Sponge

//spʌnd͡ʒ//

Synonyms for "sponge" (483 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (97)

Strong matches (145)

chip clean cleaning cleaning out cobweb colander cold shower compress cork cotton court plaster cravat cribble cribriformity cribrosity cross out crush cure dabble damp

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Noun(16 words)

cupster dipso dipsomaniac drinker drunk drunkard free rider freeloader fuddlecap fuddler gadfly grog artist guzzler inebriate juicehead lick-wimble

Verb(1 words)

grub

Related words (241)

loch ness monster lounge lizard lush lusher man eater man-eater man-eating shark marine animal mash minnow minny moisten mooch mop mop up mopping mopping up mote mummify mush

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needle bath nekton net obliterate osmose osmosis paddle panfish paper pulp parasite parch paste percolate percolate in percolation pith plankton plaster plaster cast pledget plunge bath poolish porosity porousness porpoise porridge poultice present pudding pulp pulp lead pulpwood quick study rag pulp raze riddle rinse rinse out rinsing ritually immerse roller roller bandage rub rub out rubber rubber bandage rule out rum hound rummy russian bath salmon sauce sauna sauna bath scorch scour scouring scratch scratch out screen scrub scrub up scrubbing scrubbing up sea monster sea pig sea serpent sea snake sea sponge sear seep in seepage shampoo shark shower shower bath shrivel sieve sievelikeness sitz bath sling slobber slop slosh sluice sluice out slurp up smash smell-feast smoke smolt soak soak in soak up soap soaping sorb sorption sot sparge spatter spiv splash splatter splint sponge bath sponge cake sponge on sponge out sponge pudding sponger sponging spray sprinkle spume squash stew strainer straw strike out stupe sucker sulfate pulp sulfite pulp sun sun-dry swab swabbing swash sweat bath swedish bath swill up swillbelly swillbowl swillpot syringe take in take up tampon tape tent thistledown tippler toivel torrefy tourniquet towel triangular bandage tropical fish tub turkish bath wash wash out wash up washing washing up washout washup water weazen wet wet down whale whirlpool bath white lead wino wipe wipe out wiping up wither wizen wood pulp

Noun(44 words)

lush lusher maltworm mooch moocher parazoan pisshead pisspot plonko poolish porifer quick study reel-pot rinse-pitcher rumpot scrounge scrounger scunge sea sponge shicker

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Verb(5 words)

mooch mump parasitize sponge down tap

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

23 entries

absorbent absorbent material assimilator collect efface erase follower garner gather invertebrate learner mop mop up obtain pass over pull together

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Synonyms

10 entries

bath sponge blag freeloader leech mooch quick study sea sponge souse sponge cake sponge pudding

Related terms

1 entries

foam

at location

1 entries

bottom of sea

capable of

4 entries

clean dishes collect water hold water wet surface

derived

78 entries

Menger sponge Sierpinski sponge Turkey toilet sponge Victoria sponge bacteriosponge barrel sponge breadcrumb sponge bullet sponge calcareous sponge calcisponge chewing sponge chuck up the sponge contraceptive sponge coralline sponge cyanosponge cytosponge

Showing 16 of 78 words.

has context

2 entries

british slang

has property

1 entries

soft

is a

6 entries

absorbent material animal cleaning implement invertebrate opaque thing spongy thing

manner of

4 entries

erase gather wipe wipe up

related to

71 entries

absorbent animal aquatic aquatic invertebrate bathing bob bob square bore cake cannon clean cleaning cleaning tool cloth contraception convert

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used for

1 entries

cleaning

Translations

238 translations across 79 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

sfungjer noun (marine invertebrate)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

σπόγγος noun (marine invertebrate)
σπόγγος noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
σπογγίζω verb (to clean with a sponge)

Arabic

4 entries

إسفنج noun (marine invertebrate)
إسفنجة noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
إِسْفَنْج noun (marine invertebrate)
سَفِنْج noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Armenian

2 entries

սպունգ noun (marine invertebrate)
սպունգ noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Asturian

