Responsive \Re*spon"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. resposif.] 1. That responds; ready or inclined to respond. 2. Suited to something else; correspondent. The vocal lay responsive to the strings. --Pope. 3. Responsible. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Re*spon"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Re*spon"sive*ness}, n.