responsive

re·spon·sive  (r-spnsv)

adj.

1. Answering or replying; responding.

2. Readily reacting to suggestions, influences, appeals, or efforts: a responsive student.

3. Containing or using responses: responsive reading; responsive liturgy.

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re·sponsive·ly adv.

re·sponsive·ness n.

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responsive [rɪˈspɒnsɪv]

adj

1. reacting or replying quickly or favourably, as to a suggestion, initiative, etc.

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (of an organism) reacting to a stimulus

responsively  adv

responsiveness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	responsive - containing or using responses; alternating; "responsive reading"; "antiphonal laughter" antiphonal
	2.	responsive - readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience" sensitive - responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light" sensitive - being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs" unresponsive - not responding to some influence or stimulus
	3.	responsive - reacting to a stimulus; "the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons" reactive sensitive - responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"

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responsive

adjective sensitive, open, aware, sharp, alive, forthcoming, sympathetic, awake, susceptible, receptive, reactive, perceptive, impressionable, quick to react She was an easy, responsive little girl.
silent, insensitive, unsympathetic, apathetic, impassive, unresponsive

Translations

responsive [rɪsˈpɒnsɪv] ADJ

1. (= sensitive) → sensible
to be responsive to sth → ser sensible a algo

2. (= interested) (gen) → interesado; [audience] → que reacciona con entusiasmo, que reacciona con interés
he was not very responsive → apenas dio muestras de interés

responsive [rɪˈspɒnsɪv] adj

(= alert, receptive) [person, child, audience] → réactif/ive

(= prepared to react) to be responsive to sth → être sensible à qch
The police try to be responsive to the needs of the community → La police essaie d'être sensible aux besoins de la communauté.

responsive

adj

person, audience → interessiert, mitgehend; steering, brakes, motor → leicht reagierend or ansprechend; to be responsive to something → auf etw (acc) → reagieren or ansprechen; to be responsive to somebody’s needs → auf jds Bedürfnisse eingehen; to be responsive to antibiotics → auf Antibiotika ansprechen; he wasn’t very responsive when I suggested it to him → er war nicht sehr begeistert, als ich ihm das vorschlug; the pupils weren’t very responsive → die Schüler machten nicht richtig mit; he wasn’t very responsive (to my complaint) → er ging kaum darauf ein

(form, = answering) smile, gesture → in Erwiderung; the dog gave a responsive wag of his tail → der Hund reagierte mit einem Schwanzwedeln

responsive [rɪˈspɒnsɪv] adj (audience, class, pupil) → che reagisce bene; (to affection) → affettuoso/a; (to needs) responsive to → sensibile a
he has a very responsive nature → è un tipo molto aperto

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responsive [rɪˈspɒnsɪv] adj (audience, class, pupil) → che reagisce bene; (to affection) → affettuoso/a; (to needs) responsive to → sensibile a
he has a very responsive nature → è un tipo molto aperto