susceptibles
Easily affected ones
Susceptibles is a noun referring to people who are vulnerable to something—typically disease, infection, or influence.
The term appears most often in epidemiology, where a population divides into susceptibles, infected, and recovered: The virus spread rapidly through the susceptibles.
Outside technical contexts, susceptibles can describe anyone open to persuasion or emotional influence.
Easily influenced or affected
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- tenderSoft or sore
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
trusting · gullible · open-hearted · romantic · sentimental · soft-hearted · persuadable · malleable
Open to attack
- at-riskSubject to potential harm
- immunocompromisedReduced ability to fight infection
- unvaccinatedNot given protective shots
- exposedOut in open
high-risk · elderly · infants · patients · carriers · contacts · outbreak · transmission
Inclined beforehand
- at-riskSubject to potential harm
- patientsThose receiving medical treatment
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- hereditaryPassed through generations
genetic · prone · allergic · reactive · intolerant · sensitive · weakened · compromised
impressionable
Easily influenced or affected
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- tenderSoft or sore
- vulnerableOpen to attack
naive · trusting · gullible · open-hearted · romantic · sentimental · soft-hearted · persuadable · malleable · yielding
vulnerable
Open to attack
- at-riskSubject to potential harm
- immunocompromisedReduced ability to fight infection
- unvaccinatedNot given protective shots
exposed · high-risk · elderly · infants · patients · carriers · contacts · outbreak · transmission · contagion
predisposed
Inclined beforehand
- at-riskSubject to potential harm
- patientsThose receiving medical treatment
- vulnerableOpen to attack
hereditary · genetic · prone · allergic · reactive · intolerant · sensitive · weakened · compromised · symptomatic