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suggestible

adj · 2 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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  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 JH EH1 S T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Susceptible to influence by suggestion; easily swayed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

susceptible or responsive to suggestion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • suggestible young minds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English suggest Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English suggestible From suggest + -ible.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: податлив на внушение (podatliv na vnušenie) — susceptible to influence
  • Catalan: suggestible — susceptible to influence
  • Dutch: suggestibel — susceptible to influence
  • French: influençable — susceptible to influence
  • French: suggestible — susceptible to influence
  • Galician: suxestionábel — susceptible to influence
  • German: suggestibel — susceptible to influence
  • German: beeinflussbar — susceptible to influence
  • Irish: inmheabhraíoch — susceptible to influence
  • Macedonian: поводлив (povodliv) — susceptible to influence
  • Macedonian: податлив (podatliv) — susceptible to influence
  • Portuguese: sugestionável — susceptible to influence
  • Portuguese: sugerível — susceptible to influence
  • Romanian: sugestionabil — susceptible to influence
  • Spanish: sugestionable — susceptible to influence
  • Spanish: sugerible — susceptible to influence