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Adjective: responsive  ri'spón-siv
  1. Containing or using responses; alternating
    "responsive reading";
    - antiphonal
     
  2. Readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion
    "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience";
    - forthcoming
     
  3. Reacting to a stimulus
    "the skin of old persons is less responsive than that of younger persons";
    - reactive

See also: answering, respondent, sensitive

Antonym: unresponsive