receptive

UK: /rɪˈsɛptɪv/ US: /rɪˈsɛptɪv/ ,(ri sep′tiv)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•cep•tive /rɪˈsɛptɪv/   adj. 

1. willing to receive, as new or different suggestions, offers, or ideas.

re•cep•tive•ly, adv. 
re•cep•tive•ness, n. [uncountable]
re•cep•tiv•i•ty /ˌrisɛpˈtɪvɪti/  n. [uncountable]  See -cep-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

re•cep•tive  (ri sep′tiv), adj. 

1. having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
2. able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.:
   a receptive mind.
3. willing or inclined to receive suggestions, offers, etc., with favor:
   a receptive listener.
4. of or pertaining to reception or receptors:
   a receptive end organ.
5. Linguistics, Education (in language learning) of or pertaining to the language skills of listening and reading (opposed to productive).

• Medieval Latin receptīvus. See reception, -ive
• 1540–50;

re•cep′tive•ly, adv. 
re•cep•tiv•i•ty  (rē′sep tiv′i tē), re•cep′tive•ness, n.  Synonyms

• 3. amenable, hospitable, responsive, open.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

receptive / rɪˈsɛptɪv/ adjective

1. able to apprehend quickly
2. tending to receive new ideas or suggestions favourably
3. able to hold or receive

reˈceptively adverb

receptivity / ˌriːsɛpˈtɪvɪtɪ/, reˈceptiveness noun