impressionable

[ im-presh-uh-nuh-buhl, -presh-nuh- ]

/ ɪmˈprɛʃ ə nə bəl, -ˈprɛʃ nə- /

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adjective

easily impressed or influenced; susceptible: an impressionable youngster.

capable of being impressed.

Nearby words

impresario, imprescriptible, impress, impressible, impression, impressionable, impressionism, impressionist, impressionistic, impressive, impressive aphasia

Origin of impressionable

1825–35; impression + -able; compare French impressionnable

SYNONYMS FOR impressionable

1 receptive, responsive, suggestible.

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Related forms

im·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, nounim·pres·sion·a·bly, adverbnon·im·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjective

non·im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, nouno·ver·im·pres·sion·a·bil·i·ty, nouno·ver·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjectiveo·ver·im·pres·sion·a·ble·ness, nouno·ver·im·pres·sion·a·bly, adverbun·im·pres·sion·a·ble, adjective

Can be confusedimpressionable impressive

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Examples from the Web for impressionable

An 18-year-old Swedish rapper/Internet meme has inspired legions of impressionable teens to get based in bucket hats.
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’|Marlow Stern|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Headmasters are in a unique position of power to mold the minds of impressionable young students.
Headmasters Behaving Badly|Emily Shire|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sadly, some impressionable young listeners will internalize this “advice.”
Is This Country Star the New Wendy Davis?|Matt Lewis|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Education remains first and foremost a device for drilling party ideology into impressionable minds.
China’s Schools Teaches Kids to Take Tests, Obey the State, and Not Much More|Junheng Li|November 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Prime of Miss Jean Brodie By Muriel Spark “Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life.”
Book Bag: Megan Abbott’s Five Dangerous Mentors|Megan Abbott|August 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The music-loving, impressionable Spanish-Americans deluged the company with dollars and "vivas."
Whirligigs|O. Henry
The important practical question is the prevention of the fulfilment of the morbid impulse during these impressionable years.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Upon an impressionable child the effect of this continual and pretty accompaniment to life was deep.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Nat is a good-natured, cheery fellow, however—not nearly as clever or as impressionable as Dormy, but with the same common sense.
Uncanny Tales|Mary Louisa Molesworth
The impressionable imagination of Bassompierre was deeply moved.
The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Julia Pardoe

British Dictionary definitions for impressionable

impressionable

/ (ɪmˈprɛʃənəbəl, -ˈprɛʃnə-) /

adjective

easily influenced or characterized by susceptibility to influencean impressionable child; an impressionable age

Derived Formsimpressionability or impressionableness, noun

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impressionable

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impressionable

adjective