Sensation meaning

What does “sensation” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“sensation” is a noun with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation.

sensation

an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
“a sensation of touch”
Synonymsesthesis aesthesis sense experience sense impression sense datum
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Synonymsace adept champion maven mavin virtuoso genius hotshot
a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
“anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear”
a state of widespread public excitement and interest
“the news caused a sensation”
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
“in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
Synonymssense sentience sentiency sensory faculty

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University