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Spongy
[spuhn-jee] 
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spongy
[spuhn-jee]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cushioned, absorbent |
| Synonyms: | absorptive, cribriform, cushiony, elastic, light, mushy, pappy, porous, pulpous, pulpy, resilient, rubbery, soft, springy, squishy, yielding |
| Antonyms: | hard, impermeable, inflexible |
| Main Entry: | flexible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pliable, bendable |
| Synonyms: | adjustable, bending, ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, flexile, formable, formative, impressionable, like putty, limber, lithe, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliant, soft, spongy, springy, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, supple, tensile, tractable, tractile, whippy, willowy, yielding |
| Antonyms: | brittle, inflexible, resistant, rigid, stiff, unbendable, unpliable, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not heavy |
| Synonyms: | agile, airy, atmospheric, buoyant, crumbly, dainty, delicate, downy, easy, effervescent, ethereal, featherweight, feathery, filmy, flimsy, floatable, floating, fluffy, friable, frothy, gossamery, graceful, imponderous, inconsequential, insubstantial, light-footed, lightweight, lithe, little, loose, meager, nimble, petty, porous, portable, sandy, sheer, slender, slight, small, spongy, sprightly, sylphlike, thin, tissuelike, trifling, trivial, unheavy, unsubstantial, weightless |
| Antonyms: | heavy, weighted |
| Main Entry: | mushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doughy, soft |
| Synonyms: | gelatinous, jelled, mashy, muddy, pap, pastelike, pulpous, pulpy, quaggy, semiliquid, semisolid, slushy, spongy, squashy, squishy |
| Antonyms: | hard, stiff |
| Main Entry: | permeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbent, penetrable |
| Synonyms: | absorptive, accessible, enterable, passable, pervious, porose, porous, spongelike, spongy |
| Antonyms: | inpenetrable, unpermeable |
| Main Entry: | pliable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bendable, adaptable |
| Synonyms: | compliant, docile, ductile, easily led, easy, flexible, impressionable, limber, lithe, malleable, manageable, manipulable, moldable, obedient, plastic, pliant, putty, receptive, responsive, rolling with the punches, spongy, submissive, supple, susceptible, tractable, yielding |
| Antonyms: | inflexible, rigid, stiff, unadaptable, unbendable, unpliable, unpliant, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | porous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having holes; absorbent |
| Synonyms: | absorptive, penetrable, permeable, pervious, spongelike, spongy |
| Antonyms: | impermeable |
| Main Entry: | soft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cushioned, squishy |
| Synonyms: | bendable, comfortable, comfy, cottony, cozy, creamy, cushiony, cushy, delicate, doughy, downy, ductile, easeful, easy, elastic, feathery, fine, flabby, fleecy, fleshy, flexible, flimsy, flocculent, flowing, fluffy, fluid, formless, furry, gelatinous, impressible, limp, malleable, moldable, mushy, pappy, pithy, plastic, pliable, pulpy, quaggy, rounded, satiny, silken, silky, smooth, snug, spongy, squashy, supple, thin, velvety, yielding |
| Antonyms: | hard, rigid, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | soggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | damp or soaking |
| Synonyms: | clammy, dank, dripping, heavy, humid, moist, mucky, muggy, mushy, pasty, pulpy, saturated, soaked, sodden, soft, sopping, spongy, sticky, sultry, waterlogged |
| Antonyms: | dehydrated, dry |
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