What is another word for absorb?
1235 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɐbsˈɔːb], [ ɐbsˈɔːb], [ ɐ_b_s_ˈɔː_b]Table of Contents
Similar words for absorb:- absorb (noun)
- take-in (noun)
- take-up (noun)
- apprehend (verb)
- bury (verb)
- change (verb)
- co-opt (verb)
- consume (verb)
- devour (verb)
- digest (verb)
- drink (verb)
- eat (verb)
- engage (verb)
- engross (verb)
- entertain (verb)
- enthrall (verb)
- fascinate (verb)
- imbibe (verb)
- incorporate (verb)
- infold (verb)
- ingest (verb)
- involve (verb)
- learn (verb)
- mentally take in information (verb)
- merge (verb)
- monopolize (verb)
- occupy (verb)
- occupy complete attention (verb)
- physically take in a liquid (verb)
- pique (verb)
- pull in (verb)
- receive (verb)
- retain (verb)
- soak (verb)
- sop (verb)
- spend (verb)
- sup (verb)
- swallow (verb)
- tank up (verb)
- wrap (verb)
- other synonyms
- amuse
- consume
- drink
- eat
- enwrap
- extract
- imbibe
- occupy
- retain
- sop
- suck
Synonyms for Absorb:
n.
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- go through,
- deplete,
- eat into,
- get down to,
- run out,
- finish.
v.
•apprehend (verb)- gat the picture,
- get picture,
- re cognizing,
- gets the picture,
- gets picture,
- re cognizes,
- gotten picture,
- be-lieve,
- gat picture,
- got the picture,
- re-cognized,
- getting picture,
- getting the picture,
- re cognize,
- re-cognizing,
- gotten the picture,
- re cognized,
- be lieve,
- got picture.
- threw in to,
- throws oneself in to,
- throws in to,
- throw oneself in to,
- rivetted,
- throw in to,
- throws oneself into,
- threw oneself into,
- throwing in to,
- throwing into,
- throwing oneself into,
- throws into,
- threw into,
- threw oneself in to,
- rivetting,
- throwing oneself in to,
- throw into.
- co opt,
- makes own,
- brought in to line,
- bringing into fold,
- brought in to fold,
- made one's own,
- brought into fold,
- bringing in to the fold,
- making own,
- make own,
- connaturalizing,
- drawing in,
- bring in to line,
- made one own,
- brings into the fold,
- makes one own,
- took over,
- bringing into the fold,
- homologizing,
- making one's own,
- bring in to fold,
- brings in to line,
- bring into fold,
- homologizes,
- make ones own,
- making ones own,
- brought into the fold,
- brings in to the fold,
- makes ones own,
- takes over,
- brought into line,
- bringing into line,
- make one own,
- made ones own,
- made own,
- brings into line,
- connaturalizes,
- bringing in to line,
- brings into fold,
- making one own,
- bring in to the fold,
- brings in to fold,
- makes one's own,
- draws in,
- bringing in to fold,
- connaturalized,
- brought in to the fold.
- pre-occupy,
- puts to use,
- ran out of,
- profits by,
- stuffing ones face,
- availing of,
- availed oneself of,
- in hale,
- frivoled away,
- puts use,
- ex pends,
- availed of,
- stuff one face,
- pre occupying,
- pre-occupying,
- frivols away,
- pre-occupies,
- stuff face,
- in haling,
- in hales,
- tossed down,
- in haled,
- profiting by,
- hoovered,
- ex-pended,
- stuffs face,
- putting use,
- haddest recourse to,
- runs through,
- had recourse to,
- pre occupies,
- ex-pend,
- running out of,
- pre occupied,
- stuffed one face,
- ex pended,
- tosses down,
- having recourse to,
- washes up,
- ex-pending,
- pre occupy,
- frivoling away,
- ex pending,
- ex pend,
- stuffs one's face,
- hadst recourse to,
- put use,
- finishing up,
- hast recourse to,
- ex-pends,
- stuffs ones face,
- stuffs one face,
- pre-occupied,
- in-haled,
- chowing down,
- stuffed face,
- chowed down,
- in-hale,
- stuffed one's face,
- stuff ones face,
- stuffing one face,
- frivolling away,
- profited by,
- has recourse to,
- in-hales,
- avails of,
- in-haling,
- tossing down,
- stuffed ones face,
- putting to use,
- frivolled away,
- runs out of,
- availing oneself of,
- finishes up,
- tost down,
- stuffing face,
- hoovering,
- stuffing one's face,
- chows down,
- washing up,
- hath recourse to.
