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impressionable

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Being easily influenced (especially of young people).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An impressionable person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

easily impressed or influenced

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an impressionable youngster
  • an impressionable age
  • a waxy mind

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: waxy, impressible

Antonyms: unimpressionable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōnembor. French impression Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French impressionner Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -able Middle French -able French -able French impressionnable English impressionable From French impressionnable, equivalent to impression + -able. See also impressible.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: təəssüratlı — easily influenced
  • Belarusian: уражлівы (uražlivy) — easily influenced
  • Bulgarian: впечатли́телен (vpečatlítelen) — easily influenced
  • Bulgarian: възприемчи́в (vǎzpriemčív) — easily influenced
  • Catalan: impressionable — easily influenced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 易受影響的 /易受影响的 (yì shòu yǐngxiǎng de) — easily influenced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 容易受感染的 (róngyì shòu gǎnrǎn de) — easily influenced
  • Dutch: beïnvloedbaar — easily influenced
  • Dutch: ontvankelijk — easily influenced
  • Finnish: vaikutusaltis — easily influenced
  • French: impressionnable — easily influenced
  • Georgian: განმცდელი (ganmcdeli) — easily influenced
  • Georgian: შთაბეჭდილებიანი (štabeč̣dilebiani) — easily influenced
  • Georgian: ამთვისებელი (amtvisebeli) — easily influenced
  • German: beeinflussbar — easily influenced
  • Greek: ευεπηρέαστος (evepiréastos) — easily influenced
  • Ancient Greek: παθηματικός (pathēmatikós) — easily influenced
  • Hungarian: befolyásolható — easily influenced
  • Italian: impressionabile — easily influenced
  • Kazakh: әсерленгіш (äserleñış) — easily influenced
  • Korean: 쉽게 외부의 영향을 받는 (swipge oebuui yeonghyang'eul banneun) — easily influenced
  • Macedonian: поводлив (povodliv) — easily influenced
  • Manx: so-chleayney — easily influenced
  • Norwegian Bokmål: påvirkelig — easily influenced
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lettpåvirkelig — easily influenced
  • Portuguese: impressionável — easily influenced
  • Russian: впечатли́тельный (vpečatlítelʹnyj) — easily influenced
  • Spanish: impresionable — easily influenced
  • Swedish: lättpåverkad — easily influenced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 易受影響者 /易受影响者 (yì shòu yǐngxiǎng zhě) — impressionable person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 容易受感染的人 (róngyì shòu gǎnrǎn de rén) — impressionable person
  • Finnish: vaikutusaltis — impressionable person