Buy me a package of absorbent cotton.
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Absorbent
//əbˈsɔː.bn̩t//
Synonyms for "absorbent" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (18)
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2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
54 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُمْتَصّ adj (absorbing)
Asturian
1 entries- absorbente adj (absorbing)
Bulgarian
3 entries- поглъ́щащ adj (absorbing)
- попи́ващ adj (absorbing)
- поглъти́тел noun (anything which absorbs)
Catalan
2 entries- absorbent adj (absorbing)
- absorbent noun (anything which absorbs)
Czech
3 entries- absorbční adj (absorbing)
- pijavý adj (absorbing)
- savý adj (absorbing)
Dutch
4 entries- absorberend adj (absorbing)
- opzuigend adj (absorbing)
- wateropnemend adj (absorbing)
- absorbens noun (anything which absorbs)
Esperanto
2 entries- sorba adj (absorbing)
- absorbilo noun (anything which absorbs)
Finnish
3 entries- imukykyinen adj (absorbing)
- absorbentti noun (anything which absorbs)
- absorbentti noun (substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid)
French
3 entries- absorbant adj (absorbing)
- absorbant noun (anything which absorbs)
- absorbant noun (substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid)
Galician
1 entries- absorbente adj (absorbing)
German
1 entries- saugfähig adj (absorbing)
Interlingua
1 entries- absorbente adj (absorbing)
Italian
1 entries- assorbente adj (absorbing)
Latin
1 entries- absorbens adj (absorbing)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sugeriamasis adj (absorbing)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- vemêjok adj (absorbing)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- absorberende adj (absorbing)
- absorptiv adj (absorbing)
- absorbator noun (anything which absorbs)
- absorbent noun (anything which absorbs)
Persian
2 entries- جذبکننده adj (absorbing)
- درآشامنده adj (absorbing)
Polish
4 entries- absorbujący adj (absorbing)
- absorpcyjny adj (absorbing)
- chłonny adj (absorbing)
- pochłanający adj (absorbing)
Portuguese
4 entries- absorvente adj (absorbing)
- absorvedor noun (anything which absorbs)
- absorvente noun (anything which absorbs)
- antiácido noun (substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid)
Romanian
1 entries- absorbant noun (anything which absorbs)
Russian
3 entries- абсорби́рующий adj (absorbing)
- гигроскопи́чный adj (absorbing)
- абсорбе́нт noun (substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- upijajući adj (absorbing)
Spanish
2 entries- absorbente adj (absorbing)
- absorbente noun (anything which absorbs)
Volapük
1 entries- nüsugik adj (absorbing)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
This towel is very absorbent.
Source: tatoeba (8529847)
My towels are fresh-smelling and absorbent.
Source: tatoeba (8529853)
These towels are very absorbent.
Source: tatoeba (8549716)
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