All absorbent synonyms
ab·sorb·ent
A a adjective absorbent
- hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- assimilative — of or causing assimilation; assimilating
- assimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- absorbefacient — a medicine or other agent that promotes absorption
- assimilatory — characterized by assimilation; assimilating.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
adj absorbent
- dry — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- absorptive — able or tending to absorb; absorbent.
- penetrable — capable of being penetrated.
- permeable — capable of being permeated.
- porous — full of pores.
- spongy — of the nature of or resembling a sponge; light, porous, and elastic or readily compressible, as pith or bread.
- thirsty — feeling or having thirst; craving liquid.
- bibulous — addicted to alcohol
- pregnable — capable of being taken or won by force: a pregnable fortress.
- retentive — tending or serving to retain something.