'Feeler' definitions:
Definition of 'feeler'
(from WordNet)
noun
One of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste [syn: antenna, feeler]
noun
A tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture, advance, approach, feeler]
noun
Sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations" [syn: antenna, feeler]
noun
Slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish [syn: barbel, feeler]
Definition of 'Feeler'
From: GCIDE
- Feeler \Feel"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, feels. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp. [1913 Webster]
- Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antenn[ae]. --Derham. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'feeler'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- antenna,
- approach,
- asking price,
- barb,
- barbel,
- barbule,
- barometer,
- bid,
- bone of contention,
- cat whisker,
- catechism,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- debating point,
- demand,
- foretaste,
- hint,
- inquiry,
- interrogation,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- invitation,
- issue,
- kiteflying,
- leader,
- leading,
- leading question,
- moot point,
- offer,
- offering,
- overture,
- palp,
- palpus,
- pilot balloon,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- preliminary approach,
- presentation,
- probe,
- problem,
- proffer,
- query,
- question,
- question at issue,
- question mark,
- quodlibet,
- random sample,
- sample,
- sensor,
- sound,
- sounder,
- straw vote,
- submission,
- suggestion,
- tactile cell,
- tactile corpuscle,
- tactile hair,
- tactile organ,
- tactile process,
- tactor,
- tentative approach,
- test,
- tester,
- topic,
- trial balloon,
- vexed question,
- vibrissa,
- weather vane,
- weathercock