feeler

English Thesaurus

1. one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	tentacle, tentacle,
definition	:	any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion (noun.animal)

2. sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	sensitiveness, sensitivity,
definition	:	the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment (noun.attribute)

3. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	proffer, proposition, suggestion,
definition	:	a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection (noun.communication)

4. one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste (noun.animal)

derivation	:	feel, finger,
definition	:	examine by touch (verb.contact)

derivation	:	feel,
definition	:	find by testing or cautious exploration (verb.possession)

derivation	:	antennal, antennary,
definition	:	of or relating to antennae (adj.pert)

5. slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish (noun.animal)

derivation	:	feel, finger,
definition	:	examine by touch (verb.contact)

derivation	:	feel,
definition	:	find by testing or cautious exploration (verb.possession)

derivation	:	barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny,
definition	:	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adj.all)

6. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others (noun.communication)

derivation	:	approach,
definition	:	make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion (verb.communication)

7. one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste (noun.animal)

derivation	:	feel, finger,
definition	:	examine by touch (verb.contact)

derivation	:	feel,
definition	:	find by testing or cautious exploration (verb.possession)

derivation	:	antennal, antennary,
definition	:	of or relating to antennae (adj.pert)

8. slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish (noun.animal)

derivation	:	feel, finger,
definition	:	examine by touch (verb.contact)

derivation	:	feel,
definition	:	find by testing or cautious exploration (verb.possession)

derivation	:	barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny,
definition	:	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adj.all)

9. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others (noun.communication)

derivation	:	approach,
definition	:	make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion (verb.communication)