absorptive

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: absorbent

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