Synonyms and Antonyms of absorb

synonym (synonym of absorb)

  • (verb)
    consume, engross, suck up, take in, drink in, exhaust, swallow, take up, drink up, imbibe, swallow up
    A fluid that is absorbed is taken up into the mass of the absorbing body, with which it may or may not permanently combine. Wood expands when it absor more.. (verb)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    assimilate, ingest, take in
    take up mentally (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    take over
    take up, as of debts or payments (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up
    take in, also metaphorically (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.weather)
    take in
    suck or take up or in (verb.weather)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep
    devote (oneself) fully to (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    engage, engross, occupy
    consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
     

antonym (antonym of absorb)

also (also)

  • take in, also metaphorically (verb.contact)
    draw in, suck in
    draw in as if by suction (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in
    direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes (verb.contact)
     

hypernym (absorb IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • assimilate or take in (verb.contact)
    invite, receive, take in
    express willingness to have in one's home or environs (verb.contact)
     
  • become imbued (verb.contact)
    sorb, take up
    take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption (verb.contact)
     
  • cause to become one with (verb.change)
    blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix
    mix together different elements (verb.change)
     
  • consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
    interest
    excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of (verb.emotion)
     
  • devote (oneself) fully to (verb.cognition)
    center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet
    direct one's attention on something (verb.cognition)
     
  • take up mentally (verb.cognition)
    acquire, larn, learn
    gain knowledge or skills (verb.cognition)
     
  • take up, as of debts or payments (verb.possession)
    fund
    furnish money for (verb.possession)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF absorb relation)

  • become imbued (verb.contact)
    reabsorb, resorb
    undergo resorption (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    assimilate, imbibe
    take (gas, light or heat) into a solution (verb.contact)
     
  • consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
    involve
    occupy or engage the interest of (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    consume
    engage fully (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    rivet
    hold (someone's attention) (verb.cognition)
     
  • devote (oneself) fully to (verb.cognition)
    drink, drink in
    be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to (verb.cognition)
     
  • suck or take up or in (verb.weather)
    suck, suck in
    attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc. (verb.weather)
     
  • take in, also metaphorically (verb.contact)
    mop, mop up, wipe up
    to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    blot
    dry (ink) with blotting paper (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    sponge up
    absorb as if with a sponge (verb.contact)
     
  • take up mentally (verb.cognition)
    imbibe
    receive into the mind and retain (verb.cognition)
     

verb group (absorb is verb group of ....)

  • devote (oneself) fully to (verb.cognition)
    immerse, plunge
    cause to be immersed (verb.cognition)
     

derivation (.... is derived from absorb)

  • become imbued (verb.contact)
    absorbent, absorbent material
    a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance (noun.substance)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    absorbate
    a material that has been or is capable of being absorbed (noun.substance)
     
  • (adj.all)
    absorbent, absorptive
    having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) (adj.all)
     
  • consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
    business, job, line, line of work, occupation
    the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    occupation
    any activity that occupies a person's attention (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    engrossment, intentness
    the quality of being intent and concentrated (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation
    the mental state of being preoccupied by something (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    absorption, concentration, engrossment, immersion
    complete attention; intense mental effort (noun.cognition)
     
  • suck or take up or in (verb.weather)
    absorption
    (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium (noun.process)
     
  • (adj.all)
    absorbable
    capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface (adj.all)
     
  • take in, also metaphorically (verb.contact)
    suck, sucking, suction
    the act of sucking (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker
    a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    drinker, imbiber, juicer, toper
    a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess) (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.process)
    absorption, soaking up
    (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid (noun.process)
     
  • (noun.substance)
    absorber
    (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation (noun.substance)
     
  • take up mentally (verb.cognition)
    assimilation
    in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    acculturation, assimilation
    the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.person)
    assimilator, learner, scholar
    someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.process)
    absorption, assimilation
    the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another (noun.process)
     

domain category (absorb is domain category of ....)

  • become imbued (verb.contact)
    chemical science, chemistry
    the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition)
     
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