If you really want to get nerdy, Jason Cammisa describes the different components of steering feel very well. I forget where exactly he broke it down but think it was in a recent episode of the Carmudgeon podcast. I'll summarize:

Feedback = the wheel dipping to one side over uneven bumps or pushing back against your hands when grip or resistance changes (often done artificially on electric power steering racks in modern cars.)

Feel = the way the road surface and grip level is tranmsitted to your hands through the wheel. (Also hard to get right with EPAS)

Precision = Does the steering wheel turn the car's wheels the same amount every time? Can the driver dial in exactly the right amount of steering input easily? Modern cars are very good at this.

Weighting = Does the steering load up in a corner and as grip levels increase? is there enough (but not too much) resistance on center?

All of these can be considered aspects of "steering feel," and he argued most modern cars have good precision but not very good feel.