- bolts down,
- doth voraciously,
- does compulsively,
- de-stroy,
- gloating over,
- drinks in,
- scarfed down,
- de stroy,
- revelling in,
- doeth voraciously,
- feasts on,
- de stroyed,
- revels in,
- dis-patch,
- revelled in,
- are engrossed by,
- is preoccupied,
- doing voraciously,
- rejoiced in,
- dis patching,
- rejoicing in,
- was preoccupied,
- dis-patching,
- partaking of,
- dost compulsively,
- feasted on,
- de stroys,
- rejoices in,
- dis-patches,
- did voraciously,
- doeth compulsively,
- am engrossed by,
- drank in,
- doing compulsively,
- being engrossed by,
- bolting down,
- were engrossed by,
- is engrossed by,
- de-stroyed,
- didst compulsively,
- art preoccupied,
- wert engrossed by,
- dis-patched,
- are preoccupied,
- partook of,
- scarfs down,
- gloats over,
- did compulsively,
- doest voraciously,
- does voraciously,
- reveling in,
- scarfing down,
- am preoccupied,
- wast engrossed by,
- gloated over,
- de-stroys,
- was engrossed by,
- de-stroying,
- dis patches,
- drunk in,
- wert preoccupied,
- wast preoccupied,
- wolfing down,
- didst voraciously,
- dis patched,
- uses up,
- doest compulsively,
- dis patch,
- dost voraciously,
- were preoccupied,
- doth compulsively,
- de stroying,
- reveled in,
- being preoccupied.
- de-liberate,
- chymifies,
- dis-solved,
- dis-solve,
- dis-solves,
- dis solving,
- dis-solving,
- dis solve,
- chymified,
- de liberates,
- dis solved,
- de-liberates,
- chymifying,
- dis solves,
- de liberating,
- de liberate,
- de-liberating,
- de liberated,
- de-liberated,
- thinks over.
- tossing off,
- tosses off,
- hit bottle,
- washing down,
- wets whistle,
- wetted whistle,
- tost off,
- wetting whistle,
- washes down,
- washed down,
- liquors up,
- liquoring up.
- hadst meal,
- hast for,
- feasting upon,
- make pig oneself,
- has a meal,
- hath for,
- haddest a bite,
- had for,
- has bite,
- having a bite,
- makes pig of oneself,
- hast a bite,
- haddest bite,
- feasted upon,
- has for,
- feast up on,
- had bite,
- haddest a meal,
- pecks at,
- hadst bite,
- porking out,
- hath bite,
- hath a meal,
- makes pig oneself,
- porked out,
- pecked at,
- porks out,
- takes food,
- hast a meal,
- hast meal,
- have bite,
- have meal,
- feasted up on,
- took food,
- gobbling up,
- took nourishment,
- hast bite,
- made pig of oneself,
- haddest for,
- gobbles up,
- making pig oneself,
- making pig of oneself,
- hadst for,
- pecking at,
- feasts up on,
- having meal,
- has meal,
- hath a bite,
- hadst a bite,
- having bite,
- made pig oneself,
- takes nourishment,
- has a bite,
- feasting up on,
- haddest meal,
- hadst a meal,
- having for,
- hath meal,
- had meal.
