SENSITIVE


Meaning of SENSITIVE in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: sentient 3, impressible, impressionable, responsive, sensible, sensile, susceptible, susceptive

Related Word: hypersensitive, supersensitive

Contrasted words: impervious, insensible, unfeeling, unimpressionable, unresponsive; wooden

Antonyms: insensitive, unsensitive

2.

Synonyms: emotional 1, emotionable, feeling, sentient

Related Word: high-strung, irritable, nervous, tense; insultable, oversensitive, umbrageous; unstable

Contrasted words: impervious, insensate, insensible, unaffected, unemotional

Antonyms: insensitive, unsensitive

3.

Synonyms: acute 3, keen, perceptive, sharp

Related Word: perceiving, seeing; aware, cognizant, conscious; knowing, understanding

4.

Synonyms: liable 2, exposed, obnoxious, open, prone, subject, susceptible

Related Word: affected, impressed, influenced; disposed, inclined, predisposed

Antonyms: insensitive

5.

Synonyms: delicate 7, precarious, ticklish, touchy, tricky

6.

Synonyms: sensory , sensational, sensatory, sensorial, sensual

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