sensation

(noun) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation. Synonyms: esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum. Example: "A sensation of touch."

(noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz.

(noun) a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest. Example: "Anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear."

(noun) a state of widespread public excitement and interest. Example: "The news caused a sensation."

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended. Synonyms: sense, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty. Example: "In the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing."