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responsive
adjective
readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 10
- Starts with
- R
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- ESPONSIV
- Scrabble score
- 15
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ɹɪˈspɒnsɪv
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion
“children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience”
adjective
reacting to a stimulus
“the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons”
adjective
containing or using responses; alternating
“responsive reading”
In context
Example Sentences
children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience
the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons
responsive reading
antiphonal laughter
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