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This list includes types and subtypes of synesthesia and some common manifestations. There are also some phenomena that are similar but not considered to be synesthesia.
Sometimes the terms are referenced in several different ways, to make it easier to find what you’re looking for. Remember that in the terms with a hyphen the “inducer” or stimulus comes first, followed by the “concurrent” or secondary synesthetic perception, so for example "Taste-colour" is when tasting something makes you see a colour, not the other way round.
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Acupuncture-colour/shape (tactile-visual)
Audio-tactile
Audio-motor (see either lexical-motor or auditory-motor/sound-to-kinetics synesthesia)
Auditory-gustatory synesthesia
Auditory-motor synesthesia (hearing sounds produces involuntary movements)
Auditory-olfactory synesthesia
Auditory-tactile synesthesia
Auditory-visual synesthesia
Aura synesthesia (projective personality-colour)
Calendar synesthesia (time units-spatial location)
Cardinal points-colour
Centuries-colour
Chords-colour (musical chords)
Chords-taste (musical chords)
Chromesthesia
Audio-motor (see either lexical-motor or auditory-motor/sound-to-kinetics synesthesia)
Auditory-gustatory synesthesia
Auditory-motor synesthesia (hearing sounds produces involuntary movements)
Auditory-olfactory synesthesia
Auditory-tactile synesthesia
Auditory-visual synesthesia
Aura synesthesia (projective personality-colour)
Calendar synesthesia (time units-spatial location)
Cardinal points-colour
Centuries-colour
Chords-colour (musical chords)
Chords-taste (musical chords)
Chromesthesia
Cities or towns-colour
Coloured hearing
Coloured numbers
Coloured letters
Coloured sequence synesthesia (colour associations for sequences of things)
Colour-graphemic or colour-grapheme (= grapheme-colour)
Colours-emotion (not considered synesthesia)
Colours-musical notes (colour-tone synesthesia)
Colours-odd or even
Colours-personality
Colours-smell
Colours-sounds
Colours-tactile sensations
Colours-taste
Colours-tones (musical notes)
Concepts-colour
Concepts-shape
Concepts-smell or taste
Countries-colour
Cutlery personification
Dance steps-colour (as a coloured sequence or as kinetics-colour synesthesia)
Days of the week-colour
Days of the week-colour/shape/texture
Days of the week-personality
Days of the week-spatial location
Coloured hearing
Coloured numbers
Coloured letters
Coloured sequence synesthesia (colour associations for sequences of things)
Colour-graphemic or colour-grapheme (= grapheme-colour)
Colours-emotion (not considered synesthesia)
Colours-musical notes (colour-tone synesthesia)
Colours-odd or even
Colours-personality
Colours-smell
Colours-sounds
Colours-tactile sensations
Colours-taste
Colours-tones (musical notes)
Concepts-colour
Concepts-shape
Concepts-smell or taste
Countries-colour
Cutlery personification
Dance steps-colour (as a coloured sequence or as kinetics-colour synesthesia)
Days of the week-colour
Days of the week-colour/shape/texture
Days of the week-personality
Days of the week-spatial location
Days of the week-taste or smell
Decades-colour
Duality (concepts are masculine/feminine, heavy/light, round/sharp etc.)
Emotion as a synesthetic concurrent (not usually considered synesthesia)
Decades-colour
Duality (concepts are masculine/feminine, heavy/light, round/sharp etc.)
