receptive.

1. Willing to consider ideas, suggestions, or help.

2. Concerned with understanding incoming language rather than producing it.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• receptive audience
• receptive to criticism

On the page

She was receptive to criticism when it addressed the actual evidence.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more receptive; superlative most receptive when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.