Definitions for sensible

sensible sen·si·ble

Spelling: [sen-suh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈsɛn sə bəl/

Sensible is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 194 anagrams from letters in sensible (beeilnss).

Definitions for sensible

adjective

  1. having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment:
  2. cognizant; keenly aware (usually followed by of):
  3. significant in quantity, magnitude, etc.; considerable; appreciable:
  4. capable of being perceived by the senses; material:
  5. capable of feeling or perceiving, as organs or parts of the body.
  6. perceptible to the mind.
  7. conscious:
  8. Archaic. sensitive.

Origin of sensible

1325-75; Middle English Old French Latin sēnsibilis, equivalent to sēns(us) sense + -ibilis -ible

Examples for sensible

"My aunt will treat the affair like the sensible woman she is," replied the earl.

The sensible answer is no, but di Giovannni gleaned much from those three years.

All foreigners break their wives' hearts—Nelly's a sensible girl!

In The Sense of Style, Steven Pinker settles a war among the scolds with a sensible approach to usage.

The White House just launched a major initiative to implement a more modern, sensible drug policy.

Writing—the next movie, the labels—is a sensible thing for a man grown distrustful of the camera to do.

When a master does not consider what he is doing, a sensible servant should set him right.

And in an environment where time is money, hooking up with an escort just might be the sensible thing to do.

Then we wonder that respect for the law shows a sensible decrease!

It is the sensible schemes, unfortunately, that are hopeless in England.

Word Value for sensible
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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