Definitions:

1. a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest noun
   • anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear
2. a state of widespread public excitement and interest noun
   • the news caused a sensation
3. an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation noun
   • a sensation of touch

Synonyms:

• aesthesis
• champion
• esthesis
• sense datum
• sense experience
• sense impression
• sentience

NearBy Words:

• sensational
• sensationalism
• sensationalist
• sensationalistic
• sensationally