ADJECTIVE | pert | responsive, antiphonal | containing or using responses |
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all | responsive | readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli | |
all | responsive, reactive | reacting to a stimulus |
Sounds | rihspaa'nsihv | |
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Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... |
Meaning | Containing or using responses; alternating. | |
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Example | "responsive reading" | |
Synonym | antiphonal | |
Spanish | antifónico | |
Nouns | response | a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation |
response | a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister |
Meaning | readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion. | |
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Example | "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience" | |
Narrower | answering, respondent | Replying |
See also | sensitive | Responsive to physical stimuli |
sensitive | Susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others | |
Opposite | unresponsive | not responding to some influence or stimulus |
Spanish | sensible | |
Nouns | responsiveness | the quality of being responsive |
Verbs | respond | show a response or a reaction to something |
Meaning | reacting to a stimulus. | |
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Synonym | reactive | |
Broader | sensitive | Responsive to physical stimuli |
Spanish | reactivo |
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