sensitive | Definition of sensitive

1 able to sense slight impressions or differences

a scale that is sensitive to the smallest change in weight

Synonyms of sensitive

acute, delicate, fine, keen, perceptive, quick, sharp

Words Related to sensitive

accurate, clear, discerning, good, piercing, precise, receptive, sensible, subtle

hair-trigger, hyperacute, hypersensitive, oversensitive, supersensitive

Near Antonyms of sensitive

bad, deadened, dimmed, dull, dulled, fading

dead, imperceptive, insensible, insensitive, numb

imprecise, inaccurate

2 being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm

she's very sensitive to the sun and will burn if she's outside for any amount of time

Synonyms of sensitive

endangered, exposed, liable, open, subject (to), susceptible, vulnerable

Words Related to sensitive

likely, prone

uncovered, undefended, unguarded, unprotected, unscreened, unsecured

Phrases Synonymous with sensitive

at risk, in deep water, in jeopardy

Near Antonyms of sensitive

covered, guarded, protected, safeguarded, screened, secured, sheltered, shielded, warded

Antonyms of sensitive

insusceptible, invulnerable, unexposed, unsusceptible

3 easily injured without careful handling

the sensitive skin of a newborn mouse

Synonyms of sensitive

delicate, fragile, frail, tender

Words Related to sensitive

breakable, brittle, crushable, eggshell, frangible, friable

feeble, flimsy, puny, slight, soft, tenuous, weak

nonhardy, perishable, resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding

Near Antonyms of sensitive

durable, firm, flinty, hard, hardy, resistant, robust, rugged, solid, sound, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial

infrangible, nonbreakable, unbreakable

hardened, inured, strengthened, tempered, toughened

Antonyms of sensitive

tough

4 of or relating to physical sensation or the senses

sensitive data

Synonyms of sensitive

sensational, sensorial, sensory, sensuous

Words Related to sensitive

afferent, receptive

sensate, sensual

Near Antonyms of sensitive

extrasensory, intuitional

5 requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling

pointing out to the boss that she's wrong is always a sensitive task

Synonyms of sensitive

catchy, delicate, difficult, dodgy [chiefly British], hairy, knotty, nasty, prickly, problematic (also problematical), spiny, sticky, thorny, ticklish, touchy, tough, tricksy, tricky

Words Related to sensitive

abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, hard, intricate, involved, recondite, serious

problem, scabrous, stubborn, troublesome,

Synonyms and Antonyms of sensitive

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