excitable

1. 1.

   easily excited

   Antonymsunexcitable

   Similarhigh-keyedquickskittish
2. 2.

   capable of responding to stimuli

   Synonymsirritable

   Similarsensitive

   physiology

Questions about excitable

What does excitable mean?

excitable means "easily excited". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in excitable?

excitable has 4 syllables: ex-ci-ta-ble. The stress falls on "ci". In IPA it is /ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl/.

What is another word for excitable?

Close synonyms include irritable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of excitable?

The recorded antonyms are unexcitable.

Is excitable a common word?

excitable is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.