susceptible

Meaning

Adj

1. Likely to be affected by something.
2. Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
3. Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus.
4. That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.
5. Vulnerable.
6. Amenable.

Noun

A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease

Synonyms

sensitive

touchy

impressionable

vulnerable

emotional

thin-skinned

amative

amorous

susceptive

prone

receptive

responsive

impressible

tender

prickly

easily influenced

compliant

quick to take offence

delicate

liable

subject

capable

allergic

tenderness

tetchy

ticklish

touched

umbrageous

fleeceable

touchy-feely

susceptible of

thin skinned

aeschynomenous

succeptible

changeable

compassionate

gullible

hoity-toity

idealistic

inclined

kittle

moved

mushy

naive

pettish

queasy

sensible

sensorial

sensory

sentient

Translations

susceptible

susceptible

empfindlich

empfänglich

suscetível

susceptible

επιδεκτικός

anfällig

suscettibile

störempfindlich

vatbaar

ευαίσθητος

susceptível

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈsɛptɪbl̩/

Etymology

From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō.