English

Adjective

responsive ‎(comparative more responsive, superlative most responsive)

1. Answering, replying or responding.
2. Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
3. Using antiphons; antiphonal.
4. Susceptible to the feelings of others.
5. (obsolete) Suited to something else; correspondent.
   • Alexander Pope

     The vocal lay responsive to the strings.

6. (obsolete) responsible

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Jeremy Taylor to this entry?)

Antonyms

• nonresponsive
• unresponsive

Translations

Derived terms

• responsively
• responsiveness
• responsorial

Italian

Adjective

responsive

1. Feminine plural form of responsivo

Anagrams

• provenisse