tactile sensation

1. 1.

   the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin

   “she likes the touch of silk on her skin”

   “the surface had a greasy feeling”

   Synonymstouchtouch sensationtactual sensationfeeling

   Broaderperception

   Narrowercreepinesscutaneous sensation

Questions about tactile sensation

What does tactile sensation mean?

tactile sensation means "the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin".

What is another word for tactile sensation?

Close synonyms include touch, touch sensation, tactual sensation, feeling. 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.

Is tactile sensation a common word?

tactile sensation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.