sensitivity

Other forms of sensitivity

plural

sensitivities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sensitivity

What does sensitivity mean?

sensitivity means "(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sensitivity?

sensitivity has 5 syllables: sen-si-tiv-i-ty. The stress falls on "tiv". In IPA it is /ˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪti/.

What is another word for sensitivity?

Close synonyms include sensitiveness, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitiveness, predisposition. 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 sensitivity?

The recorded antonyms are insensitivity.

Is sensitivity a common word?

sensitivity 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 sensitivity?

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