Impressionable

/ɪmˈprɛʃ.ən.ə.bəl/

Meaning & Definition

adjective

Easily influenced because of a lack of critical ability.

Children are particularly impressionable and absorb the attitudes of those around them.

Susceptible to being affected by others' opinions or emotions.

As an impressionable teenager, she looked up to her older friends and tried to emulate their behaviors.

Capable of being impressed or significantly marked by experience or events.

The artist often worked with impressionable canvases that responded well to her techniques.

Vulnerable to being shaped or molded by external influences.

Impressionable individuals may find themselves swayed by persuasive advertisements.

From late Latin 'impressionabilis', meaning capable of being impressed.

impressionable youth

young people who are easily influenced

impressionable mind

a mind that can be easily influenced or shaped

impressionable age

a period in which a person is particularly open to influence

impress

to have a strong effect on someone's thoughts or feelings

moldable

capable of being shaped or formed

influence

the capacity to have an effect on the character or development of someone or something

easy to sway

He's so impressionable, he just follows whatever trend he sees.

easily duped

That kid is super impressionable; he believed that movie was real!