susceptible
adjective
[ səˈsɛptɪb(ə)l ]
• likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
• "patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection"
Similar:
open to,
receptive to,
vulnerable to,
defenceless against,
an easy target for,
susceptive to,
liable to,
prone to,
subject to,
inclined to,
predisposed to,
disposed to,
given to,
easily affected by,
in danger of,
at risk of,
at the mercy of,
• capable or admitting of.
• "the problem is not susceptible of a simple solution"
Similar:
capable of,
admitting of,
receptive of,
open to,
responsive to,
allowing,
permitting,
susceptive of,
Opposite:
incapable of,
not open to,
Origin:
early 17th century: from late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin suscipere ‘take up, sustain’, from sub- ‘from below’ + capere ‘take’.
