| sensitive | | |
| n. (person) | 1. medium, sensitive, spiritualist | someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead.; "he consulted several mediums" |
| ~ psychic | a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception. |
| adj. | 2. sensitive | responsive to physical stimuli.; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light" |
| ~ responsive | readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion.; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience" |
| ~ sensible, sensitive | able to feel or perceive.; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin" |
| ~ delicate | of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely.; "almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments" |
| ~ erogenous | sensitive to sexual stimulation. |
| ~ excitable, irritable | capable of responding to stimuli. |
| ~ highly sensitive | readily affected by various agents.; "a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock"; "a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated" |
| ~ irritable | abnormally sensitive to a stimulus. |
| ~ light-sensitive, photosensitive | sensitive to visible light.; "photographic film is light-sensitive" |
| ~ radiosensitive | sensitive to radiation.; "radiosensitive cancer cells can be treated with radiotherapy" |
| ~ nociceptive | caused by or in response to pain.; "a nociceptive spinal reflex" |
| ~ reactive, responsive | reacting to a stimulus.; "the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons" |
| ~ susceptible | (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of.; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" |
| adj. | 3. sensitive | being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others.; "sensitive to the local community and its needs" |
| ~ responsive | readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion.; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience" |
| ~ alive | (followed by `to' or `of') aware of.; "is alive to the moods of others" |
| ~ huffy, thin-skinned, touchy, feisty | quick to take offense. |
| ~ oversensitive | unduly sensitive or thin-skinned. |
| adj. | 4. sensible, sensitive | able to feel or perceive.; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin" |
| ~ aware, cognisant, cognizant | (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception.; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit" |
| ~ conscious | knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts.; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed" |
| ~ sensitive | responsive to physical stimuli.; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light" |
| adj. | 5. raw, sensitive, sore, tender | hurting.; "the tender spot on his jaw" |
| ~ painful | causing physical or psychological pain.; "worked with painful slowness" |
| adj. | 6. sensitive | of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security. |
| ~ classified | official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation.; "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified" |
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