susceptible
UK[səˈsɛptɪbl̩]
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Australia[səˈseptɪbl̩]
susceptible adjective: likely to be affected by something.
Adjective
susceptible (comparative more susceptible, superlative most susceptible)
- Likely to be affected by something.
- He was susceptible to minor ailments.
- Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
- Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus.
- That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.
- Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
- A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
- Synonyms:
- capable
- Vulnerable.
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian
- Amenable.
- In the next several chapters, we put the basic tools to work in different contexts with particular specification of return and transition equations designed to render the Bellman equation susceptible to further analysis and computation.2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, fourth edition, MIT Press, page 114
Noun
susceptible (plural susceptibles)
- A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
- In either instance a decrease in the number of susceptibles, by making the spread of virus less easy, tends towards a stage at which the infection dies out.1983, Topley & Wilson, editors, General Microbiology & Immunity, →ISBN, page 417
susceptible meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
susceptible in Tamil
- எளிதாக உட்படுகிற, எளிதிற் பாதிக்கப்படக் கூடிய, எளிதில் பாதிக்கப்படக்கூடிய, எதிர்ப்புத் திறனற்ற, தாக்கப்படுதன்மையுடைய, தாக்குதலுக்குத் தேவையான
susceptible in Bengali
- susceptible; easily affected or influenced by external factors
- সংবেদনশীল sôṅbedônśīl
susceptible in Malayalam
- എളുപ്പത്തിൽ സ്വാധീനിക്കാവുന്ന, വിധേയമാകുന്ന, വഴങ്ങുന്ന
susceptible in Kannada
- ಸುಳುವಾಗಿ ನಾಟುವ, ತಾಗುವ, ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಭಾವಿತವಾಗುವ, ಎಡೆಗೊಡುವ, ಅವಕಾಶ ನೀಡುವ, ಪ್ರೇರಣೆ
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- susceptible in Arabic
- مُعَرَّض muʕarraḍ
- susceptible in Persian
- پذیرفتار paziroftâr
Examples of susceptible in a sentence
- After the incident with the gasoline, Noel’s burnt arm remained scabrous and was susceptible to infections.
- Modern “bipolar” cardiac devices are much less susceptible to interactions with EFs.
- Blood flow in the tissue under the eschar is poor and the wound is susceptible to infection.
Synonyms of susceptible
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Antonyms
Forms of susceptible
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more susceptible |
| superlative | most susceptible |
| Noun | |
| plural | susceptibles |
Origin of susceptible
From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō.
Words formed from susceptible
Questions about susceptible
- What does susceptible mean?
- Susceptible means likely to be affected by something.
- What is susceptible in Tamil?
- Susceptible in Tamil is எளிதாக உட்படுகிற, எளிதிற் பாதிக்கப்படக் கூடிய, எளிதில் பாதிக்கப்படக்கூடிய. See Susceptible meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is susceptible?
- Susceptible can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce susceptible?
- Susceptible is pronounced [səˈsɛptɪbl̩] (UK).
Words near susceptible in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: susceptible (page history and authors); susceptible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); সংবেদনশীল (Bengali) (page history and authors); susceptible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); susceptible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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