Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

The word "sensitive" can be used as adjective, adjective and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

insensitive insensitive nonsensitive resistant stoic uncaring

Derived Terms

Sensex barosensitive case sensitive chemosensitive cold-sensitive context-sensitive cryosensitive ecosensitive electrosensitive extrasensitive hemosensitive highly sensitive person hydrosensitive hygrosensitive hyposensitive immunosensitive magnetosensitive mechanosensitive metabosensitive meteorosensitive morphosensitive osmosensitive oversensitive pansensitive pharmacosensitive phosphosensitive photosensitive piezosensitive pressure-sensitive pseudosensitive psychrosensitive radiosensitive sensitive female chord progression sensitive fern sensitive pea sensitively sensitiveness sensitivity sensitivize sensitize serosensitive somatosensitive subsensitive supersensitive thermohygrosensitive thermosensitive triplosensitive ultrasensitive undersensitive unsensitive viscerosensitive

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

psychic

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

hypersensitive light-sensitive time-sensitive

Related Terms

sense

Related Terms

accurate hurt mesmerism offend paranormal responsive sensation sense sensible sensitivity susceptible upset

Similar Terms

alive alive aware classified classified cognisant cognizant conscious delicate delicate erogenous erogenous excitable feisty highly sensitive huffy irritable irritable light sensitive light-sensitive nociceptive nociceptive oversensitive oversensitive painful painful photosensitive radiosensitive radiosensitive reactive responsive responsive sensible susceptible thin skinned thin-skinned touchy

Synonym Network

aware caring compassionate medium nesh precise sensible tender

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