susceptible

Language: en

🇬🇧 /səˈsɛptɪbəl/ 🇺🇸 /səˈsɛptəbəl/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing; vulnerable to a specific condition, disease, or effect.; Easily influenced or impressed; impressionable.; Capable of admitting or undergoing something; admitting of a particular treatment or interpretation.; Having little resistance to a specific infectious disease; not immune.; Emotionally sensitive or easily hurt; having a delicate or tender disposition.
  2. noun
    A person who is susceptible to a particular disease or condition.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more susceptible Superlative: most susceptible

Collocations

susceptible tohighly susceptiblemore susceptible tosusceptible to infectionsusceptible to diseaseparticularly susceptible

Derivatives

susceptibilitysusceptiblysusceptibleness

Synonyms

vulnerableproneliablesensitivepredisposedopen

Antonyms

resistantimmuneimpervious

Commonly confused

sensitive
EN: 'Sensitive' implies a heightened responsiveness or emotional awareness, while 'susceptible' specifically implies a likelihood of being affected or harmed by something.
vulnerable
EN: 'Vulnerable' emphasizes exposure to attack or harm (often physical or emotional), while 'susceptible' emphasizes a predisposition or tendency to be affected by a specific agent or influence.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'susceptible' contains 'sc' (not just 's') and ends in '-ible' (not '-able'). Common misspellings include 'suseptible' and 'susceptable'.

💬 Examples

  1. Young children are more susceptible to infections than adults.

  2. She was susceptible to flattery and often believed what people told her.

  3. The problem is susceptible of several different solutions.

  4. The patient was susceptible to tuberculosis due to a weakened immune system.

  5. He was a susceptible young man who took every criticism to heart.

  6. The susceptibles were isolated from the rest of the population during the outbreak.