Synonyms and Antonyms of feel
1
to have a vague awareness of
- I feel trouble brewing in the town
behold, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, sight, spy, view, witness
ascertain, catch on (to), discover, find out, hear, learn, realize
anticipate, divine, expect, foreknow, foresee
assume, conjecture, guess, presume, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect
2
to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin
- feel this blanket and perceive how soft it is
caress, embrace, finger, fondle, hug, kiss, lip, nose, nudge, nuzzle, paw, rub, stroke
palp, palpate
brush, graze, shave, skim
clasp, clench, cling (to), clutch, grasp, grip, handle, hold, palm
chuck, clap, dab, flick, pat, tag, tap, tip
hit, knock, pound, rap, whack
3
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it
- with the birth of their first child the couple came to feel true happiness for the first time
endure, experience, have, know, pass, see, suffer, sustain, taste, undergo, witness
4
to have as an opinion
- I just feel that we haven't explored all of our options for raising funds
allow [chiefly Southern & Midland], believe, conceive, consider, deem, esteem, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], suppose, think
5
to search for something blindly or uncertainly
- the sudden blackout had us feeling around in the dark for a flashlight
grabble
cast about, hunt, look, reach, seek (out)
capture, clutch, corral, get, grab, nab, nail, seize, snatch
comb, dig (thro
