Synonyms for sentient

Adjective

1. sentient (vs. insentient), animate, sensate

usage: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence

2. sentient, conscious (vs. unconscious)

usage: consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load"; "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White