- gives whirl,
- have shot at,
- hath a shot at,
- gives try,
- pre-engaging,
- hast shot at,
- pre-engaged,
- be-witching,
- went out for,
- goes for broke,
- be witch,
- preengages,
- tries on for size,
- under taking,
- giving a whirl,
- hadst fling at,
- hast a shot at,
- hath go at,
- tries for size,
- haddest a fling at,
- has shot at,
- gave a whirl,
- giving a try,
- be witching,
- be witches,
- takes part,
- sets about,
- went for broke,
- keeping busy,
- setting about,
- keeps busy,
- having shot at,
- give whirl,
- haddest a shot at,
- giving whirl,
- having a go at,
- be-witches,
- have fling at,
- be-witched,
- haddest fling at,
- tried for size,
- hath a go at,
- having a fling at,
- Preengaged,
- hath fling at,
- have go at,
- under take,
- hast fling at,
- trying for size,
- has a shot at,
- hast a go at,
- Preengaging,
- under-taking,
- gave try,
- hadst go at,
- under-taken,
- has a go at,
- had a fling at,
- went in for,
- haddest a go at,
- under taken,
- under takes,
- has fling at,
- give try,
- gave whirl,
- goes in for,
- had a go at,
- pre engaged,
- hadst a fling at,
- gave a try,
- gives a try,
- has a fling at,
- hadst a shot at,
- tried on for size,
- trying on for size,
- hast a fling at,
- entering into,
- hath shot at,
- had a shot at,
- pre engaging,
- kept busy,
- pre engage,
- under took,
- has go at,
- having a shot at,
- hast go at,
- be witched,
- gives a whirl,
- had shot at,
- under-takes,
- pre-engage,
- pre engages,
- enter in to,
- had fling at,
- hadst a go at,
- haddest go at,
- goes out for,
- having go at,
- pre-engages,
- hath a fling at,
- having fling at,
- had go at,
- giving try,
- haddest shot at,
- hadst shot at,
- going out for,
- be-witch,
- going in for,
- embarking on.
- art hung,
- were hung,
- was hung,
- sewing up,
- am hung,
- being hung,
- wert hung,
- becoming lost,
- sews up,
- upped on,
- ups on,
- wast hung,
- became lost,
- becomes lost,
- are hung,
- upping on,
- is hung.
- dis-tract,
- in spire,
- be guiles,
- re gale,
- dis tract,
- knocking dead,
- in spiriting,
- de light,
- re-lax,
- in-spired,
- de-lights,
- de lighting,
- dis-tracts,
- in-spirits,
- in-spire,
- de-lighted,
- de lights,
- de lighted,
- in spirit,
- knocked dead,
- in-spirited,
- ecstasizing,
- re-gales,
- in-spiring,
- re create,
- in-spires,
- re lax,
- ecstasizes,
- de-lighting,
- knocks dead,
- in-spiriting,
- in spired,
- in spirited,
- be guile,
- in spiring,
- be-guiles,
- in-spirit,
- in spires,
- ecstasized,
- re gales,
- re-gale,
- be-guile,
- dis tracts,
- de-light.
- holds spellbound,
- sub-jugate,
- sub jugate,
- sub dues,
- holding spellbound,
- sub-due,
- held spellbound,
- sub due,
- sub-dues.
- in vite,
- ex cited,
- over-power,
- ex-cited,
- ex citing,
- over whelms,
- ex-cite,
- trans-fixing,
- over-whelmed,
- over whelmed,
- trans fix,
- trans fixed,
- ex-cites,
- trans ported,
- trans-fixes,
- over whelming,
- trans fixes,
- over-powering,
- over-powers,
- trans-fixed,
- ex cites,
- trans fixing,
- over power,
- over powering,
- over-powered,
- trans fixt,
- over-whelming,
- over-whelm,
- over powered,
- trans-fixt,
- over whelm,
- trans-fix,
- ex cite,
- over-whelms,
- over powers.
- gangs up,
- in-corporate,
- hooked in,
- in corporate,
- ganging up,
- hooking in,
- hooks in,
- ganged up,
- in corporates,
- ties in,
- in-corporates.
- in-criminating,
- in-criminates,
- pre supposed,
- in-criminate,
- re-quiring,
- re-lated,
- re-quire,
- pre-supposes,
- pre supposes,
- pre-supposed,
- roping in,
- wraps up in,
- points to,
- wrapping in,
- snarls up,
- in criminate,
- de-noted,
- de-noting,
- pre supposing,
- re-quired,
- re quires,
- de note,
- re late,
- pre suppose,
- wrap in,
- re quire,
- de notes,
- de-note,
- wrapt up in,
- in criminates,
- pre-suppose,
- in criminating,
- snarling up,
- in-criminated,
- re quired,
- de noted,
- re quiring,
- wrapt in,
- wraps in,
- re-quires,
- de-notes,
- de noting,
- pre-supposing,
- ropes in,
- wrapping up in.
