spongelike

1. 1.

   easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility

   “spongy bread”

   Synonymsspongysquashysquishy

   Similarsoft
2. 2.

   like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed

   Synonymsspongy

   Similarabsorbent

Questions about spongelike

What does spongelike mean?

spongelike means "easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spongelike?

spongelike has 3 syllables: spon-ge-like. The stress falls on "spon".

What is another word for spongelike?

Close synonyms include spongy, squashy, squishy, spongy. 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 spongelike a common word?

spongelike 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.