senser

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UK/ˈsɛn.sə/US/ˈsɛn.sɚ/

noun

One who senses.

OriginEnglish sense ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens →
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Meanings

nounsenser (plural sensers)

plural sensers

  1. One who senses.

    The senser is here determined from outside, i.e., his bodiliness is determined by something external.

    2014, Valentina Ricci, Federico Sanguinetti, Hegel on Recollection, page 65

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sent-
  2. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  3. Latinsentiō
  4. Latinsēnsu
  5. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  6. Frankish*sinn
  7. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  8. Old Frenchsens
  9. Middle Englishsense
  10. Englishsense
  11. Englishsenser

From sense + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with senser

sensorspencercondensertensorcensorSpenserextensorfencercensereigentensorflenserhypertensorpseudotensorsubtensorsupertensorsuspenser
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Sounds the same

censercensorsensor

Anagrams

NesserEssner
Cite this entry
APA

senser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senser

MLA

“senser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senser. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “senser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senser.

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