1. (noun)sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation "a sensation of touch"
2. (noun)ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
3. (noun)sensation a generalfeeling of excitement and heightened interest "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"
5. (noun)sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty the faculty through which the externalworld is apprehended
"in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"