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reactive
adjective as in responsive
adjective as in sensitive
Strongest matches
adjective as in susceptive
Weak matches
- acute
- cognizant
- conscious
- delicate
- easily affected
- emotionable
- emotional
- feeling
- fine
- high-strung
- hung up
- hypersensitive
- impressible
- impressionable
- irritable
- keen
- knowing
- nervous
- oversensitive
- perceiving
- perceptive
- precarious
- precise
- psychic
- receptive
- responsive
- seeing
- sensatory
- sensible
- sensile
- sensorial
- sensory
- sentient
- supersensitive
- susceptible
- tense
- ticklish
- touchy
- touchy feely
- tricky
- tuned-in
- turned on to
- umbrageous
- understanding
- unstable
- wired
Example Sentences
I’m getting to the point where I explode — I think the term for it is “reactive abuse.”
It may help them to craft a text, process a confusing message or source a second opinion, which can offer a moment of pause instead of being reactive, she says.
“Cherry is effervescent. It’s always there waiting to come out. She’s so reactive. And I’m hypervigilant for the warning signs before I react. This was like a rage room.”
He noted that the vast majority of shootings stem from 911 calls, rather than “proactive policing,” which he said underscores “the reactive nature of these events.”
“Grateful and so appreciative for the incredible team at The Skin Associates and their fast, reactive work on removing this basal cell carcinoma. Thank you!”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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