absorptive

1. 1.

   having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)

   “as absorbent as a sponge”

   Synonymsabsorbent

   Similarabsorbefacientassimilatinghygroscopicreceptiveshock-absorbentspongythirsty

Questions about absorptive

What does absorptive mean?

absorptive means "having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)".

How many syllables are in absorptive?

absorptive has 3 syllables: ab-sorp-tive. The stress falls on "ab".

What is another word for absorptive?

Close synonyms include absorbent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is absorptive a common word?

absorptive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.