- grasp,
- study,
- master,
- learn,
- glean,
- realize,
- discover,
- read,
- understand,
- comprehend.
- follow,
- latch onto,
- get,
- get into.
- inter mingled,
- plugging into,
- being swallowed up,
- dealing one in,
- becomes partners,
- plug in to,
- inter-mingling,
- coming aboard,
- throwing in together,
- tacked on,
- becoming partners,
- sub-merges,
- inter-face,
- inter-mix,
- plugged in to,
- inter-mixed,
- became lost in,
- was swallowed up,
- sub-merged,
- were swallowed up,
- inter-mingle,
- joining up,
- melting into,
- inter mingle,
- inter mingles,
- sub merging,
- hooks up,
- dealt in,
- plugged into,
- inter faced,
- throwing together,
- hooking up,
- hitched on,
- am swallowed up,
- inter facing,
- melts in to,
- teams up,
- sub-merge,
- melts into,
- inter-faces,
- melted in to,
- tacks on,
- slapping on,
- throws together,
- came aboard,
- comes aboard,
- inter-mingles,
- melting in to,
- plugging in to,
- deals one in,
- wast swallowed up,
- inter faces,
- inter mix,
- wert swallowed up,
- throws in together,
- sub merges,
- inter-mixes,
- inter mingling,
- plugs into,
- became partners,
- teaming up,
- melted into,
- becomes lost in,
- plugs in to,
- inter-faced,
- inter mixing,
- art swallowed up,
- inter-mingled,
- are swallowed up,
- threw in together,
- tacking on,
- dealt one in,
- melt in to,
- teamed up,
- becoming lost in,
- sub-merging,
- inter mixes,
- threw together,
- inter mixed,
- is swallowed up,
- inter face,
- inter-mixing.
- exercised control,
- re strain,
- keeping oneself,
- cornering the market,
- exercises control,
- cornered market,
- corner market,
- bogarting,
- re strains,
- owning exclusively,
- exercising control,
- keep oneself,
- keeps oneself,
- corners the market,
- sat on,
- owned exclusively,
- sits on,
- re straining,
- kept to oneself,
- corners market,
- re-strains,
- keeps to oneself,
- re-straining,
- re-strained,
- cornering market,
- kept oneself,
- re strained,
- bogarted,
- owns exclusively,
- sate on,
- re-strain,
- bogarts,
- cornered the market.
- are concerned with,
- held attention,
- were active with,
- being active with,
- wert active with,
- is active with,
- was active with,
- holding attention,
- wast active with,
- am concerned with,
- art concerned with,
- art active with,
- are active with,
- wast concerned with,
- am active with,
- were concerned with,
- was concerned with,
- holds attention,
- being concerned with,
- wert concerned with,
- is concerned with.
- ex asperating,
- gat a rise out of,
- gat rise out of,
- gave business,
- in-censes,
- dis-pleasing,
- dis please,
- dis pleasing,
- gave a hard time,
- dis-please,
- got rise out of,
- in cense,
- dis-pleases,
- give hard time,
- getting rise out of,
- ex-asperate,
- gotten a rise out of,
- got a rise out of,
- firing up,
- in-cense,
- gets rise out of,
- dis pleased,
- gives hard time,
- gives a hard time,
- give business,
- giving business,
- in-censing,
- get rise out of,
- gives business,
- ex-asperating,
- in-censed,
- dis-pleased,
- ex-asperated,
- dis pleases,
- giving the business,
- ex asperate,
- ex asperates,
- gets a rise out of,
- in censed,
- ex-asperates,
- made waves,
- in censes,
- gotten rise out of,
- giving hard time,
- gives the business,
- getting a rise out of,
- gave the business,
- making waves.
