receptive
To be receptive is to be open to new ideas or change. If you’re responsive to other people’s suggestions and not set in your ways, then you’re not only receptive, but flexible.
The adjective receptive actually comes from a Latin word that means receive. So a receptive person is willing to receive things, especially opposing arguments, constructive criticism, and helpful hints. How receptive you are speaks to your willingness to have an impression made upon you. It can be good to be large and in charge sometimes, but you can also benefit from stepping back and being receptive to what life brings.
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able to absorb liquid (not repellent)“the paper is ink-receptive”synonyms:absorbent, absorptivehaving power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)
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open to arguments, ideas, or change“receptive to reason and the logic of facts”synonyms:perviousadmitting of passage or entrance
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ready or willing to receive favorably“receptive to the proposals”synonyms: openadmissivecharacterized by or allowing admissionassimilativecapable of mentally absorbinghospitablehaving an open mindantonyms:unreceptivenot receptive
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of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous systemsynonyms: centripetal, sensoryafferentof nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS
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