sentient
adjective /ˈsentiənt/, /ˈsenʃnt/
/ˈsentiənt/, /ˈsenʃnt/
[usually before noun] (formal)- able to see or feel things through the senses
- Man is a sentient being.
- There was no sign of any sentient life or activity.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySentient is used with these nouns:- being
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin sentient- ‘feeling’, from the verb sentire.