Absorption Synonyms and Antonyms

əb-zôrpshən, -sôrp-
The process of absorbing or being absorbed
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. assimilation
  2. digestion
  3. osmosis
  4. saturation
  5. conversion
  6. impregnation
  7. penetration
  8. fusion
  9. intake
  10. union
  11. engorgement
  12. consumption
  13. ingestion
  14. blending
  15. swallowing up
  16. taking in
  17. imbibing
  18. reception
  19. retention
  20. incorporation
  21. appropriation
  22. merging
  23. ingurgitation
  24. engulfment
  25. bibulation
  26. drinking in
  27. suction
  28. sopping up
  29. soaking up
  30. drying-up
  31. blotting up
  32. sponging up
  33. inhalation
  34. speculativeness
  35. contemplativeness
  36. predigestion
  37. reflectiveness
Antonyms:
  1. removal
  2. ejection
  3. discharge
Engrossment
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. engrossment
  2. preoccupation
  3. immersion
  4. enthrallment
  5. concentration
  6. prepossession
  7. preoccupancy
Antonyms:
  1. distraction
  2. boredom
(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. soaking up

Words Related to Absorption

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.

Absorption Sentence Examples

  • Mention may be made of the absorption spectrum of benzene.

  • Differences connected with the mode of supply of nutritive material do exist, but they are mainly correlated with the structure of the organisms, which makes the method of absorption different.

  • With the suppression and absorption of the independent principalities the problem was only half solved.

  • The absorption of these rays implies that the pigment absorbs radiant energy from the sun, and gives us some explanation of its power of constructing the carbohydrates which has been mentioned as the special work of the apparatus.

  • There is set up at once a certain hydrostatic pressure, due to the turgidity which ensues upon such absorption, and the extensible cell wall stretches, at first in all directions.

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