Synonyms for feel

Noun

1. feel, awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

usage: an intuitive awareness; "he has a feel for animals" or "it's easy when you get the feel of it";

2. spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, atmosphere, ambiance, ambience

usage: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

3. tactile property, feel, property

usage: a property perceived by touch

4. feel, foreplay, arousal, stimulation

usage: manual-genital stimulation for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"

Verb

1. feel, experience, feel for

usage: undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret"

2. find, feel, reason, reason out, conclude

usage: come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"

3. feel, sense, perceive, comprehend

usage: perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"

4. feel, be

usage: seem with respect to a given sensation given; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"

5. feel, think, believe, consider, conceive

usage: have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves"

6. feel, experience, undergo, see, go through

usage: undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their way through the string quartet"; "she felt his contempt of her"

7. feel, look, appear, seem

usage: be felt or perceived in a certain way; "The ground feels shaky"; "The sheets feel soft"

8. feel, search, seek, look for

usage: grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet"

9. feel, finger

usage: examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"

10. palpate, feel, touch

usage: examine (a body part) by palpation; "The nurse palpated the patient's stomach"; "The runner felt her pulse"

11. feel, find, regain

usage: find by testing or cautious exploration; "He felt his way around the dark room"

12. feel, look, appear, seem

usage: produce a certain impression; "It feels nice to be home again"

13. feel, touch

usage: pass one's hands over the sexual organs of; "He felt the girl in the movie theater"