Synonyms for sensitivity

Noun

1. sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility, sense, sensation, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty

usage: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; "sensitivity to pain"

2. sensitivity, physical property

usage: the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences; "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity"

3. sensitivity, sensitiveness, feeling

usage: sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

4. sensitivity, predisposition, susceptibility, susceptibleness

usage: susceptibility to a pathogen

5. sensitivity, sensitiveness, ability

usage: the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment