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responsive
[ ri-spon-siv ]
adjective
- responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.:
a responsive government.
Synonyms: sympathetic, understanding, receptive
- Physiology. acting in response, as to some stimulus.
- characterized by the use of responses:
responsive worship.
responsive
/ rɪˈspɒnsɪv /
adjective
- reacting or replying quickly or favourably, as to a suggestion, initiative, etc
- (of an organism) reacting to a stimulus
Derived Forms
- reˈsponsively, adverb
- reˈsponsiveness, noun
Other Words From
- re·sponsive·ly adverb
- hyper·re·sponsive adjective
- hyper·re·sponsive·ly adverb
- hyper·re·sponsive·ness noun
- nonre·sponsive adjective
- nonre·sponsive·ly adverb
- quasi-re·sponsive adjective
- quasi-re·sponsive·ly adverb
- unre·sponsive adjective
- unre·sponsive·ly adverb
- unre·sponsive·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of responsive1
Example Sentences
Other creatures have visual systems that are responsive to different frequencies of light, with birds and butterflies able to perceive wavelengths in the ultraviolet range.
Basically, Trump's thinking has become so tangential that he's really not able to answer a question in a way that's responsive to the question being asked.
“If the community wasn’t as responsive, what would it look like here?” she said.
"Businesses succeed by being responsive to customers and have a far better track record of customer service, streamlined paperwork and prompt response times than the federal government," the business lobbying group said in a statement.
The cancer is “aggressive,” Fischer said, but also highly responsive to medication and treatment.
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