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responsive

/ɹɪspˈɑnsɪv/adjective3 syllables

Responsive means: readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion.

Synonyms for responsive5

adjective, as in readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion

answering, respondent, sensitive

adjective, as in reacting to a stimulus

reactive, sensitive

adjective, as in containing or using responses; alternating

antiphonal

Opposites of responsive

unresponsive

What does responsive mean?3

adjective

1

readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion“children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience”

2

reacting to a stimulus“the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons”

3

containing or using responses; alternating“responsive reading”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with responsive?1

four syllables

unresponsive
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Responsive in a sentence

  • Ziri taught his puppy to be obedient and responsive.Amastan
  • He was very kind and responsive.DeSha
  • Most kinds of aggressive behavior among members of the same species are responsive to crowding in the environment.Hybrid
  • These patients were not responsive to other therapies and had experienced several recurrences of their disease.Cangarejo

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