insensitive

Questions about insensitive

What does insensitive mean?

insensitive means "not responsive to physical stimuli". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in insensitive?

insensitive has 4 syllables: in-sen-si-tive. The stress falls on "sen". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈsɛnsətɪv/.

What is the opposite of insensitive?

The recorded antonyms are sensitive, sensitive.

Is insensitive a common word?

insensitive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with insensitive?

2 words rhyme with insensitive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.