impressionable

B1 Topic:Describing People
US /ɪmˈprɛʃənəbəl/ UK /ɪmˈpreʃənəbl/
adj Freq #24692

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    easily influenced because one is inexperienced, sensitive, or receptive to new ideas

    Impressionable teenagers may copy the behavior of people they admire.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · easily influenced because... susceptibleinfluenceablesuggestible
More malleable
Opposites
independentresistantunimpressionable
Word family
Forms unimpressionable
Derived forms impressionabilityimpressionablyunimpressionable

Etymology

Borrowed from French impressionnable, from impression plus the adjective-forming suffix -able. It describes a mind on which experiences or other people can readily leave an impression.

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