suggestible
Open to influence
Suggestible describes someone easily influenced by suggestions or ideas from others.
A suggestible person might be swayed by advertising, hypnosis, or persuasive arguments: Children are highly suggestible.
The word often implies a certain mental pliability or lack of critical resistance—not quite gullible, but receptive to external influence in ways that can be exploited.
Receptive to different ideas
- amenableWilling to comply
- persuadableAble to be convinced
- responsiveQuick to react
- willingReady without resistance
agreeable · cooperative · accommodating · sympathetic · approachable · accessible · interested · attentive
Innocently unsuspecting
- gullibleEasily deceived
- trustingInclined to believe others
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- credulousProne to blind trust
unsuspecting · vulnerable · inexperienced · unworldly · childlike · ingenuous · wide-eyed · unguarded
Capable of bending easily
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- moldableCapable of being shaped
- shapeableAble to be molded
- adaptableAble to adjust readily
flexible · yielding · manipulable · impressible · plastic · workable · ductile · formable
Easily controlled or taught
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- obedientFollowing commands willingly
- tractableEasily managed or controlled
- biddableReadily obeying commands
acquiescent · meek · deferential · subservient · passive · unassertive · dutiful · servile
open-minded
Receptive to different ideas
- amenableWilling to comply
- persuadableAble to be convinced
- responsiveQuick to react
willing · agreeable · cooperative · accommodating · sympathetic · approachable · accessible · interested · attentive · curious
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
credulous · unsuspecting · vulnerable · inexperienced · unworldly · childlike · ingenuous · wide-eyed · unguarded · exploitable
pliable
Capable of bending easily
adaptable · flexible · yielding · manipulable · impressible · plastic · workable · ductile · formable · soft
docile
Easily controlled or taught
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- obedientFollowing commands willingly
- tractableEasily managed or controlled
biddable · acquiescent · meek · deferential · subservient · passive · unassertive · dutiful · servile · tame
- certaintycertain, sure, uncertain, unsure, definite
- cowardicecoward, cowardly, craven, gutless, spineless
- captivatedspellbound, entranced, enthralled, mesmerized, rapt
suggestibleresistant
Withstanding external forces
unsusceptible · insusceptible · impervious · immune · skeptical
suggestiblestrong-minded
Having firm convictions
strong-willed · self-directed · autonomous · freethinking · resolute
suggestibledefiant
Openly resisting control
contumacious · recalcitrant · contrary · oppositional · intractable