responsive

(rĭ-spŏn'sĭv)
adj.

1. Answering or replying; responding.
2. Readily reacting to suggestions, influences, appeals, or efforts: a responsive student.
3. Containing or using responses: responsive reading; responsive liturgy.

responsively re·spon'sive·ly adv.
responsiveness re·spon'sive·ness n.

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adjective

1. Able to receive and respond to external stimuli: impressible, impressionable, sensible, sensitive, sentient, susceptible, susceptive. See awareness/unawareness.
2. Ready and willing to receive favorably, as new ideas: acceptant, amenable, open, open-minded, receptive. See accept/reject.
3. Easily approached: accessible, approachable, welcoming. See approach/retreat, attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

adj

Definition: quick to react
Antonyms: apathetic, insensitive, unresponsive, unsusceptible

(in physiology) the ability of a cell, tissue, or organ to undergo a response. Maximal response normally corresponds to the healthy in vivo state, so that the degree of response is an indication of the integrity of the preparation. However, negative regulators may be removed during tissue preparation, thus giving enhanced activity in vitro.

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See words rhyming with "responsive."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - interesseret, lydhør

Nederlands (Dutch)
bereid te antwoorden/ reageren

Français (French)
adj. - réceptif, affectueux, dynamique, (Aut) nerveux, qui répond bien

Deutsch (German)
adj. - aufgeschlossen, empfänglich, empfindlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που ανταποκρίνεται πρόθυμα ή αντιδρά ευνοϊκά, ευαίσθητος, ευσυγκίνητος, απαντητικός

Italiano (Italian)
rispondente, sensibile, disponibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - responsivo, impressionável

Русский (Russian)
отзывчивый, чуткий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sensible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mottaglig, lyhörd, svars-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
回答的, 易感应的, 应答的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 回答的, 易感應的, 應答的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 바로 대답하는, 대답의, 응답 성가를 부르는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 答える, 反応する, 物わかりのよい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سريع الإستجابه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נענה מהר, עונה בחום, משיב בהבנה, מגיב בחיוב‬

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