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Receptive

Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.

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Absorbent 84% connected

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

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Absorbent 84% connected

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

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Absorptive 84% connected

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

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Absorptive 84% connected

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

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Acceptant 84% connected

Accepting; receiving.

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Acceptant 84% connected

Accepting; receiving.

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Acceptive 84% connected

Fit for acceptance.

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Acceptive 84% connected

Fit for acceptance.

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Admissive 84% connected

Implying an admission; tending to admit.

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Admissive 84% connected

Implying an admission; tending to admit.

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Afferent 84% connected

Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the ext…

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Afferent 84% connected

Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the ext…

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Assimilative 84% connected

Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.

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Assimilative 84% connected

Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.

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Hospitable 84% connected

Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.

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Hospitable 84% connected

Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.

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Pervious 84% connected

Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.

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Pervious 84% connected

Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.

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Openness 74% connected

The quality or state of being open.

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Openness 74% connected

The quality or state of being open.

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Receive 74% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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Receive 74% connected

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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Receptivity 74% connected

The state or quality of being receptive.

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Receptivity 74% connected

The state or quality of being receptive.

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Impartial 66% connected

Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.

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Impartial 66% connected

Not partial; not favoring one more than another; treating all alike; unprejudiced; unbiased; disinterested; equitable; fair; just.

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Unprejudiced 66% connected

Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; impartial; as, an unprejudiced mind; an unprejudiced judge.

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Unprejudiced 66% connected

Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; impartial; as, an unprejudiced mind; an unprejudiced judge.

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Synonym 3

Centripetal 92% connected

Tending, or causing, to approach the center.

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Open 92% connected

Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over;…

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Sensory 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve…

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