sensitive

sensitive is a 9-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 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 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.
2. adjective. Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected.
3. adjective. Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
4. adjective. Readily affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or bromide, when in contact with certain organic substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays.
5. adjective. Serving to affect the sense; sensible.
6. adjective. Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation.
7. noun. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

   "he consulted several mediums"

   Synonyms: medium, spiritualist

8. adjective. of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security
9. adjective. hurting

   "the tender spot on his jaw"

   Synonyms: raw, sore, tender

10. adjective. able to feel or perceive

    "even amoeba are sensible creatures"

    "the more sensible parts of the skin"

    Synonyms: sensible

11. adjective. responsive to physical stimuli

    "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"

    "a sensitive voltmeter"

12. adjective. being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others

    "sensitive to the local community and its needs"

Synonyms

medium, spiritualist, raw, sore, tender, sensible

Common word forms

sensitives, sensitively, sensitiveness

Words from these letters

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