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- Dictionaryreceptive/rɪˈsɛptɪv/
adjective
- 1. willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas: "a receptive audience"
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RECEPTIVE definition: 1. willing to listen to and accept new ideas and suggestions: 2. relating to the ability to…. Learn more.
1. : able or inclined to receive. especially : open and responsive to ideas, impressions, or suggestions. 2. a. of a sensory end organ : fit to receive and transmit stimuli. b. : sensory. 3. of a female animal : willing to copulate with a male. a receptive mare. receptively adverb. receptiveness noun. receptivity. ˌrē-ˌsep-ˈti-və-tē. ri- noun.
able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.: a receptive mind. willing or inclined to receive suggestions, offers, etc., with favor: a receptive listener. Synonyms: open, responsive, hospitable, amenable. of or relating to reception or receptors. a receptive end organ.
To be receptive is to be open to new ideas or change. If you’re responsive to other people’s suggestions and not set in your ways, then you’re not only receptive, but flexible. The adjective receptive actually comes from a Latin word that means receive.
Someone who is receptive to new ideas or suggestions is prepared to consider them or accept them. The voters had seemed receptive to his ideas. [ + to] Do you think that there is any receptive audience for his remarks. Synonyms: open, sympathetic, favourable, amenable More Synonyms of receptive.
Definition of receptive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting. 2. able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc. 3. willing or inclined to receive suggestions, offers, etc. 4. of or pertaining to reception or receptors: a receptive end organ. 5. of or pertaining to the language skills of listening and reading.
RECEPTIVE definition: willing to think about and accept new ideas: . Learn more.
A complete guide to the word "RECEPTIVE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Adjective. Filter. adjective. Capable of or qualified for receiving. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Inclined to the favorable reception of a request, suggestion, etc. Webster's New World. Receiving or tending to receive, take in, admit, or contain.
