Permissive
Permissive adjective - Granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline.
Responsive and permissive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Responsive" instead an adjective "Permissive".
Responsive
Responsive adjective - Reacting to a stimulus.
Permissive and responsive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Permissive" instead an adjective "Responsive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- understanding and permissive
- understanding and responsive
- susceptible and permissive
- susceptible and responsive
- sympathetic and permissive
- sympathetic and responsive
- tender and permissive
- tender and responsive
- agreeable and permissive
- agreeable and responsive
- kind and permissive
- kind and responsive
- soft and permissive
- soft and responsive
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