absorptive
AdjectiveSynonyms:
absorbent
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Adjective (1)
- having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.)“as absorbent as a sponge”Synonyms: absorbentSimilar spongy, hygroscopic, receptive, absorbefacient, thirsty, shock-absorbent, assimilatingRelates to absorbency
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ab·sorp′tive (…), adjective
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. Erasmus Darwin
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54