sensitive

1 able to sense slight impressions or differences a scale that is sensitive to the smallest change in weight Synonyms of sensitive delicate, fine, keen, perceptive, quick, acute, sharpWords Related to sensitive accurate, clear, discerning, good, piercing, precise, receptive, sensible, subtle; hair-trigger, hyperacute, hypersensitive, oversensitive, supersensitiveNear 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 she's very sensitive to the sun and will burn if she's outside for any amount of time Synonyms of sensitive endangered, exposed, open, liable, subject (to), susceptible, vulnerableWords Related to sensitive likely, prone; uncovered, undefended, unguarded, unprotected, unscreened, unsecuredNear Antonyms of sensitive covered, guarded, protected, safeguarded, screened, secured, sheltered, shielded, wardedAntonyms 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, tenderWords Related to sensitive breakable, brittle, crushable, eggshell, frangible, friable; feeble, flimsy, puny, slight, soft, tenuous, weak; nonhardy, perishable, resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yieldingNear 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, toughenedAntonyms of sensitive tough

4 of or relating to physical sensation or the senses sensitive data Synonyms of sensitive sensational, sensory, sensorial, sensuousWords Related to sensitive afferent, receptive; sensate, sensualNear 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), tricky, spiny, sticky, thorny, ticklish, touchy, tough, tricksyWords 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, stressfulNear Antonyms of sensitive easy, effortless, manageable, painless, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding, unproblematic