absorbent

1. Having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) (synset 300006354)
   "as absorbent as a sponge"
   tells us about: absorbency - the property of being absorbent
   similar to:

   • absorbefacient, sorbefacient - inducing or promoting absorption
   • assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory - capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
   • hygroscopic - absorbing moisture (as from the air)
   • receptive - able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
   • shock-absorbent - having the capacity to absorb the energy of an impact
   • spongelike, spongy - like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
   • thirsty - able to take in large quantities of moisture
   same as: absorptive

1. A material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance (synset 114621593)
   is a type of: sorbent, sorbent material - a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption
   subtypes:

   • sponge - a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
   • absorber - (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
   • absorbent cotton - cotton made absorbent by removal of the natural wax
   same as: absorbent material

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