receptive

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /rɪˈsɛptɪv/ UK /rɪˈsɛptɪv/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
willing to consider new ideas or suggestions

The board was receptive to the new proposal.

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Synonyms

1 adj · willing to consider new... open amenable responsive susceptible welcoming approachable

Opposites

unreceptiveclosed resistant impervious

Word family

Forms receptivity

Derived forms receptivelyreceptivenessreceptivity

Related forms receive reception receptor receptacle

Etymology

From Medieval Latin receptivus, from Latin receptus, past participle of recipere ('to receive'), from re- ('back') + capere ('to take').

receptivus Medieval Latin capere Latin

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# receptive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** rɪˈsɛptɪv
**IPA (UK):** rɪˈsɛptɪv

## Meanings
1. willing to consider new ideas or suggestions

## Examples
- The board was receptive to the new proposal.

## Synonyms
- open
- amenable
- responsive
- susceptible
- welcoming
- approachable

## Antonyms
- unreceptive
- closed
- resistant
- impervious

## Derived Forms
- receptively
- receptiveness
- receptivity

## Related Forms
- receive
- reception
- receptor
- receptacle

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: receptivus
- Root: capere

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin receptivus, from Latin receptus, past participle of recipere ('to receive'), from re- ('back') + capere ('to take').

## AI Etymology
Receptive comes from Medieval Latin receptivus, from Latin receptus, past participle of recipere ('to receive'), from re- ('back') + capere ('to take'). The historical chain includes Medieval Latin receptivus and Latin capere. The quoted older senses, "to receive", "back", and "to take", supply the semantic anchors for receptive. The formation is best read as compound, participial, and borrowed: the word receptive carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "willing to consider new ideas or suggestions". English derivatives include receptively, receptiveness, and receptivity; related English forms include receive, reception, receptor, and receptacle. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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