being touched
verb
- perceiving
- sensing
- detecting
- discerning
- making out
- noticing
- observing
- identifying
- having a sensation of
- being aware of
Antonyms for feeling
- insensitivity
- paralysis
- hypoesthesia
- dullness
- immobility
- stupor
- lack of sensation
Opposite of a sensation brought about by physical contact
- numbness
- paralysis
- hypoesthesia
- dullness
- immobility
- stupor
- unresponsiveness
- lack of feeling
- lack of sensation
- insensitivity
Opposite of a belief based on observation or experience
- disbelief
- distrust
- scepticism
- skepticism
- doubt
- doubtfulness
- dubiety
- dubiousness
- suspicion
- unbelief
Opposite of a strong emotion of care or compassion
- callousness
- antipathy
- apathy
- ignorance
- indifference
- heartlessness
- insensibility
- hate
- hatred
Opposite of having or showing emotional sensitivity
- unfeeling
- disinterested
- indifferent
- apathetic
- detached
- emotionless
- insensitive
- unemotional
- feelingless
- impassive
Opposite of feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy
- unsympathetic
- callous
- inhumane
- cold-blooded
- hard-hearted
- heartless
- inhuman
- insensate
- uncompassionate
Opposite of alive and experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling
- insensible
- oblivious
- unaware
- unconscious
- unmindful
- unwitting
- inanimate
- insentient
Opposite of to examine through the sense of touch
- ignoring
- disregarding
- neglecting
- leaving
- overlooking
- unheeding
- unminding
- avoiding
- leaving alone
- passing over
Opposite of to be aware of through touching or being touched
- discounting
- brushing off
- diminishing
- rejecting
- dismissing
- rebuffing
- snubbing
- spurning
Phrases
- deep feeling
- delicate sensitivity
- emotional attachment
- emotional response
- finer feeling
- gut reaction
- lack of feeling
- lack of sensation
- moral sense
- sense of outrage