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sensitive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of sensitive

1 able to sense slight impressions or differences

a scale that is sensitive to the smallest change in weight

Synonyms of sensitive

acute, delicate, fine, keen, perceptive, quick, sharp

Words Related to sensitive

accurate, clear, discerning, good, piercing, precise, receptive, sensible, subtle

hair-trigger, hyperacute, hypersensitive, oversensitive, supersensitive

Near Antonyms of sensitive

bad, deadened, dimmed, dull, dulled, fading

dead, imperceptive, insensible, insensitive, numb

imprecise, inaccurate

2 being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm

sheʼs very sensitive to the sun and will burn if she's outside for any amount of time

Synonyms of sensitive

endangered, exposed, liable, open, subject (to), susceptible, vulnerable

Words Related to sensitive

uncovered, undefended, unguarded, unprotected, unscreened, unsecured

Phrases Synonymous with sensitive

at risk, in deep water, in jeopardy

Near Antonyms of sensitive

covered, guarded, protected, safeguarded, screened, secured, sheltered, shielded, warded

Antonyms of sensitive

insusceptible, invulnerable, unexposed, unsusceptible

3 easily injured without careful handling

the sensitive skin of a newborn mouse

Synonyms of sensitive

delicate, fragile, frail, tender

Words Related to sensitive

breakable, brittle, crushable, eggshell, frangible, friable

feeble, flimsy, puny, slight, soft, tenuous, weak

nonhardy, perishable, resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding

Near Antonyms of sensitive

durable, firm, flinty, hard, hardy, resistant, robust, rugged, solid, sound, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial

infrangible, nonbreakable, unbreakable

hardened, inured, strengthened, tempered, toughened

Antonyms of sensitive

4 of or relating to physical sensation or the senses

sensitive data

Synonyms of sensitive

sensational, sensorial, sensory, sensuous

Words Related to sensitive

afferent, receptive

sensate, sensual

Near Antonyms of sensitive

extrasensory, intuitional

5 requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling

pointing out to the boss that she's wrong is always a sensitive task

Synonyms of sensitive

catchy, delicate, difficult, dodgy [chiefly British], hairy, knotty, nasty, prickly, problematic (also problematical), spiny, sticky, thorny, ticklish, touchy, tough, tricksy, tricky

Words Related to sensitive

abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, hard, intricate, involved, recondite, serious

problem, scabrous, stubborn, troublesome, troublous, vexatious, vexing, worrisome

burdensome, demanding, discommoding, exacting, exhausting, importunate, inconvenient, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful

Near Antonyms of sensitive

easy, effortless, manageable, painless, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding, unproblematic

Synonym Discussion of sensitive

liable, open, exposed, subject, prone, susceptible, sensitive mean being by nature or through circumstances likely to experience something adverse. liable implies a possibility or probability of incurring something because of position, nature, or particular situation.

- liable to get lost

open stresses a lack of barriers preventing incurrence.

- a claim open to question

exposed suggests lack of protection or powers of resistance against something actually present or threatening.

- exposed to infection

subject implies an openness for any reason to something that must be suffered or undergone.

- all reports are subject to review

prone stresses natural tendency or propensity to incur something.

- prone to delay

susceptible implies conditions existing in one's nature or individual constitution that make incurrence probable.

- very susceptible to flattery

sensitive implies a readiness to respond to or be influenced by forces or stimuli.

- unduly sensitive to criticism

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