Synonyms: receptive
Definition: able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
Usage: the paper is ink-receptive
Similar words: absorbent, absorptive
Definition: having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)
Usage: as absorbent as a sponge
Synonyms: centripetal, receptive, sensory
Definition: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
Usage: sensory neurons
Similar words: afferent
Definition: of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
Usage: afferent nerves; afferent impulses
Synonyms: receptive
Definition: open to arguments, ideas, or change
Usage: receptive to reason and the logic of facts
Similar words: pervious
Definition: admitting of passage or entrance
Usage: pervious soil; a metal pervious to heat
Definition: ready or willing to receive favorably
Usage: receptive to the proposals
Similar words: acceptant, acceptive
Definition: accepting willingly
Usage: acceptive of every new idea; an acceptant type of mind
Similar words: admissive
Definition: characterized by or allowing admission
Usage: an Elizabethan tragedy admissive of comic scenes
Similar words: assimilative
Definition: capable of mentally absorbing
Usage: assimilative processes, assimilative capacity of the human mind
Similar words: hospitable
Definition: having an open mind
Usage: hospitable to new ideas; open to suggestions