responsive - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

People who are responsive are alert and aware — they've giving responses. The least responsive people in the world are people in deep comas.

Responsive has several meanings, but they're very similar. If someone just came out of a coma and starting saying anything at all (or even started blinking), you'd be happy at how responsive they are. A person who has enthusiasm is more responsive than someone who is quiet and seems bored. Things other than people can be responsive too: a plant is responsive to sunlight, and the fire department is responsive to a fire. Anything that is alert and quick to react is responsive.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: responsive

1	adj	reacting to a stimulus
2	adj	containing or using responses; alternating

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: responsive

1

adj reacting to a stimulus

Synonyms:: reactive

: sensitive
responsive to physical stimuli

adj readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion

“children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience”

Synonyms: answering, respondent
replying; sensitive
responsive to physical stimuli; sensitive
being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others

Antonyms:: unresponsive
not responding to some influence or stimulus; refractory
temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous or sexual stimuli; insensitive
not responsive to physical stimuli; insensitive
deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; show more antonyms...

2

adj containing or using responses; alternating

“responsive reading”

Synonyms:: antiphonal