Definitions for: Receptive

[adj] of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons"
[adj] open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts"
[adj] ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals"

Webster (1913) Definition: Re*cep"tive, a. [Cf. F. r['e]ceptif. See Receive.]
Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in,
absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a
receptive mind.

Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies. --Glanvill.

Synonyms: acceptant, acceptive, admissive, afferent, centripetal, hospitable, open to(p), pervious, sensory(a)

Antonyms: unreceptive

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