Reactive
Reactive adjective - Reacting to a stimulus.
Usage example: the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons
Sensitive is a synonym for reactive in quick to react topic. In some cases you can use "Sensitive" instead an adjective "Reactive".
Sensitive
Sensitive adjective - Responsive to physical stimuli.
Usage example: sensitive skin
Reactive is a synonym for sensitive in susceptible topic. You can use "Reactive" instead an adjective "Sensitive", if it concerns topics such as impressionable.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- feeling and reactive
- feeling and sensitive
- emotional and reactive
- emotional and sensitive
- aware and reactive
- aware and sensitive
- keen and reactive
- keen and sensitive
- sentient and reactive
- sentient and sensitive
- sensible and reactive
- sensible and sensitive
- conscious and reactive
- conscious and sensitive
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Sensitive and Reactive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/reactive/sensitive
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Sensitive or Reactive. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/reactive/sensitive.
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