receptive

receptive is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.
2. adjective. able to absorb liquid (not repellent)

   "the paper is ink-receptive"

3. adjective. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

   "sensory neurons"

   Synonyms: centripetal, sensory

4. adjective. open to arguments, ideas, or change

   "receptive to reason and the logic of facts"

5. adjective. ready or willing to receive favorably

   "receptive to the proposals"

   Synonyms: open

Synonyms

centripetal, sensory, open

Common word forms

receptively, receptiveness

Words from these letters

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