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sentient

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

able to perceive or feel things; conscious

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In a sentence

Sentient in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing sentient in a sentence.

The novel imagines whether machines could ever become sentient.

Synonyms
consciousawareperceptive
Antonyms
insensateunconscious
Common questions

Questions about “sentient

Sentient (adjective) means able to perceive or feel things; conscious
Here is sentient used in an example sentence: "The novel imagines whether machines could ever become sentient."
Common synonyms for sentient include conscious, aware, perceptive.
Antonyms of sentient include insensate, unconscious.
Sentient is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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