English adjective: absorptive | |||
1. | absorptive having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) | ||
Samples | As absorbent as a sponge. | ||
Synonyms | absorbent | ||
Similar | absorbefacient, assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory, hygroscopic, receptive, shock-absorbent, sorbefacient, spongelike, spongy, thirsty | ||
Attribute | absorbency | ||
Antonyms | nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive | ||