Grep  of  noun  sensitive 
  sensitive  fern 
  sensitive  pea 
  sensitive  plant 
  sensitiveness 
  wild  sensitive  plant 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sensitive 
 
  The  adj  sensitive  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (13)  sensitive  --  (responsive  to  physical  stimuli;  "a  mimosa's  leaves  are  sensitive  to  touch";  "a  sensitive  voltmeter";  "sensitive  skin";  "sensitive  to  light") 
  2.  (7)  sensitive  --  (having  acute  mental  or  emotional  sensibility;  "sensitive  to  the  local  community  and  its  needs") 
  3.  sensible,  sensitive  --  (able  to  feel  or  perceive;  "even  amoeba  are  sensible  creatures";  "the  more  sensible  parts  of  the  skin") 
  4.  sensitive,  sore,  tender  --  (hurting;  "the  tender  spot  on  his  jaw") 
  5.  sensitive  --  (used  officially  of  classified  information  or  matters  affecting  national  security) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  sensitive 
 
  5  senses  of  sensitive 
 
  Sense  1 
  sensitive  (vs.  insensitive) 
 
  insensitive  (vs.  sensitive) 
  =>  dead,  deadened 
  =>  desensitized,  desensitised 
  =>  unreactive,  unresponsive 
 
  Sense  2 
  sensitive  (vs.  insensitive) 
 
  insensitive  (vs.  sensitive) 
  =>  callous,  thick-skinned,  indurate,  pachydermatous 
  =>  dead(prenominal),  numb(prenominal) 
  =>  dull 
  =>  insensible(prenominal),  unaffected(prenominal) 
  =>  soulless 
  =>  unresponsive 
  =>  desensitized,  desensitised 
 
  Sense  3 
  sensible  (vs.  insensible),  sensitive 
 
 
  Sense  4 
  sensitive,  sore,  tender 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  painful)  ->  painless 
 
  Sense  5 
  sensitive 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  classified)  ->  unclassified 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  sensitive 
 
  5  senses  of  sensitive 
 
  Sense  1 
  sensitive  (vs.  insensitive) 
  =>  delicate 
  =>  erogenous 
  =>  excitable,  irritable 
  =>  highly  sensitive 
  =>  irritable 
  =>  light-sensitive,  photosensitive 
  =>  nociceptive 
  =>  reactive 
  =>  radiosensitive 
  Also  See->  responsive#2;  sensible#2,  sensitive#3;  susceptible#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  sensitive  (vs.  insensitive) 
  =>  alive(prenominal) 
  =>  huffy,  thin-skinned,  touchy 
  =>  oversensitive 
  =>  responsive 
  Also  See->  responsive#2 
 
  Sense  3 
  sensible  (vs.  insensible),  sensitive 
  Also  See->  aware#1;  conscious#2;  sensitive#1 
 
  Sense  4 
  sensitive,  sore,  tender 
  =>  painful  (vs.  painless) 
 
  Sense  5 
  sensitive 
  =>  classified  (vs.  unclassified) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  sensitive 
 
  2  of  5  senses  of  sensitive 
 
  Sense  1 
  sensitive  (vs.  insensitive) 
  =>  sensitivity 
 
  Sense  2 
  sensitive  (vs.  insensitive) 
  =>  sensitivity,  sensitiveness 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  sensitive 
 
  sensitive  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  sensitive 
  highly  sensitive 
  hypersensitive 
  insensitive 
  light-sensitive 
  nonsensitive 
  oversensitive 
  photosensitive 
  radiosensitive 
  sensitive 
  supersensitive 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sensitive 
 
  The  adj  sensitive  has  5  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (13)  sensitive  --  (responsive  to  physical  stimuli;  "a  mimosa's  leaves  are  sensitive  to  touch";  "a  sensitive  voltmeter";  "sensitive  skin";  "sensitive  to  light") 
  2.  (7)  sensitive  --  (having  acute  mental  or  emotional  sensibility;  "sensitive  to  the  local  community  and  its  needs") 
  3.  sensible,  sensitive  --  (able  to  feel  or  perceive;  "even  amoeba  are  sensible  creatures";  "the  more  sensible  parts  of  the  skin") 
  4.  sensitive,  sore,  tender  --  (hurting;  "the  tender  spot  on  his  jaw") 
  5.  sensitive  --  (used  officially  of  classified  information  or  matters  affecting  national  security) 

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