Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.
- 2adjective
able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
"the paper is ink-receptive"
- 3adjective
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
"sensory neurons"
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- 4adjective
open to arguments, ideas, or change
"receptive to reason and the logic of facts"
- 5adjective
ready or willing to receive favorably
"receptive to the proposals"
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