Definitions for sentients

sentients sen·tient

Spelling: [sen-shuh nt ‐shee-uh nt ‐tee-uh nt]
IPA: /ˈsɛn ʃənt ‐ʃi ənt ‐ti ənt/

Sentients is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in sentients (eeinnsstt).

Definitions for sentients

noun

  1. a person or thing that is sentient.
  2. Archaic. the conscious mind.

adjective

  1. having the power of perception by the senses; conscious.
  2. characterized by sensation and consciousness.

Origin of sentients

1595-1605; Latin sentient- (stem of sentiēns, present participle of sentīre to feel), equivalent to senti- verb stem + -ent- -ent

Examples for sentients

As usual he addressed the dog as though he were a sentient being.

It came to me just now like a sentient thing—like something human.

Add Jews and Muslims to the mix, and a monotheistic belief in a sentient higher power is practically universal in the U.S.

The big fellow could stand what he must with set jaws when he was sentient.

It was sentient, it was alive and aware and waiting, and it was listening.

Moreover, taking the life of a sentient being is repugnant, a sin that prevents many devout Buddhists from slaughtering animals.

What if some other awareness did inhabit the universe, sentient—and lonely?

What is the quality of the sentient light they encounter, that “shines not burns”?

Except as an idea in some sentient mind, it could not be said to exist at all.

Of all sentient creatures in that deluge he was suffering most.

Word Value for sentients
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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