sensitive

1. Responsive to physical stimuli (synset 302110761)
   "a mimosa's leaves are sensitive to touch"; "a sensitive voltmeter"; "sensitive skin"; "sensitive to light"
   also:

   • responsive - readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion
   • sensible, sensitive - able to feel or perceive
   • susceptible - (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of
   tells us about: sensitiveness, sensitivity - the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
   similar to:

   • delicate - of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
   • erogenous - sensitive to sexual stimulation
   • excitable, irritable - capable of responding to stimuli
   • highly sensitive - readily affected by various agents
   • irritable - abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
   • light-sensitive, photosensitive - sensitive to visible light
   • radiosensitive - sensitive to radiation
   • nociceptive - caused by or in response to pain
   • reactive, responsive - reacting to a stimulus
2. Being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others (synset 302113270)
   "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
   also: responsive - readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion
   tells us about: sensitiveness, sensitivity - sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
   similar to:

   • alive - (followed by `to' or `of') aware of
   • feisty, huffy, thin-skinned, touchy - quick to take offense
   • oversensitive - unduly sensitive or thin-skinned
3. Able to feel or perceive (synset 302109764)
   "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"
   also:

   • aware, cognisant, cognizant - (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
   • conscious - knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
   • sensitive - responsive to physical stimuli
   same as: sensible
4. Hurting (synset 301717206)
   "the tender spot on his jaw"
   similar to: painful - causing physical or psychological pain
   same as: raw, sore, tender
5. Of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security (synset 300417683)
   similar to: classified - official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation

1. Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead (synset 110325946)
   "he consulted several mediums"
   is a type of: psychic - a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
   same as: medium, spiritualist

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