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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbent |
| Synonyms: | assimilative, bibulous, penetrable, permeable, spongy |
| 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: | porous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having holes; absorbent |
| Synonyms: | absorptive, penetrable, permeable, pervious, spongelike, spongy |
| Antonyms: | impermeable |
| Main Entry: | spongy |
| 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: | assimilative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbent |
| Synonyms: | absorptive, assimilating, assimilatory, bibulous, permeable |
| Main Entry: | bibulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbent |
| Synonyms: | absorptive, permeable, porous, spongy |
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