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  1. receptiveness:
  2. receptive:


English

Detailed Synonyms for receptiveness in English

receptiveness:

receptiveness [the ~] nom

  1. the receptiveness
    – willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas) 1
    the openness; the receptivity; the receptiveness
    – willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas) 1
    • openness [the ~] nom
    • receptivity [the ~] nom
      • their receptivity to the proposal1
    • receptiveness [the ~] nom
      • he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform1
      • this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur1

Alternate Synonyms for "receptiveness":


Related Definitions for "receptiveness":

  1. willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)1
    • he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform1
    • this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur1

receptive:

receptive adj

  1. receptive
  2. receptive
    – able to absorb liquid (not repellent) 1
    receptive
    – able to absorb liquid (not repellent) 1
  3. receptive
    – of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system 1
    sensory; receptive; centripetal
    – of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system 1
  4. receptive
    – open to arguments, ideas, or change 1
    receptive
    – open to arguments, ideas, or change 1
    • receptive adj
      • receptive to reason and the logic of facts1
  5. receptive
    – ready or willing to receive favorably 1
    open; receptive
    – ready or willing to receive favorably 1

Related Words for "receptive":

  • receptiveness, receptively

Alternate Synonyms for "receptive":


Antonyms for "receptive":


Related Definitions for "receptive":

  1. able to absorb liquid (not repellent)1
    • the paper is ink-receptive1
  2. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system1
  3. open to arguments, ideas, or change1
    • receptive to reason and the logic of facts1
  4. ready or willing to receive favorably1
    • receptive to the proposals1