suggestible
Americanadjective
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easily influenced by ideas provided by other persons
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characteristic of something that can be suggested
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Etymology
Origin of suggestible
Explanation
Someone who's suggestible has an opinion that's easily swayed. If you mention to your suggestible uncle that it might be fun to get ice cream, he'll probably drive you to the ice cream shop. It's easy to convince a suggestible person to do something, believe something, or to change their mind about something. Suggestible voters are easily swayed by emotional political ads on TV, and if you're very suggestible, your brother talking about his migraine can convince you that you might have migraines too.
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Example Sentences
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Humans are suggestible creatures with extremely pliable memories.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025
Experts say the injury has badly affected his memory and general ability to process more than basic information, leaving him suggestible and vulnerable to potential manipulation.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024
Dating apps weren't around in 1981, but if they were, it would be suggestible for Gino to get on one, pronto.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022
The ideas suggest that “when people form part of a psychological crowd they lose their identities and their self-control; they become suggestible, and primitive instinctive impulses predominate,” he said in an email.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2022
Faerie fruit, which muddles the mind, which makes humans crave it enough to starve themselves for another taste, which makes us pliant and suggestible and ridiculous.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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