Dictionary

responsive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹɪˈspɒn.sɪv/ (UK)
• /ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle French responsif, from Late Latin responsivus.

Meanings

1. Answering, replying or responding
2. Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
3. Using antiphons; antiphonal.
4. Susceptible to the feelings of others.
5. Automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space.
   • Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design. 2012, Dino Esposito, Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise:
6. (obsolete) Suited to something else; correspondent.
   • The vocal lay responsive to the strings. 1725, Homer, “Book VIII”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
7. (obsolete) Responsible.
   • he [the bishop] must be responsive for all his diocese 1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old:

Forms

Antonyms

unresponsive · nonresponsive

Deriveds

irresponsive · isoresponsive · seroresponsive · electroresponsive · thermoresponsive · normoresponsive · responsiveness · overresponsive · responsively · responsive design · responsorial · hyperresponsive · bioresponsive · osmoresponsive · hyporesponsive · chemoresponsive · radioresponsive · photoresponsive · responsive web design · mechanoresponsive · immunoresponsive · vasoresponsive · multiresponsive · magnetoresponsive · alloresponsive · corresponsive · responsivity · underresponsive · ecoresponsive

Translations (40)

hu együttműködő (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · el αποκριτικός (answering, replying or responding) · es reaccionante (susceptible to the feelings of others) · es sensible (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · ro răspundent (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · es reaccionante (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · ro sensibil (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · bg отговарящ (answering, replying or responding) · es respondiente (answering, replying or responding) · hu rugalmas (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · pl odpowiadający (answering, replying or responding) · es contestador (answering, replying or responding) · bg чувствителен (susceptible to the feelings of others) · pt sensível (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · es empático (susceptible to the feelings of others) · fi herkkä (susceptible to the feelings of others) · es responsivo (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · de ansprechbar (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · fi reagoiva (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · hu válaszoló (answering, replying or responding) · hu készséges (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · hu reagál (answering, replying or responding) · sv responsiv (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · bg отзивчив (susceptible to the feelings of others) · es responsivo (answering, replying or responding) · hu odafigyelő (susceptible to the feelings of others) · hu érzékeny (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · hu reagáló (answering, replying or responding) · es receptivo (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · hu felelő (answering, replying or responding) · es respondedor (answering, replying or responding) · fi reagoiva (answering, replying or responding) · ro simțitor (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · es receptivo (susceptible to the feelings of others) · es responsivo (susceptible to the feelings of others) · it sensibile (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · hu fogékony (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · hu empatikus (susceptible to the feelings of others) · fr sensible (able to receive and respond to external stimuli) · es contestante (answering, replying or responding)