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receptive

re·cep·tive

receptive

 
 
pronunciation:
rih sep tihv
features:
Word Combinations (adjective)
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: capable of or willing to receive.
Fortunately, the patient's body was receptive to the transplant.
antonyms:
unreceptive
similar words:
absorbent, alert, amenable, capable, friendly, open, pliable, responsive, sensitive
definition 2: open and willing to accommodate new thoughts and ideas.
Her mother was surprisingly receptive to the idea of having the wedding outdoors.
synonyms:
amenable, open
antonyms:
unreceptive
similar words:
flexible, interested, responsive, sensitive
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)receptive extremely, generally, highly, increasingly, incredibly, initially, less, more, naturally, openly, particularly, potentially, remarkably, sexually, unusually, very
(adj.)receptive + noun appeal, archegonium, argument, attitude, audience, climate, cluster, coaching, coding, communication, courtship, crowd, deficit, disability, ear, environment, feedback, female, frame, hen, idea, immigration, impression, inflorescence, innovation, intercourse, language, learning, listener, listening, male, message, mind, mode, mood, notion, offer, overture, pitch, proposal, public, recommendation, request, rhetoric, speech, stimulus, suggestion, viewer, vocabulary  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: receptively (adv.), receptiveness (n.)