1. (

• sensation ,
• esthesis ,
• aesthesis ,
• sense_experience ,
• sense_impression ,
• sense_datum

) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch" ;

2. (

• ace ,
• adept ,
• champion ,
• sensation ,
• maven ,
• mavin ,
• virtuoso ,
• genius ,
• hotshot ,
• star ,
• superstar ,
• whiz ,
• whizz ,
• wizard ,
• wiz

) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field ;

3. (

• sensation

) a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest; "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear" ;

4. (

• sensation

) a state of widespread public excitement and interest; "the news caused a sensation" ;

5. (

• sense ,
• sensation ,
• sentience ,
• sentiency ,
• sensory_faculty

) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing" ;