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Synonyms for receptive
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. receptive(adj)

    open to arguments, ideas, or change

    "receptive to reason and the logic of facts"

    Synonyms:
    centripetal, open, sensory(a)

    Antonyms:
    nonabsorptive, imperviable, efferent, unreceptive, impervious, motorial, nonabsorbent, closed, unsympathetic

  2. receptive, open(adj)

    ready or willing to receive favorably

    "receptive to the proposals"

    Synonyms:
    overt, sensory(a), exposed, heart-to-heart, undefendable, centripetal, undefended, subject, clear, open, candid, undecided, loose, unfastened, capable, assailable, unresolved, undetermined, open(a), opened

    Antonyms:
    impervious, unreceptive, closed, efferent, imperviable, nonabsorptive, nonabsorbent, motorial, unsympathetic

  3. centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)(adj)

    of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

    "sensory neurons"

    Antonyms:
    nonabsorptive, unsympathetic, motorial, impervious, imperviable, unreceptive, closed, efferent, nonabsorbent

  4. receptive(adj)

    able to absorb liquid (not repellent)

    "the paper is ink-receptive"

    Synonyms:
    centripetal, open, sensory(a)

    Antonyms:
    imperviable, nonabsorptive, closed, impervious, unsympathetic, unreceptive, motorial, efferent, nonabsorbent

PPDB, the paraphrase database

  1. List of paraphrases:

    responsive, susceptible, sensitive, open

How to pronounce receptive?

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Veena
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How to say receptive in sign language?

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