It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Source: tatoeba (2295)
Responsive
//ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv//
Synonyms for "responsive" (201 found)
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Strong matches (60)
emotionableemotionalempatheticempathicenthusiasticexpressiveextensibleextensilefabricablefacilefainfavorablefavorably disposedfavorably inclinedferventfictileflexibleflexileflexuousfond
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mobilemoldablemovablenervousopenopen mindedopen-mindedoraloverrefinedoversensibleoversensitiveovertenderpassibleperceptivepersuadablepersuasibleperviousplasticpliablepliant
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predisposedpricklypromptpronepsychicquestioningquickreactingreactionaryreactivereadyready and willingreceptivereechoingrefinedreflexreflexiverefluentrefutativerejoiningreplyingresilientrespondentrespondingretroactionaryretroactivereturningrevulsivesensiblesensilesentientsequaciousshapablesharpskittishsoftsoftheartedspeechspringystretchstretchablestretchysuasiblesubmissivesuggestiblesupersensitivesupplesusceptiblesusceptiveswayablesympathetictactfultelepathictendertenderheartedtetchythin skinnedthin-skinnedticklishtouchingtouchytractabletractiletransmissionalverbalwarmwarmheartedweakwell-disposedwell-inclinedwhippywide-awakewilledwillingwillingheartedwillowyyieldingzealous
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Antonyms
3 entriesderived
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14 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- отговарящ adj (answering, replying or responding)
- отзивчив adj (susceptible to the feelings of others)
- чувствителен adj (susceptible to the feelings of others)
Finnish
3 entries- herkkä adj (susceptible to the feelings of others)
- reagoiva adj (answering, replying or responding)
- reagoiva adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
French
1 entries- sensible adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
German
1 entries- ansprechbar adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
Greek
1 entries- αποκριτικός adj (answering, replying or responding)
Hungarian
4 entries- együttműködő adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
- empatikus adj (susceptible to the feelings of others)
- felelő adj (answering, replying or responding)
- fogékony adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
Italian
1 entries- sensibile adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
Polish
1 entries- odpowiadający adj (answering, replying or responding)
Portuguese
1 entries- sensível adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
Romanian
3 entries- răspundent adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
- sensibil adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
- simțitor adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
Spanish
4 entries- contestador adj (answering, replying or responding)
- contestante adj (answering, replying or responding)
- empático adj (susceptible to the feelings of others)
- reaccionante adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
Swedish
1 entries- responsiv adj (able to receive and respond to external stimuli)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He was very kind and responsive.
Source: tatoeba (738605)
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Source: tatoeba (978644)
Every politician must be responsive to complaints from the public, or he or she will become inflexible and make disastrous decisions.
Source: tatoeba (2400720)
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