English Explanatory Dictionary

responsive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Answering, replying or responding
  2. Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
  3. Using antiphons; antiphonal.
  4. Susceptible to the feelings of others.
  5. Automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space.
  6. Suited to something else; correspondent.
  7. Responsible.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-responsive.wav /ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv/

Word forms

responsive more responsive most responsive

Etymology

From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.

Antonyms

nonresponsive unresponsive

Derived words

alloresponsive bioresponsive chemoresponsive corresponsive ecoresponsive electroresponsive hyperresponsive hyporesponsive immunoresponsive irresponsive isoresponsive magnetoresponsive mechanoresponsive multiresponsive normoresponsive osmoresponsive overresponsive photoresponsive radioresponsive responsive design responsively responsiveness responsive web design responsivity responsorial seroresponsive thermoresponsive underresponsive vasoresponsive
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