responsiveadjective
uk/rɪˈspɒn.sɪv/us/rɪˈspɑːn.sɪv/making a positive and quick reaction to something or someone:
a responsive engine
a responsive audience
She wasn't responsive to questioning.
The disease has proved responsive to the new treatment.
Opposite
unresponsive
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reacting and responding
- backlash
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- chain reaction
- counteract
- greet
- knob
- react
- reactive
- recoil
- reflexively
- respond
- response
- rise
- rise to the occasion/challenge idiom
- sensitive
- shock wave
- strike
- wake (sb) up
- worm
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responsively
adverb uk/rɪˈspɒn.sɪv.li/us/rɪˈspɑːn.sɪv.li/
responsiveness
noun [ U ] uk/rɪˈspɒn.sɪv.nəs/us/rɪˈspɑːn.sɪv.nəs/