Sentience is the ability to perceive subjectively.

Sentient may also refer to:

  • Sentient (intelligence analysis system), a classified artificial intelligence–powered satellite-based intelligence analysis system of the National Reconnaissance Office of the United States Intelligence Community
  • Sentient computing, a form of ubiquitous computing which uses sensors to perceive its environment and react accordingly
  • Sentient Information Systems, a Dutch software company specialized in data mining
  • Sentient diet, also referred to as Sattvic diet

Video games

  • Sentient (video game), a videogame developed by Psygnosis in 1997 for the PlayStation and PC
  • Sentients, an alien race from Hot Wheels Battle Force 5
  • The Sentients, a faction in the online game Warframe, described as a race of terraforming machines from the Tau system

Music

  • Sentient, a 2025 collaboration album by Santana
  • Sentience (EP), an EP by electronic music producer 1788-L
  • Sentience, an electronic music group headed by Nick Sentience