Synonyms for susceptible
səˈsɛp tə bəlsus·cep·ti·ble

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1. susceptible

   Synonyms:
   capable, impressible, tender, sensitive

   Antonyms:
   incapable, unimpressible, insensitive, insusceptible, impassible

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1. susceptibleadjective

   (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of

   "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"

   Antonyms:
   unsuasible, unsusceptible, unresponsive, resistant, immunogenic, insusceptible, immunised, unpersuadable, immunized, incapable(p), vaccinated, immune, unimpressionable

2. susceptibleadjective

   easily impressed emotionally

   Antonyms:
   immune, immunized, insusceptible, resistant, incapable(p), unsusceptible, unsuasible, unresponsive, vaccinated, immunised, unimpressionable, unpersuadable, immunogenic

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1. susceptibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   susceptive impressible, sensitive, excitable

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1. susceptibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   sensitive, impressionable, impressible, tender

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1. List of paraphrases for "susceptible":

   sensitive, vulnerable, receptive, likely, prone, responsive, exposed, liable

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1. William Schaffner:

   Measles is the most highly infectious virus that we know of and can be transmitted fairly readily to susceptible individuals, the measles virus can hover in the air and be infectious for hours afterward.

2. Michael Gordon:

   At the cellular level, nicotine and other chemicals damage DNA and alter the cell’s metabolism, some tissues are more susceptible than others.

3. John McCain:

   Human rights progress in Vietnam should also be better served by restoring relations with that country, the Vietnamese have already developed complex relations with the rest of the free world. Instead of vainly trying to isolate Vietnam, the United States should test the proposition that greater exposure to Americans will render Vietnam more susceptible to the influence of our values.

4. Emerson Wickwire:

   The current study suggests a new potential explanation( hedonic eating) for weight gain among children who sleep less. . . in other words, kids in the study who slept less were more susceptible to unhealthy food cues in the environment.

5. George F. Will, Newsweek, July 4, 2005:

   The problem with intelligent design theory is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable: Not being susceptible to contradicting evidence, it is not a testable hypothesis. Hence it is not a scientific but a creedal tenet--a matter of faith, unsuited to a public school's curriculum.