Synonyms for insensible

Synonyms for (adj) insensible

Synonyms: insensible, senseless

Definition: unresponsive to stimulation

Usage: he lay insensible where he had fallen; drugged and senseless

Similar words: unconscious

Definition: not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead

Usage: lay unconscious on the floor


Synonyms: indiscernible, insensible, undetectable

Definition: barely able to be perceived

Usage: the transition was almost indiscernible; an almost insensible change

Similar words: imperceptible, unperceivable

Definition: impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses

Usage: an imperceptible drop in temperature; an imperceptible nod; color is unperceivable to the touch


Synonyms: insensible

Definition: incapable of physical sensation

Usage: insensible to pain; insensible earth

Similar words: anaesthetic, anesthetic

Definition: characterized by insensibility

Usage: the young girls are in a state of possession--blind and deaf and anesthetic; an anesthetic state


Similar words: asleep, benumbed, numb

Definition: lacking sensation

Usage: my foot is asleep; numb with cold


Synonyms: insensible, unaffected

Definition: unaware of or indifferent to

Usage: insensible to the suffering around him

Similar words: insensitive

Definition: deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive

Usage: insensitive to the needs of the patients


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