Synonyms for susceptible
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Vulnerable
vulnerable, prone, sensitive, capable, exposed, predisposed, amenable, subject, weak, open, liable, receptive, irritable, sensible, tender, sentient, impressible, passible, susceptive, nonimmune, assailable
2. Impressionable
impressionable, suggestible, pliable, tractable, fictile, yielding, pliant
Other
non-resistant, persuadable, persuasible, suasible dated rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Likely to be affected by something.
He was susceptible to minor ailments.
- adj. 2
Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
Related words
- Word family
- susceptibility susceptibleness
Example sentences
- capable He is capable of teaching both English and French.
- sensitive Slavery is still a sensitive subject around here.
- vulnerable Giraffes are especially vulnerable while drinking.
- prone I'm afraid my child might be prone to take drugs.
- impressionable Sami was a young and impressionable teenager back then.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| susceptible | falling | |
| capable | steady | |
| sensitive | steady | |
| vulnerable | rising | |
| prone | rising | |
| impressionable | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- open2, weak1
- 5 letters
- prone1
- 6 letters
- tender2, liable3, pliant2
- 7 letters
- subject2, capable3, exposed2, pliable3, fictile
- 8 letters
- sensible3, yielding2, sentient, amenable4, passible, suasible
- 9 letters
- sensitive3, receptive3, irritable4, tractable3, nonimmune
- 10 letters
- vulnerable4, susceptive, assailable
- 11 letters
- predisposed3, suggestible4, persuadable4, impressible, persuasible
- 14 letters
- impressionable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (open2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- susceptible
- Italiano
- suscettibile