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impressionable adjective
/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən.ə.bl ̩/ adj often disapproving Definition
describes someone, usually a young person, who is very easily influenced by the people around them and by what they are told, and who sometimes copies other people's behaviour
He's at that impressionable age when he's very easily led by other children.
(Definition of impressionable adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Synonyms and related words:
- an easy touch
- be easy game/meat
- be easy prey
- be wet behind the ears
- butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth
- dewy-eyed
- ingenuous
- jejune
- look at/see sth through rose-coloured/tinted glasses
- naive
- naivety
- pushover
- see things in black and white
- simple
- soft touch
- starry-eyed
- trusting
- unsophisticated
- unsuspecting
- wide-eyed
Topic:
Naive and trusting
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