responsiveness

noun

as in sensitivity

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Recent Examples of responsiveness To maintain responsiveness, DLSS 3 was paired with NVIDIA Reflex, which reduces system latency by synchronizing CPU and GPU workloads, ensuring that the higher frame rates do not come at the cost of input lag. — Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026 Initially, the experience there was better, at least in terms of teacher responsiveness and care. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026 The impact shows up in decision-making, responsiveness and consistency. — Angela Palo, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 HaMo Real-Time Animation System (Spain) HaMo Animation is building patented hardware and software for animating digital characters live, combining the responsiveness of traditional puppetry with real-time virtual production. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 Warmth, responsiveness, and flexibility support a child’s developmental growth, while parental patterns of inconsistency and overindulgence can spoil kids. — Liz Regalia, Parents, 24 Sep. 2026 These new kits combine a little lift with sports-car adjustability and responsiveness. — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 23 Sep. 2026 Public art should be evaluated for conviction, intelligence, durability, legibility, site-responsiveness, force, and relation to the public. — Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026 The haptic feedback is especially helpful too, confirming your actions through responsiveness. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for responsiveness
  1. sensitivity
  2. feelings
  3. sensibility
Noun
  • Hotels increasingly use signature scents to shape their brands, but guests with asthma or chemical sensitivities say those fragrances can trigger headaches and other problems.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Burlington has also taken steps to reduce its weather sensitivity, including strengthening its home products assortments.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of sensitivity
Noun
  • My students are simultaneously cerebral readers and emotional ones, and those feelings can be at odds with each other, sometimes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • When prompted about what may happen in the future as more stations adopt AI hosts, DJ Coyotec generated an answer that sounded like empathy even though the bot has no feelings or control of what will happen in the future.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of feelings
Noun
  • An essential state role, parallel to provisioning basic services like education and healthcare, is endowing a wide open aesthetic field of form and meaning and collective sensibility.
    — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The 3,336-square-foot boutique offers established Dallas clients — many of whom shopped Lafayette 148 in other cities — a closer connection to its distinctly New York sensibility, luxury craftsmanship and personal service.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of sensibility

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“Responsiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/responsiveness. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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