Synonyms for sensitive

Adjective

1. sensitive (vs. insensitive), delicate, erogenous, excitable, irritable, highly sensitive, irritable, light-sensitive, photosensitive, nociceptive, reactive, radiosensitive, responsive, sensible#2, sensitive, susceptible

usage: responsive to physical stimuli; "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"

2. sensitive (vs. insensitive), alive(predicate), huffy, thin-skinned, touchy, oversensitive, responsive, responsive

usage: having acute mental or emotional sensibility; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"

3. sensible (vs. insensible), sensitive, aware, conscious, sensitive

usage: able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible p{ enveloping(a), shrouding(a), concealing,& (concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that is not solid; "the enveloping darkness"; "hills concealed by shrouding mists") }arts of the skin"

4. sensitive, sore, tender, painful (vs. painless)

usage: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw"

5. sensitive, classified (vs. unclassified)

usage: used officially of classified information or matters affecting national security