sentient+being
1Sentient beings (Buddhism) — Sentient being is a technical term within English Buddhist discourse and worldview. Different Buddhist schools, yana, key meditators and scholars, as well as texts, commentaries, teaching tools, and analogies provide a widely varied view of the… …
2sentient — sentient, sensitive, impressible, impressionable, responsive, susceptible can all mean readily affected by stimuli, usually external stimuli. Sentient implies a capacity to be affected through the senses; it may describe inclusively the lowest… …
3Sentient — Sen ti*ent, n. One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being. [1913 Webster] …
4sentient — [[t]se̱ntiənt, ʃ(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A sentient being is capable of experiencing things through its senses. [FORMAL] ...sentient creatures human and nonhuman alike …
5sentient — sen|tient [ˈsenʃənt] adj formal or technical [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of sentire to feel, notice ] able to experience things through your senses ▪ Man is a sentient being …
6sentient — adjective formal or technical having feelings and knowing that you exist: Man is a sentient being …
7Sentient weapons — A sentient weapon is a common plot device in many works of fantasy and mythology. It is a supernaturally endowed object related to the classic motif of the magic sword. While most sentient weapons are considered magic not all magic weapons are… …
8sentient — adj. Sentient is used with these nouns: ↑being …
9being — n 1. existence, Latin, esse. life, living, ani mateness, animation; vital force, vital principle, elan vital, life blood, vitality, life force; actuality, reality, presence; ubiquity, omnipresence; truth, verity, veracity, fact. 2. substance,… …
10being — noun 1 living creature ADJECTIVE ▪ human, living ▪ the rights of all human beings ▪ intelligent, rational, sentient (formal) ▪ …