Synonyms: susceptible
Definition: (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of
Usage: susceptible to colds; susceptible of proof
Similar words: supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, allergic, hypersensitised, hypersensitive, hypersensitized
Definition: having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)
Usage: allergic children; hypersensitive to pollen
Similar words: amenable
Definition: open to being acted upon in a certain way
Usage: an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death; the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment
Similar words: subject, capable, open
Definition: possibly accepting or permitting
Usage: a passage capable of misinterpretation; open to interpretation; an issue open to question; the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
Similar words: persuadable, persuasible, suasible, convincible
Definition: being susceptible to persuasion
Similar words: fictile, pliable
Definition: susceptible to being led or directed
Usage: fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda
Similar words: nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant, liable
Definition: (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with
Usage: liable to diabetes
Similar words: predisposed
Definition: made susceptible
Usage: because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease
Similar words: tractable, amenable
Definition: readily reacting to suggestions and influences
Usage: a responsive student
Similar words: suggestible
Definition: susceptible or responsive to suggestion
Usage: suggestible young minds
Similar words: temptable
Definition: susceptible to temptation
Similar words: unvaccinated
Definition: not vaccinated
Similar words: vulnerable
Definition: susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
Usage: vulnerable to bribery; an argument vulnerable to refutation
Synonyms: susceptible
Definition: easily impressed emotionally
Similar words: waxy, impressible, impressionable
Definition: easily impressed or influenced
Usage: an impressionable youngster; an impressionable age; a waxy mind