Spongy synonyms
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Part of speech:
Admitting the passage of gas or liquid through pores or interstices.
Marked by resilience; elastic.
Not stern; lenient:
Easily squashed or crushed, as overripe fruit
rubbery (related)
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thin-skin (related)
papery (related)
gelatinous (related)
stringy (related)
leathery (related)
like a sponge
wet (related)
Of an object, etc, covered with or impregnated with liquid.
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Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. [First attested in the early 18th century.]
Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink:
incompact
Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; incoherent or loose.
Saturated with moisture or liquid; soaked
spongoid
Resembling sponge.
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hard (antonym)
Using or based on data that are readily quantified or verified:
solid (antonym)
Of good quality:
inflexible (antonym)
That cannot be changed; fixed; unalterable
impermeable (antonym)
Not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof
Having the characteristics of pulp fiction; thus, having a garish focus on sex and violence
Resembling a marsh; soggy.
Producing a good yield; productive
resist (related)
Yielding easily to pressure or weight; not firm
Find another word for spongy. In this page you can discover 32 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for spongy, like: porous, springy, soft, squashy, squishy, spongelike, rubbery, thin-skin, papery, gelatinous and stringy.