soak up

Questions about soak up

What does soak up mean?

soak up means "take in, also metaphorically". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for soak up?

Close synonyms include absorb, suck, imbibe, sop up, suck up. 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 soak up a common word?

soak up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.