| Pronunciation: | | ree'spânsiv
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- [adj] readily reacting to people or events; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience"
- [adj] susceptible to the feelings or attitudes of others; "keeping government in America responsive to the will of the people"
- [adj] readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student"
- [adj] susceptible to suggestion; "a personality responsive to your desires"
- [adj] (religion) containing or using responses or antiphons recited or sung in alternation; "responsive reading"; "antiphonal liturgy"
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RESPONSIVE is a 10 letter word that starts with R. |
| | Synonyms: | | amenable, answering, antiphonal, respondent, susceptible, tractable |
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| | Antonyms: | | unresponsive |
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| | See Also: | | sensitive |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Re*spon"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. resposif.]
1. That responds; ready or inclined to respond.
2. Suited to something else; correspondent.
The vocal lay responsive to the strings. --Pope.
3. Responsible. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Re*spon"sive*ly},
adv. -- {Re*spon"sive*ness}, n.
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