sensitivity

sensitivity is a 11-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.
2. noun. the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

   Synonyms: sensitiveness

3. noun. the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences

   "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity"

   "the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth"

   Synonyms: sensitiveness

4. noun. (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

   "sensitivity to pain"

   Synonyms: sensibility, sensitiveness

5. noun. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

   Synonyms: sensitiveness

6. noun. susceptibility to a pathogen

   Synonyms: predisposition

Synonyms

sensitiveness, sensibility, predisposition

Common word forms

sensitivities

Words from these letters

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