Emotion as a synesthetic concurrent (not usually considered synesthesia)
Emotionally mediated synesthesia
Emotions observed in other people-colour/smell/taste/touch
Emotions-colour/shape/image
Emotions-smell
Emotions-tactile sensations
Emotions-taste
Empathy with machines
Feeling physical pain on seeing or hearing about others hurt (but not in the same part of your body)
Feeling touch, pain etc. in the same part of your body when you observe it in others
Emotions observed in other people-colour/smell/taste/touch
Emotions-colour/shape/image
Emotions-smell
Emotions-tactile sensations
Emotions-taste
Empathy with machines
Feeling physical pain on seeing or hearing about others hurt (but not in the same part of your body)
Feeling touch, pain etc. in the same part of your body when you observe it in others
Flashes on hearing sudden or loud sounds when falling asleep (not considered synesthesia)
Flavour (see taste)
Gender as a synesthetic concurrent (concepts, letters, numbers, etc. are masculine or feminine)
General sounds-colour (and/or shape)
Geometric shapes-colour
GIFs (motion)-sound
Grapheme-colour synesthesia
Grapheme-shape/texture/colour/image
Grapheme-smell
Grapheme-sound
Flavour (see taste)
Gender as a synesthetic concurrent (concepts, letters, numbers, etc. are masculine or feminine)
General sounds-colour (and/or shape)
Geometric shapes-colour
GIFs (motion)-sound
Grapheme-colour synesthesia
Grapheme-shape/texture/colour/image
Grapheme-smell
Grapheme-sound
Grapheme personification (see ordinal linguistic personification, letter personification or number personification)
Grapheme-taste
Grapheme-temperature
Gustatory-auditory synesthesia
Gustatory-olfactory (not considered synesthesia)
Gustatory-tactile synesthesia
Gustatory-visual synesthesia
Hearing GIFs
Hearing motion (hearing sounds when you see things moving)
Grapheme-taste
Grapheme-temperature
Gustatory-auditory synesthesia
Gustatory-olfactory (not considered synesthesia)
Gustatory-tactile synesthesia
Gustatory-visual synesthesia
Hearing GIFs
Hearing motion (hearing sounds when you see things moving)
Hearing smells
Hearing sounds for numbers
Hearing the taste of food
Hearing your own body movements
Ideasthesia (or ideaesthesia) (not a type of synesthesia but an alternative way of defining it)
Hearing sounds for numbers
Hearing the taste of food
Hearing your own body movements
Ideasthesia (or ideaesthesia) (not a type of synesthesia but an alternative way of defining it)
Images - smelling or tasting them
Involuntary movements in response to sounds
Key signature-colour (in music)
Kinetic synesthesia (or kinesthetic synesthesia)
Kinetics-colour
Kinetics-sound
Languages-colour
Left/right-colour
Involuntary movements in response to sounds
Key signature-colour (in music)
Kinetic synesthesia (or kinesthetic synesthesia)
Kinetics-colour
Kinetics-sound
Languages-colour
Left/right-colour
Letter form synesthesia (letters have a spatial location)
Letters-colour
Letters-colour/shape/texture/image
Letters-personality
Letters-smell/taste
Letters-sound
Letters-spatial location
Letters-temperature
Lexeme-colour
Letters-colour
Letters-colour/shape/texture/image
Letters-personality
Letters-smell/taste
Letters-sound
Letters-spatial location
Letters-temperature
Lexeme-colour
Lexeme-taste (mentioned in lexical-gustatory)
Lexical-gustatory synesthesia
Lexical-motor synesthesia
Lexical-olfactory synesthesia
Machine empathy, machine synesthesia (machines or other objects induce tactile sensations when watched)
Massage-colour/shape/image (tactile-visual)
Lexical-gustatory synesthesia
Lexical-motor synesthesia
Lexical-olfactory synesthesia
Machine empathy, machine synesthesia (machines or other objects induce tactile sensations when watched)
Massage-colour/shape/image (tactile-visual)
Mathematical concepts-vision
Mathematical synesthesias
Mirror kinetics (involuntary movements on seeing other people move)
Mirror speech
Mirror touch
Mirror touch with machines or inanimate objects
Misophonia (not considered synesthesia)
Months-colour
Months-colour/shape/texture
Months-personality
Months-spatial location
Morpheme-colour
Mathematical synesthesias
Mirror kinetics (involuntary movements on seeing other people move)
Mirror speech
Mirror touch
Mirror touch with machines or inanimate objects
