adj
Freq #24692
Meanings
-
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
More
malleable
Opposites
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.