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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

likely, prone

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

tough

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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