1(Of a statement or course of action) chosen in accordance with wisdom or prudence; likely to be of benefit:
I cannot believe that it is sensible to spend so much
a sensible diet
• (Of a person) possessing or displaying prudence:
he was a sensible and capable boy
• (Of an object) practical and functional rather than decorative:
Mom always made me have sensible shoes
2archaic Readily perceived; appreciable: