Absorbent Synonyms and Antonyms

əb-zôrbənt, -sôr-
Having a capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. absorptive
  2. dry
  3. assimilative
  4. porous
  5. spongy
  6. permeable
  7. soft
  8. pervious
  9. pregnable
  10. imbibing
  11. penetrable
  12. receptive
  13. retentive
  14. spongiose
  15. thirsty
  16. bibulous
Antonyms:
  1. impermeable
  2. impervious
  3. nonabsorbent
  4. solid
A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. absorbent material
  2. absorbency
  3. adsorbent
  4. adsorption
  5. chemisorption
  6. endosmosis
  7. exosmosis
  8. sorption

Words Related to Absorbent

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. absorbant
  2. breathable
  3. water-repellant
  4. wadding
  5. microfibre
  6. anti-static
  7. skin-friendly
  8. adhesive
  9. non-absorbent

Absorbent Sentence Examples

  • In special cases, such as the preparation of edible oils and fats, a further improvement in colour and greater purity is obtained by filtering the oils over charcoal, or over natural absorbent earths, such as fuller's earth.

  • It will become more absorbent each time, for the first 10 washes.

  • Large quantities of ground mica are used in the manufacture of wall-paper, and to produce a frosted effect on toys, stage scenery, &c. Powdered mica is also used in the manufacture of paints and paper, as a lubricant, and as an absorbent of nitro-glycerine and disinfectants.

  • During this season the rivers, which are roaring torrents throughout the monsoon, are almost all lost in the dry, absorbent plains.

  • The damping of all absorbent surfaces, such as the floors or bare walls, &c., is frequently necessary several times a day in the growing season, so as to keep up a humid atmosphere; hence the advantage of laying the floors a little rounded, as then the water draws off to the sides against the kerbstone, while the centre remains dry for promenaders.

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