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Sponging

Synonyms for "sponging" (126 found)

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General use (109)

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, verb(2 words)

prostrate ingratiating

Noun(32 words)

assimilation insinuation absorption infiltration percolation obeisance digestion seepage osmosis irrigation parasitism sycophancy ablution lavabo faineant mendicancy absorbency obsequiousness elution mealymouthedness

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elutriation adsorption sorption lavation blotting paper chemisorption toadyism ingratiation exosmosis endosmosis flunkyism fawnery

Noun, verb(21 words)

crawling scouring rinsing enema washing sniveling scrounging scrubbing toadying cringing lathering backscratching bootlicking mopping blotting laving handshaking swabbing lavage douching

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Adj, noun, verb(7 words)

abject fawning flattering groveling hangdog truckling crouching

Name, noun(1 words)

Adj, noun(9 words)

parasitic laggard good-for-nothing absorbent do-nothing adsorbent timeserving footlicking toadeating

Adj, adv(1 words)

Verb(11 words)

do nothing cowering cleaning out cadging brown-nosing washing up mopping up apple-polishing scrubbing up wiping up flushing out

Adjective(17 words)

indolent remiss obsequious slothful dilatory mealymouthed sycophantic shiftless unenterprising procrastinative nonaggressive obeisant work-shy toadyish drony dronish ergophobic

Name, noun, verb(1 words)

Prep_phrase(1 words)

back scratching apple polishing bone-lazy doless chemosorption

Informal (17)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(4 words)

sponge douche rinse shampoo

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Noun, slang(5 words)

washout engrossment blotter washup tufthunting

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

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