3 entries

esponxa noun (marine invertebrate)
esponxa noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
esponxa noun (porous material)

Basque

2 entries

belaki noun (marine invertebrate)
belaki noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Belarusian

2 entries

гу́бка noun (marine invertebrate)
гу́бка noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Bulgarian

3 entries

гъба за миене noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
сю́нгер noun (marine invertebrate)
мия с гъба verb (to clean with a sponge)

Catalan

4 entries

esponja noun (marine invertebrate)
esponja noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
esponja noun (porous material)
esponjar verb (to clean with a sponge)

Chechen

2 entries

йашориг noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
цӏанориг noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

海綿 /海绵 noun (marine invertebrate)
海綿 /海绵 noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Czech

4 entries

houba noun (marine invertebrate)
houba noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
houba noun (porous material)
houba noun (any spongelike substance)

Danish

2 entries

svamp noun (marine invertebrate)
svamp noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Dutch

1 entries

spons noun (marine invertebrate)

Esperanto

2 entries

spongo noun (marine invertebrate)
spongo noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Estonian

4 entries

käsn noun (marine invertebrate)
käsn noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
nuustik noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
švamm noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Finnish

4 entries

ehkäisysieni noun (form of contraception)
kärki noun (point of a horseshoe)
pesusieni noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
puhdistustanko noun (mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon)

French

4 entries

ivrogne noun (informal: heavy drinker)
soulard noun (informal: heavy drinker)
éponge noun (marine invertebrate)
éponge noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Friulian

2 entries

sponge noun (marine invertebrate)
sponze noun (marine invertebrate)

Galician

3 entries

esponxa noun (marine invertebrate)
esponxa noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
esponxa noun (porous material)

Georgian

1 entries

საწური noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

German

4 entries

Schnorrer noun (slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others)
Schwamm noun (marine invertebrate)
Schwamm noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
schnorren verb (to take advantage of others)

Greek

4 entries

σφουγγάρι noun (marine invertebrate)
σφουγγάρι noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
σφουγγάρι noun (porous material)
σφογγίζω verb (to clean with a sponge)

Gujarati

2 entries

ઇસપંજ noun (marine invertebrate)
સ્પંજ noun (marine invertebrate)

Hawaiian

4 entries

huʻa kai noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
huʻahuʻa kai noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
huʻakai noun (marine invertebrate)
huʻakai noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Hebrew

3 entries

סְפוֹג noun (marine invertebrate)
סְפוֹג noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
ספג verb (to clean with a sponge)

Hindi

4 entries

इसपंज noun (marine invertebrate)
इस्फ़ंज noun (marine invertebrate)
स्पंज noun (marine invertebrate)
स्पंज noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Hungarian

3 entries

szivacs noun (marine invertebrate)
szivacs noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
szivacsanyag noun (porous material)

Icelandic

2 entries

svampur noun (marine invertebrate)
svampur noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Ido

1 entries

sponjo noun (marine invertebrate)

Indonesian

2 entries

bunga karang noun (marine invertebrate)
spons noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

اِسْفَنْج noun (marine invertebrate)
اِسْفَنْج noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Italian

3 entries

spugna noun (marine invertebrate)
spugna noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
spugna noun (informal: heavy drinker)

Japanese

2 entries

スポンジ noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
海綿 noun (marine invertebrate)

Kazakh

2 entries

губка noun (marine invertebrate)
ысқыш noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Khmer

4 entries

ពពុះទឹក noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
អេប៉ុង noun (marine invertebrate)
អេប៉ុង noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
អេប៉ុងហ្ស៍ noun (marine invertebrate)

Korean

4 entries

갯솜 noun (marine invertebrate)
스펀지 noun (marine invertebrate)
스펀지 noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
해면 noun (marine invertebrate)

Latin

3 entries

spongia noun (marine invertebrate)
spongia noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
parasītor verb (to take advantage of others)

Latvian

1 entries

sūklis noun (marine invertebrate)

Lithuanian

3 entries

durlė noun (marine invertebrate)
kempinė noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
pintis noun (marine invertebrate)

