'Susceptible' definitions:
Definition of 'susceptible'
From: WordNet
adjective
(often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" [ant: insusceptible, unsusceptible]
adjective
Easily impressed emotionally
Definition of 'Susceptible'
From: GCIDE
- Susceptible \Sus*cep"ti*ble\, a. [F., from L. suscipere, susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize, admit; pref. sus (see Sub-) + capere to take. See Capable.]
- 1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration. [1913 Webster]
- It sheds on souls susceptible of light, The glorious dawn of our eternal day. --Young. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart. [1913 Webster]
- Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. --Lamb. [1913 Webster] -- {Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {Sus*cep"ti*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'susceptible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessible,
- adaptable,
- affected,
- alive to,
- amenable,
- answerable for,
- apt,
- apt to,
- aroused,
- aware,
- bendable,
- bending,
- bright,
- capable of,
- clever,
- cognizant,
- compliant,
- conscious,
- delicate,
- dependent on,
- disposed,
- docile,
- ductile,
- educable,
- elastic,
- emotionable,
- exposed,
- exposed to,
- extensible,
- extensile,
- fabricable,
- facile,
- fictile,
- flexible,
- flexile,
- flexuous,
- formable,
- formative,
- giving,
- gullible,
- impressed,
- impressible,
- impressionable,
- impressive,
- in danger of,
- incident to,
- inclined,
- influenceable,
- influenced,
- instructable,
- intelligent,
- liable,
- liable to,
- like putty,
- likely to,
- limber,
- lissome,
- lithe,
- lithesome,
- malleable,
- moldable,
- motivated,
- movable,
- naive,
- naked,
- naked to,
- nonimmune,
- nonresistant,
- obliged to,
- obnoxious,
- open,
- open to,
- open-minded,
- passible,
- perceptive,
- persuadable,
- persuasible,
- pervious,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- predisposed,
- prone,
- prone to,
- quick,
- ready,
- ready for,
- receptive,
- responsible for,
- responsive,
- ripe for instruction,
- roused,
- schoolable,
- sensible,
- sensile,
- sensitive,
- sensitive to,
- sentient,
- sequacious,
- shapable,
- soft,
- softhearted,
- springy,
- standing to,
- stirred,
- suasible,
- subject,
- subject to,
- submissive,
- suggestible,
- supple,
- susceptive,
- susceptive to,
- swayable,
- swayed,
- sympathetic,
- teachable,
- tender,
- tenderhearted,
- thirsty for knowledge,
- touched,
- tractable,
- tractile,
- trainable,
- warmhearted,
- weak,
- whippy,
- willing,
- willowy,
- within range of,
- yielding