Misophonia (not considered synesthesia)
Months-colour
Months-colour/shape/texture
Months-personality
Months-spatial location
Morpheme-colour
Motor synesthesia
Movements of your own body-colour
Movements of your own body-sound
Music (all music-related types of synesthesia)
Musical genres-colour
Musical genres-smell
Musical genres-taste
Musical instruments-colour and/or shape
Musical notes-colour
Musical notes-smell
Musical notes-taste
Movements of your own body-colour
Movements of your own body-sound
Music (all music-related types of synesthesia)
Musical genres-colour
Musical genres-smell
Musical genres-taste
Musical instruments-colour and/or shape
Musical notes-colour
Musical notes-smell
Musical notes-taste
Musical notes-texture
Musical synesthesias
Music-colour
Music-emotion (not considered synesthesia)
Music-images, landscapes or “music videos” (not considered synesthesia)
Music-smell
Music-taste
Music-temperature
Music-vision
Musical synesthesias
Music-colour
Music-emotion (not considered synesthesia)
Music-images, landscapes or “music videos” (not considered synesthesia)
Music-smell
Music-taste
Music-temperature
Music-vision
Names (proper nouns)-actions/movement
Number form synesthesia (numbers have a spatial location)
Numbers-colour
Numbers-personality
Numbers-shape/colour/texture/image
Numbers-smell or taste
Numbers-sound
Numbers-spatial location
Numbers-temperature
Objects are odd or even
Objects have personalities
Number form synesthesia (numbers have a spatial location)
Numbers-colour
Numbers-personality
Numbers-shape/colour/texture/image
Numbers-smell or taste
Numbers-sound
Numbers-spatial location
Numbers-temperature
Objects are odd or even
Objects have personalities
Odd and even: concepts are either odd or even
Odour (see smell)
Olfactory-auditory synesthesia
Olfactory-gustatory (not considered synesthesia)
Olfactory-tactile synesthesia
Olfactory-visual synesthesia
OLP (= ordinal linguistic personification)
Ordinal linguistic personification
Orgasm-colour/images
Pain empathy (not usually considered synesthesia)
Pain-colour/shape/image
Pain-smell
Pain-sound
Pain-taste
Parity (odd or even) as a synesthetic concurrent
Parts of the body-colour
Odour (see smell)
Olfactory-auditory synesthesia
Olfactory-gustatory (not considered synesthesia)
Olfactory-tactile synesthesia
Olfactory-visual synesthesia
OLP (= ordinal linguistic personification)
Ordinal linguistic personification
Orgasm-colour/images
Pain empathy (not usually considered synesthesia)
Pain-colour/shape/image
Pain-smell
Pain-sound
Pain-taste
Parity (odd or even) as a synesthetic concurrent
Parts of the body-colour
Personality-colour
Personality-smell
Personality-taste
Personification
Personification of colours
Personification of cutlery
Personification of days or months
Personality-smell
Personality-taste
Personification
Personification of colours
Personification of cutlery
Personification of days or months
Personification of graphemes (see ordinal linguistic personification, letter personification or number personification)
Personification of letters
Personification of musical notes, chords or keys
Personification of numbers
Personification of objects
Personification of musical sounds or sequences
Phonemes-colour
Personification of letters
Personification of musical notes, chords or keys
Personification of numbers
Personification of objects
Personification of musical sounds or sequences
Phonemes-colour
Seeing flashes on hearing sudden or loud sounds (not considered synesthesia)
Seeing ideas and thoughts
Seeing landscapes, figurative images or “music videos” when listening to music (not considered synesthesia)
Seeing music or sound
Seeing time units, letters or numbers in a spatial location
Seeing landscapes, figurative images or “music videos” when listening to music (not considered synesthesia)
Seeing music or sound
Seeing time units, letters or numbers in a spatial location
Seeing sequences of concepts in a spatial location
Seeing smells
Seeing tastes
Seeing touch, pain etc. in other people and feeling it in the same part of your body
Seeing words (like subtitles) when people speak
Sequence-colour
Sequence-spatial
Sequences of things have personality
Sexual synesthesia; sexual and romantic synesthesia
