sensation in WordNet English dictionary

1. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
   ace  adept  champion  sensation  maven  mavin  virtuoso  genius  hotshot  star  superstar  whiz  whizz  wizard  wiz 
   
2. an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
   "a sensation of touch"
   sensation  esthesis  aesthesis  sense experience  sense impression  sense datum 
   
3. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
   "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
   sense  sensation  sentience  sentiency  sensory faculty 
   
4. a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
   "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"
   sensation 
   
5. a state of widespread public excitement and interest
   "the news caused a sensation"
   sensation