Synonyms for sensitive
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Delicate
delicate, tender, susceptible, thin-skinned, touchy, raw, irritable, excitable, sore, painful, feeling, compassionate, nervous, sentient, nesh UK
Other
over-sensitive, perceptive, aware, precise, responsive, sweet, caring, classified, reactive, fine, alive, mobile
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
Related words
- Word family
- sensitiveness sensitivity sensitize sense
- Phrases
- sensitive plant sensitive fern sensitive pea case-sensitive
Example sentences
- tender It was put out to tender, and an Italian firm won.
- delicate Oil on canvas can never paint a petal so delicate.
- susceptible Northern Algeria is susceptible to earthquakes.
- aware Tom wasn't aware that nobody was listening to him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sensitive | steady | |
| tender | steady | |
| delicate | steady | |
| susceptible | falling | |
| aware | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- raw1
- 4 letters
- fine1, sore1, nesh
- 5 letters
- sweet1, aware2, alive2
- 6 letters
- mobile2, caring2, tender2, touchy2
- 7 letters
- feeling2, nervous2, painful2, precise2
- 8 letters
- delicate3, reactive3, sentient
- 9 letters
- irritable4, excitable4
- 10 letters
- classified3, responsive3, perceptive3
- 11 letters
- susceptible4
- 13 letters
- compassionate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (aware2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sensible
- Italiano
- sensibile
- Español
- sensible
- Deutsch
- feinfühlig