adjectives
open to arguments, ideas, or change
"receptive to reason and the logic of facts"
is similar to
admitting of passage or entrance
"pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat"
ready or willing to receive favorably
"receptive to the proposals"
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
"sensory neurons"
able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
"the paper is ink-receptive"
is similar to
having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)
"as absorbent as a sponge"