susceptible
adjective
1. (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of
- susceptible to colds
- susceptible of proof
Similar word(s): unprotected, sensitive, allergic, hypersensitised, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, amenable, capable, open, subject, convincible, persuadable, persuasible, suasible, fictile, pliable, liable, nonimmune, nonresistant, unresistant, predisposed, tractable, suggestible, temptable, unvaccinated, vulnerable, vulnerable
2. easily impressed or tricked.
Similar word(s): impressible, impressionable, waxy
3. that, when subjected to a specific action, will yield a specific result
- A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
Sentences with susceptible as an adjective:
- Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
noun
1. (epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease