RESPONSIVE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for RESPONSIVE?

Need another word that means the same as “responsive”? Find 30 synonyms and 30 related words for “responsive” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Responsive” are: reactive, antiphonal, quick to react, receptive, open to suggestions, amenable, flexible, accessible, approachable, forthcoming, sensitive, perceptive, sympathetic, well disposed, susceptible, impressionable, open, alive, awake, aware, open-minded, ready to consider new ideas, willing to consider new ideas, open to new ideas, interested, attuned, willing, favourable, friendly, welcoming

Responsive as an Adjective

Definitions of "Responsive" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “responsive” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Reacting quickly and positively.
• Denoting or relating to a website whose page design changes automatically according to the size of the screen on which it is viewed.
• Reacting to a stimulus.
• Responding readily and with interest.
• In response; answering.
• (of a section of liturgy) using responses.
• Containing or using responses; alternating.
• Readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion.

Synonyms of "Responsive" as an adjective (30 Words)

accessible	(of a place) able to be reached or entered. Features such as non slip floors and accessible entrances.
alive	Alert and active; animated. The volcano is very much alive.
amenable	Liable to answer to a higher authority. An amenable child.
antiphonal	Relating to or resembling an antiphon or antiphony. Antiphonal laughter.
approachable	Easy to meet or converse or do business with. A friendly approachable person.
attuned	Receptive or aware. The Department is very attuned politically.
awake	Aware of. Too few are awake to the dangers.
aware	Concerned and well informed about a particular situation or development. Most people are aware of the dangers of sunbathing.
favourable	(of a wind) blowing in the direction of travel. By sailing towards the land first you will find more favourable wind.
flexible	(of a person) ready and able to change so as to adapt to different circumstances. Small businesses which are dependent on flexible working hours.
forthcoming	At ease in talking to others. The forthcoming holidays.
friendly	(of troops or equipment) of, belonging to, or allied with one’s own forces. Friendly advice.
impressionable	Easily influenced. Children are highly impressionable and susceptible to advertising.
interested	Involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in. The interested parties met to discuss the business.
open	Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness. Students choice of degree can be kept open until the second year.
open to new ideas	Not defended or capable of being defended.
open to suggestions	Full of small openings or gaps.
open-minded	Ready to entertain new ideas.
perceptive	Having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment. A perceptive eye.
quick to react	Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity.
reactive	Acting in response to a situation rather than creating or controlling it. Free radicals are very reactive.
ready to consider new ideas	Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity.
receptive	Able to absorb liquid (not repellent. The goldfish s vision is receptive to a wider band of light than almost any other animal.
sensitive	Having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others’ feelings. The Japanese were successfully entering many of the most sensitive markets.
susceptible	Easily impressed emotionally. They only do it to tease him he s too susceptible.
sympathetic	Relating to or denoting the part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves arising from ganglia near the middle part of the spinal cord supplying the internal organs blood vessels and glands and balancing the action of the parasympathetic nerves. The sympathetic characters in the play.
welcoming	Very cordial. A welcoming smile.
well disposed	Wise or advantageous and hence advisable.
willing	Ready, eager, or prepared to do something. Willing helpers.
willing to consider new ideas	Disposed or inclined toward.

Usage Examples of "Responsive" as an adjective

• Our most enthusiastic and responsive students.
• A flexible service that is responsive to changing social patterns.
• A mobile-friendly responsive layout.
• Responsive reading.
• A responsive site that would work on PCs and tablets equally well.
• Children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience.
• I'm distracted by a nibble on my line: I jig it several times, but there is no responsive tug.

Associations of "Responsive" (30 Words)

answer	Give the correct answer or solution to. She must answer for her actions.
answering	Replying. An answering glance.
appellant	Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals.
caller	Fresh. Who is the caller of this meeting.
checklist	A list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted.
demographic	A statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc. The demographic trend is towards an older population.
examination	The action or process of conducting an examination. The role of the planning system has come under increasing critical examination.
interrogative	Relating to verbs in the so called interrogative mood. A hard interrogative stare.
labile	Liable to change. Mood seemed generally appropriate but the patient was often labile.
poll	Vote in an election at a polling station. The polls have only just closed.
pollster	A person who conducts or analyses opinion polls. A pollster conducts public opinion polls.
query	Used in writing or speaking to question the accuracy of a following statement or to introduce a question. I rang the water company to query my bill.
questionnaire	A set of printed or written questions with a choice of answers, devised for the purposes of a survey or statistical study.
react	Show a response or a reaction to something. The shares reacted to 222p before rallying to 228p.
reactive	Participating readily in reactions. Lysosomal activity can activate B lymphocytes reactive against self components.
reconnaissance	The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy. An excellent aircraft for low level reconnaissance.
reconnoiter	Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody.
reexamine	Look at again; examine again.
rejoinder	(law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff’s replication. She would have made some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind.
reply	A statement either spoken or written that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation. I am writing in reply to your letter.
respond	Respond favorably or as hoped. His back injury has failed to respond to treatment.
respondent	The codefendant especially in a divorce proceeding who is accused of adultery with the corespondent. The respondent firms in the survey.
review	Hold a review of troops. A comprehensive review of UK defence policy.
riposte	Make a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism. His opponent riposted.
sensitive	Able to feel or perceive. The new method of protein detection was more sensitive than earlier ones.
statistic	A datum that can be represented numerically. The statistics show that the crime rate has increased.
suffrage	(in the Book of Common Prayer) the intercessory petitions pronounced by a priest in the Litany. The suffrages of the community.
survey	A written report detailing the findings of a building survey. Her green eyes surveyed him coolly.
unstable	Lacking stability or fixity or firmness. Everything was unstable following the coup.
voter	A citizen who has a legal right to vote.