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responsive

  • adjective
  • res·pon·sive
  • /ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/

Answering, replying or responding

Other meanings

  1. Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.

  2. Using antiphons; antiphonal.

Related words

  • ecoresponsive
  • multiresponsive
  • radioresponsive
  • responsivity
  • responsively
  • responsiveness
  • responsorial
  • underresponsive
  • responsive web design
  • photoresponsive
  • electroresponsive
  • bioresponsive

Word history

From Latin "responsivus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “responsive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.