The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

on others' gullibility.
--n. 4 fodder, forage, pasturage, silage, food, provender:
What kind of feed are you giving the sheep?
feel v. 1 touch, see, note, sense, perceive, experience, determine;
handle, manipulate, finger: Feel how rough the skin is at this
spot. 2 stroke, caress, pet, fondle: I like to feel a bare
carpet with my toes. 3 sense, be conscious of, perceive, be
aware or sensible of, experience: I could feel the heat of the
fire across the room. 4 sense, believe, think, perceive, judge,
consider, deem, know, discern, intuit, Colloq get or have the
impression, have a hunch, guess, have a (funny) feeling, feel in
one's bones: I feel I have outstayed my welcome. 5 undergo,
sense, suffer, bear, endure, withstand, stand, abide, brook,
tolerate, go through: Let the other team feel the agony of
defeat for a change. 6 seem, appear, strike one, give the
impression, have a or the feeling: It felt as if a great weight
has been lifted from me. It feels like old times. That feels
silky. 7 seem to be, be, regard or characterize oneself as, take
oneself to be: I feel certain that we've met before. I felt a
perfect fool. 8 feel for. sympathize or empathize with,
commiserate with, bleed for, be sorry for, pity, have compassion
for: She feels for all mothers whose sons have died. 9 feel
like. incline or lean to or towards, prefer, fancy, want,
desire, crave: I feel like a cup of hot tea.
--n. 10 texture, surface, sensation, touch, finish: This wood
has the feel of satin. 11 feeling, air, atmosphere, climate,
ambience, sense, note, tone, quality: It's so cosy here - it
has the feel of home.
feeler n. 1 antenna, tentacle, palp, sensor: Those moths have long,
feathery feelers. 2 overture, hint, suggestion, foretaste,
probe, tester, sensor: The questionnaire is a feeler put out to
test public opinion.
feeling n. 1 (sense of) touch, sensitivity, sense, perception,
sensation, sensibility: I had no feeling in my left side. 2
intuition, idea, notion, inkling, suspicion, belief, hunch,
theory, sense; premonition, hint, presentiment, sense of
foreboding, sensation, impression, opinion, view; instinct,
consciousness, awareness: I have a feeling you're fooling. Do