sensational

1. 1.

   causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion

   Antonymsunsensational

   Similarluridscandalmongeringscreaming
2. 2.

   commanding attention

   “an arresting drawing of people turning into animals”

   “a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten”

   “a stunning performance”

   Synonymsarrestingstunning

   Similarimpressive
3. 3.

   relating to or concerned in sensation

   “the sensory cortex”

   “sensory organs”

   Synonymssensory

Questions about sensational

What does sensational mean?

sensational means "causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sensational?

sensational has 4 syllables: sen-sa-tio-nal. The stress falls on "sa". In IPA it is /sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/.

What is another word for sensational?

Close synonyms include arresting, stunning, sensory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of sensational?

The recorded antonyms are unsensational.

Is sensational a common word?

sensational is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sensational?

1 word rhymes with sensational. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.