different between sensitive vs alive

English

Alternative forms

• sensative (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: s?n's?t?v, IPA^(key): /?s?ns?t?v/

Adjective

sensitive (comparative more sensitive, superlative most sensitive)

1. Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
2. Responsive to stimuli.
3. (of a person) Easily offended, upset or hurt.

4. (of an issue, topic, etc.) Capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.

5. Meant to be concealed or kept secret.

6. (of an instrument) Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
7. (archaic) Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.

Synonyms

• tender
• nesh
• precise
• compassionate
• caring
• classified
• aware

Antonyms

• insensitive
• nonsensitive
• resistant
• stoic
• uncaring

Hyponyms

• hypersensitive
• light-sensitive

Derived terms

Related terms

• sense

Translations

Noun

sensitive (plural sensitives)

1. A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
   • 2003, Frederic W.H. Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death Part 2

     Swedenborg was one of the leading savants of Europe; it would be absurd to place any of our sensitives on the same intellectual level.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??.si.tiv/

Adjective

sensitive

1. feminine singular of sensitif

Noun

sensitive f (plural sensitives)

1. sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)

Further reading

• “sensitive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• investies

Italian

Adjective

sensitive

1. feminine plural of sensitivo

Anagrams

• estensivi, intessevi

Latin

Adjective

s?nsit?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of s?nsit?vus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

sensitive

1. definite singular of sensitiv
2. plural of sensitiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

sensitive

1. definite singular of sensitiv
2. plural of sensitiv

English

Etymology

From Middle English alive, alyve, alife, from Old English on l?fe (“in life”), equivalent to a- +? live.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??la?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Adjective

alive (comparative more alive, superlative most alive)

1. Having life; living; not dead
2. In a state of action; in force or operation; existent

3. Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy.
4. Sprightly; lively; brisk.
5. susceptible; easy to impress; having keen feelings, as opposed to apathy
6. (as an intensifier) out of all living creatures.
7. (programming) Synonym of live

Usage notes

• Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies, for example "The bee is alive". Before a noun, the adjectives living or live may be used with a similar meaning

Synonyms

• (having life): alive and kicking, extant, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
• (in a state of action): existing, extant; See also Thesaurus:existent
• (sprightly, lively, brisk): frisky, peppy, zestful; see also Thesaurus:active
• (out of all living creatures): ever, in the world

Antonyms

• dead

Derived terms

Translations

References

alive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Leiva, alvei, avile