SENSITIVE


Meaning of SENSITIVE in English

adj. Function: adjective

1

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

Related Words: hypersensitive, supersensitive

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

Antonyms: insensitive, unsensitive

2

Synonyms: EMOTIONAL 1, emotionable, feeling, sentient

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

4

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

Related Words: 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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