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receptive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of receptive

willing to consider new or different ideas

  • needed a partner who was receptive to new ways of managing the business
Synonyms of receptive

broad-minded, open, open-minded
Words Related to receptive

impartial, neutral, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced

easygoing, nonjudgmental, tolerant

calm, detached, dispassionate

amenable, compliant

impressionable, suggestible, susceptible

persuadable, persuasible
Near Antonyms of receptive

biased, narrow, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced

bigoted, intolerant
Antonyms of receptive

narrow-minded, unreceptive

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