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adj. participating readily in reactions; "sodium is a reactive metal"; "free radicals are very reactive"

adj. tending to react to a stimulus; "the skin of the geriatric is less reactive than that of younger persons"- Louis Tuft

Fuzzynyms (3)

compassionate, concerned

adj. showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"

sympathetic

adj. expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; "sympathetic to the students' cause"; "a sympathetic observer"; "a sympathetic gesture"

Synonyms (9)

delicate

adj. of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments"

erogenous

adj. sensitive to sexual stimulation

excitable, irritable

adj. capable of responding to stimuli

highly sensitive

adj. readily affected by various agents; "a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock"; "a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated"

irritable

adj. abnormally sensitive to a stimulus

light-sensitive, photosensitive

adj. sensitive to visible light; "photographic film is light-sensitive"

nociceptive

adj. caused by or in response to pain; "a nociceptive spinal reflex"

Antonyms (2)

unreactive

adj. not reacting chemically

insensible

adj. incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"

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