English Explanatory Dictionary

susceptible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Likely to be affected by something.
  2. Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
  3. Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus.
  4. That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.
  5. Vulnerable.
  6. Amenable.
noun
  1. A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease

Pronunciation

[səˈsɛptɪbl̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-susceptible.wav [səˈseptɪbl̩]

Word forms

susceptible more susceptible most susceptible susceptibles

Etymology

From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō.

Synonyms

exposed impaired open prone receptive sensitive subject susceptible unguarded vulnerable weak capable

Antonyms

immune resistant unsusceptible

Derived words

atherosusceptible hypersusceptible immunosusceptible insusceptible nonsusceptible oversusceptible pansusceptible supersusceptible suscept susceptibility susceptibleness susceptibly trypanosusceptible unsusceptible
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