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impressible

8.4

Easily influenced by what people say or by new ideas

adjective
/ɪmˈprɛsəbl/

: susceptible

The jury was criticized for being too impressible and swayed by emotion rather than facts.

Examples

Young children are particularly impressible, often adopting new behaviors they see in others.
Her impressible mind absorbed every new idea she encountered.
Children can be especially impressible during their early teenage years.
Children are very impressible at a young age.
She is quite impressible when it comes to new ideas.
Her impressible nature made it easy for her to be influenced by powerful speakers.
Teenagers are known to be impressible, often swayed by their peers' opinions.

Synonyms

impressionable

vsimpressible

31 5.4

A person who is easily influenced by other people's ideas, especially when young

is generally affected by impressions and experiences rather than by people

Antonyms

unimpressionable

1 7.7

Does not change opinion easily because of what others say

How Impressionable

gullible

65 4.2

suggestible

7 7.0

impressible

8.4

unimpressionable

1 7.7

Surface Forms

impressible positive

Morphology

impressible = impress (transparent) = impress + ible

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-ible' to the verb 'impress', yielding 'capable of being impressed' in the evaluative/susceptible sense.

Etymology

Impressible comes from im- 'into' and press 'to push', the same root as impress and press. Think of an idea 'pressing into' someone's mind and leaving a mark, so an impressible person is easily influenced.