Sense-based Vocabulary

The following list of sense-based words is by no means complete. It will, however, give you a good idea of the range of vocabulary for each of the major sensory systems. How many words from each category do you find familiar and comfortable? Which words do you use most often? How many additional words do you know for each category? How many of the words have meanings that apply to more than one category?

Visual Auditory Kinesthetic
clarify accent concrete
cloud alarm consider
depict amplify contact
distinguish ask crash
envision attune feel
expose clear finger
flash click flat
focused compose grab
foggy deaf grasp
glimpse dissonance grope
graphic growl handle
hazy harmonize impact
illustrate hear irritate
imagine listen move
look muffle rub
outlook note scrape
paint
overtones
sharpen
perspective
question
smash
picture
rattle
solid
preview
resonate
stir
reveal
say
strike
screen
screech
stroke
see
shout
suffer
shortsighted silence tap
show sound throw
sparkling static tickle
spectacle tune touch
twinkle utter unbudging
view voice unfeeling


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