Meanings
comparative more susceptible · superlative most susceptible
- Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
- medicineEspecially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus.
- That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.
A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
1 more example
Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
Synonyms: capable
- Vulnerable.
The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.
2013 August 14, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian - Amenable.
In the next several chapters, we put the basic tools to work in different contexts with particular specification of return and transition equations designed to render the Bellman equation susceptible to further analysis and computation.
2018, Lars Ljungqvist and Thomas J. Sargent, Recursive Macroeconomic Theory, fourth edition, MIT Press, page 114
plural susceptibles
- epidemiologyA person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
In either instance a decrease in the number of susceptibles, by making the spread of virus less easy, tends towards a stage at which the infection dies out.
1983, Topley & Wilson, editors, General Microbiology & Immunity, →ISBN, page 417
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(often followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) yielding readily to or capable of
adjectiveeasily impressed emotionally
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsusceptus
- Late Latinsusceptibilis
- Englishsusceptible
Borrowed from Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō.
More words from Late Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُعَرَّض
- مُعَرَّض (muʕarraḍ)likely to be affected by
Bulgarian податлив, чувствителен
- податлив (podatliv)likely to be affected by
- чувствителен (čuvstvitelen)especially sensitive
Catalan susceptible
- susceptiblelikely to be affected by
Czech náchylný, náchylný
- náchylnýlikely to be affected by
- náchylnýespecially sensitive
Dutch vatbaar, vatbaar
- vatbaarlikely to be affected by
- vatbaarespecially sensitive
Esperanto incitiĝema, ofendiĝema
- incitiĝemaespecially sensitive
- ofendiĝemaespecially sensitive
Finnish altis, sinisilmäinen
- altislikely to be affected by
- sinisilmäineneasily influenced or tricked — see also credulous
- herkkäuskoineneasily influenced or tricked — see also credulous
- herkkäespecially sensitive
- herkistynytespecially sensitive
- soveltuvathat, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
French susceptible, crédule
- susceptiblelikely to be affected by
- créduleeasily influenced or tricked — see also credulous
- naïfeasily influenced or tricked — see also credulous
- influençableeasily influenced or tricked — see also credulous
- susceptibleespecially sensitive
German anfällig, beeindruckbar
- anfälliglikely to be affected by
- beeindruckbarlikely to be affected by
- empfänglichlikely to be affected by
- empfindlichlikely to be affected by
- suszeptiblelikely to be affected by
- störempfindlichlikely to be affected by
- empfindlichespecially sensitive
Greek ενδεχόμενος, επιδεκτικός
- ενδεχόμενος (endechómenos)likely to be affected by
- επιδεκτικός (epidektikós)especially sensitive
Hungarian fogékony, hajlamos
- fogékonylikely to be affected by
- hajlamoslikely to be affected by
- érzékenyespecially sensitive
- -hatóthat, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
- -hetőthat, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
- képesthat, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
- alkalmasthat, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
Persian پذیرفتار
- پذیرفتار (paziroftâr)likely to be affected by
Polish podatny, wrażliwy
- podatnylikely to be affected by
- wrażliwyespecially sensitive
Portuguese suscetível, passível
- suscetívellikely to be affected by
- passívellikely to be affected by
- suscetívelespecially sensitive
Romanian susceptibil
- susceptibillikely to be affected by
Russian восприи́мчивый, поддаю́щийся
- восприи́мчивый (vospriímčivyj)likely to be affected by
- поддаю́щийся (poddajúščijsja)likely to be affected by
- восприи́мчивый (vospriímčivyj)especially sensitive
- чувстви́тельный (čuvstvítelʹnyj)especially sensitive
Spanish propenso, susceptible
- propensolikely to be affected by
- susceptiblelikely to be affected by
- vulnerablelikely to be affected by
- sensibleespecially sensitive
- sensitivoespecially sensitive
- delicadoespecially sensitive
Swedish känslig, mottaglig
- känsliglikely to be affected by
- mottagliglikely to be affected by
Turkish duyarlı, elverişli
- duyarlılikely to be affected by
- elverişlilikely to be affected by
- müsâitlikely to be affected by
- sağmaleasily influenced or tricked — see also credulous
Ukrainian сприйнятливий, піддатливий
- сприйнятливий (spryjnjatlyvyj)likely to be affected by
- піддатливий (piddatlyvyj)likely to be affected by
- вразливий (vrazlyvyj)especially sensitive
- чутливий (čutlyvyj)especially sensitive
Cite this entry
susceptible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/susceptible
“susceptible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/susceptible. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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