Macedonian

4 entries

су́нѓер noun (marine invertebrate)
су́нѓер noun (porous material)
су́нѓер noun (informal: heavy drinker)
сунѓер noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Malay

2 entries

bunga karang noun (marine invertebrate)
span noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Mokilese

1 entries

limw noun (marine invertebrate)

Mongolian

1 entries

порлон noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Māori

4 entries

kōpūpūtai noun (marine invertebrate)
kōtare noun (slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others)
kōtaretare noun (slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others)
muremure noun (slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others)

Navajo

2 entries

táłtłʼááh yilcháazhii noun (marine invertebrate)
tó yitsʼǫǫsí noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Norman

3 entries

êponge noun (marine invertebrate)
êponge noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
êpongi verb (to clean with a sponge)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

lûfik noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
sunger noun (marine invertebrate)
sunger noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
îsfenc noun (marine invertebrate)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

svamp noun (marine invertebrate)
svamp noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Occitan

2 entries

esponga noun (marine invertebrate)
esponja noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

سونگر noun (marine invertebrate)
سونگر noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
سونگر noun (porous material)

Pashto

3 entries

سپنج noun (marine invertebrate)
سپنج noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
سپنج noun (porous material)

Plautdietsch

3 entries

Schwom noun (marine invertebrate)
Schwom noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
Sponzh noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Polish

2 entries

gąbka noun (marine invertebrate)
gąbka noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Portuguese

2 entries

esponja noun (marine invertebrate)
esponja noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Quechua

1 entries

puqyala noun (marine invertebrate)

Romanian

3 entries

burete noun (marine invertebrate)
burete noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
spongie noun (marine invertebrate)

Russian

4 entries

ба́нник noun (mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon)
гу́бка noun (marine invertebrate)
гу́бка noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
гу́бка noun (porous material)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

Swom noun (marine invertebrate)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

spȕžva noun (marine invertebrate)
spȕžva noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
sùnđer noun (marine invertebrate)
{{t+|sh|sùnđer|m} noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Sicilian

3 entries

sfincia noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
sponza noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
spugna (Italianization) noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Slovak

1 entries

hubka noun (marine invertebrate)

Slovene

1 entries

spúžva noun (marine invertebrate)

Spanish

4 entries

cafiche noun (slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others)
esponja noun (marine invertebrate)
esponja noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
gorrón noun (slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others)

Swahili

2 entries

sifongo noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
sponji noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Swedish

4 entries

snylta noun (slang: person who takes advantage of the generosity of others)
spongier noun (marine invertebrate)
svampdjur noun (marine invertebrate)
tvättsvamp noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Tagalog

2 entries

espongha noun (marine invertebrate)
espongha noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Telugu

1 entries

స్పాంజి noun (marine invertebrate)

Thai

2 entries

ฟองน้ำ noun (marine invertebrate)
ฟองน้ำ noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Tibetan

1 entries

ཞ་འཐེན noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Turkish

3 entries

sünger noun (marine invertebrate)
sünger noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
sünger noun (porous material)

Ukrainian

2 entries

гу́бка noun (marine invertebrate)
гу́бка noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Urdu

2 entries

اِسْفَن٘ج noun (marine invertebrate)
سِپَن٘ج noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Uzbek

1 entries

gubka noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Venetan

2 entries

sponga noun (marine invertebrate)
sponxa noun (marine invertebrate)

Vietnamese

2 entries

bọt biển noun (marine invertebrate)
bọt biển noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

Welsh

2 entries

sbwng noun (piece of porous material used for washing)
ysbwng noun (piece of porous material used for washing)

West-Frisian

1 entries

spûns noun (marine invertebrate)

Yiddish

1 entries

שוואָם noun (marine invertebrate)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Please sponge the mess up off the table.

Source: tatoeba (39628)

The boxing match was completely one-sided, one pug was so badly mauled that his manager had to throw in the sponge.

Source: tatoeba (49903)

A sponge absorbs water.

Source: tatoeba (51613)

A sponge absorbs liquids.

Source: tatoeba (51614)

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