Sight as a synesthetic inducer
Smell-emotion: see Emotion as a concurrent or Smell and memories (not considered synesthesia)
Smelling colours (colours trigger smell perceptions)
Smelling images
Smelling music or sound
Smelling numbers
Seeing smells
Seeing tastes
Seeing touch, pain etc. in other people and feeling it in the same part of your body
Seeing words (like subtitles) when people speak
Sequence-colour
Sequence-spatial
Sequences of things have personality
Sexual synesthesia; sexual and romantic synesthesia
Sight as a synesthetic inducer
Smell-emotion: see Emotion as a concurrent or Smell and memories (not considered synesthesia)
Smelling colours (colours trigger smell perceptions)
Smelling images
Smelling music or sound
Smelling numbers
Smelling personalities
Smelling sequences of concepts
Smelling words
Smells-colour
Smells-memories (not considered synesthesia)
Smells-musical notes or sounds
Smells-shape
Smells-sound
Smells-tactile sensations
Smelling sequences of concepts
Smelling words
Smells-colour
Smells-memories (not considered synesthesia)
Smells-musical notes or sounds
Smells-shape
Smells-sound
Smells-tactile sensations
Smells-vision
Smell-taste (not considered synesthesia)
Social synesthesia
Songs-colour
Songs-smell
Songs-taste
Sounds-colour
Sounds-physical sensations
Sounds (sudden or loud) produce visual flashes (not considered synesthesia)
Sounds-shape
Sounds-involuntary movements
Smell-taste (not considered synesthesia)
Social synesthesia
Songs-colour
Songs-smell
Songs-taste
Sounds-colour
Sounds-physical sensations
Sounds (sudden or loud) produce visual flashes (not considered synesthesia)
Sounds-shape
Sounds-involuntary movements
Sounds-kinetics
Sounds-smell
Sounds-tactile sensations (sound-touch)
Sounds-taste
Sounds-temperature
Sounds-texture
Sounds-visual perceptions
Spatial sequence synesthesia
Spatial sequences of letters
Spatial sequences of numbers
Spatial sequences of other concepts
SSS (= spatial sequence synesthesia)
Stimulus-parity synesthesia (concepts are odd or even)
Subtitles (ticker tape synesthesia)
Swimming styles-colour
Tactile-auditory synesthesia
Tactile-emotion synesthesia
Tactile-gustatory synesthesia
Tactile-olfactory synesthesia
Tactile-visual synesthesia
Taste-colour
Sounds-smell
Sounds-tactile sensations (sound-touch)
Sounds-taste
Sounds-temperature
Sounds-texture
Sounds-visual perceptions
Spatial sequence synesthesia
Spatial sequences of letters
Spatial sequences of numbers
Spatial sequences of other concepts
SSS (= spatial sequence synesthesia)
Stimulus-parity synesthesia (concepts are odd or even)
Subtitles (ticker tape synesthesia)
Swimming styles-colour
Tactile-auditory synesthesia
Tactile-emotion synesthesia
Tactile-gustatory synesthesia
Tactile-olfactory synesthesia
Tactile-visual synesthesia
Taste-colour
Taste-memories (not considered synesthesia)
Taste-musical notes
Taste-shape
Taste-smell (not considered synesthesia)
Taste-sound
Taste-tactile sensations
Taste-vision
Taste-musical notes
Taste-shape
Taste-smell (not considered synesthesia)
Taste-sound
Taste-tactile sensations
Taste-vision
Tasting colours (colours trigger taste sensations)
Thoughts-shapes and colours
Ticker tape
Timbre-colour and/or shape
Time units-colour
Time units-spatial location
Ticker tape
Timbre-colour and/or shape
Time units-colour
Time units-spatial location
Touch-sight
Towns or cities-colour
Vicarious pain (not normally considered synesthesia)
Vision as a synesthetic inducer
Visually-induced auditory synesthesia
Towns or cities-colour
Vicarious pain (not normally considered synesthesia)
Vision as a synesthetic inducer
Visually-induced auditory synesthesia
Visuo-spatial synesthesia
Voices-colour
Voices-shape
Voices-smell
Voices-taste
Words appear visually when hearing people talk
Words-actions (perceiving moving images)
Voices-colour
Voices-shape
Voices-smell
Voices-taste
Words appear visually when hearing people talk
Words-actions (perceiving moving images)
Words-odd or even
Words and letters-shape/texture/colour/images
Words-smell
Words-taste
Words-temperature
Years-colour
Years-spatial location
Words and letters-shape/texture/colour/images
Words-smell
Words-taste
Words-temperature
Years-colour
Years-spatial location
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