receptive
adjective /rɪˈseptɪv/
/rɪˈseptɪv/
- receptive (to something) willing to listen to or to accept new ideas or suggestions synonym responsive
- She was always receptive to new ideas.
- He gave an impressive speech to a receptive audience.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryReceptive is used with these nouns:- audience
- ear
- vocabulary
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin receptivus, from recept- ‘taken back’, from the verb recipere, from re- ‘back’ + capere ‘take’.