- re-tains,
- with hold,
- keep mind,
- re served,
- re collects,
- re calling,
- keeps mind,
- re-members,
- pre serves,
- held fast,
- pre served,
- retro-spects,
- re tains,
- holding fast,
- keeping possession,
- with holds,
- hands onto,
- re collected,
- with-held,
- de tains,
- kept possession,
- clung to,
- re serve,
- clinging to,
- re-served,
- pre-serves,
- re collect,
- retro-spect,
- re-calling,
- re member,
- keeping mind,
- re members,
- pre-serving,
- re membered,
- handing onto,
- re-collected,
- re-collecting,
- re-serving,
- re-calls,
- de-tain,
- retrospected,
- holds fast,
- de-tains,
- with-holds,
- re-serve,
- keeping in mind,
- kept in mind,
- retrospecting,
- with holding,
- re serving,
- re-called,
- retro spect,
- re-tain,
- re collecting,
- bear mind,
- re-call,
- pre-served,
- with-hold,
- re tain,
- with held,
- re calls,
- retro spects,
- handed onto,
- kept mind,
- keeps in mind,
- pre serving,
- de tain,
- keeps possession,
- re-serves,
- pre serve,
- re-member.
- in-filtrates,
- in filtrated,
- pouring into,
- poured into,
- in filtrate,
- in-filtrate,
- in fuses,
- pouring on,
- pours into,
- pours in to,
- in filtrating,
- in-fused,
- in-filtrating,
- in fusing,
- pours on,
- pouring in to,
- waterlogging,
- in fused,
- waterlogs,
- poured in to,
- poured on,
- pour in to,
- in-fusing,
- in-fuse.
- de-fraying,
- mis-spent,
- pays up,
- foot bill,
- in vest,
- de-fray,
- out-laying,
- mis spend,
- be-stow,
- dis burse,
- de frays,
- coughs up,
- footed the bill,
- out-lay,
- anted up,
- dis burses,
- paid up,
- evotes,
- de-frayed,
- paid down,
- anteing up,
- mis spending,
- be-stowed,
- in vests,
- de frayed,
- paying down,
- de-frays,
- anteed up,
- sprang for,
- in-vesting,
- mis-spends,
- de fraying,
- out laid,
- springing for,
- mis-spending,
- dis-burse,
- evoted,
- evoting,
- springs for,
- in-vests,
- mis spends,
- antes up,
- be stows,
- in vested,
- be stowing,
- pays down,
- out-laid,
- out laying,
- be stow,
- be-stows,
- payed down,
- mis-spend,
- in-vested,
- casts away,
- sprung for,
- be stowed,
- in-vest,
- be-stowing,
- mis spent,
- dis-burses,
- de fray,
- payed up.
- wetted ones whistle,
- wets one whistle,
- pulls on,
- pulled on,
- wets ones whistle,
- pulling on,
- wetted one whistle,
- wets one's whistle,
- wetting ones whistle,
- wet one whistle,
- wet ones whistle,
- wetting one's whistle,
- wetting one whistle.
- chugalugs,
- dis-posing,
- dis posing,
- dis posed,
- chugalugging,
- dis-pose,
- chugalugged,
- dis pose,
- dis-posed.
Other synonyms:
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- ethnicity,
- acculturate,
- unpatriotic,
- preoccupy,
- acceptance,
- identification,
- decompress,
- pick up,
- jingoism,
- integration,
- nationalistic,
- train,
- magnetize,
- anglicize,
- minority,
- outcast,
- retrain,
- pressurize,
- assimilation,
- respire,
- flag-waving,
- absorption,
- cultivate,
- develop,
- socialization,
- deepen,
- shadow,
- patriot,
- metabolize,
- unlearn,
- orientate,
- communal,
- patriotic,
- ethnic,
- stay down,
- conduct,
- patriotism,
- outsider.
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- community,
- keep up,
- freshen up,
- hone.
-
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- polish.
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- go down.
-
•
- burn.
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- down.
- Scarfing,
- have recourse to,
- Gorging,
- put to use,
- exhaust,
- finished up,
- Hoovers,
- obsessing,
- chow down,
- avail oneself of,
- Downs,
- gulp,
- expend,
- swilling,
- toss down,
- meals,
- avail of,
- run out of,
- avails oneself of,
- downed,
- snacking,
- wash up,
- washed up,
- swallow,
- mealing,
- going through,
- Scarfed,
- finish up,
- mealed,
- frivol away,
- downing,
- Swilled,
- snacked,
- Trifled,
- stuff one's face,
- profit by,
- waste.
- Lapped,
- slurp,
- soaked up,
- slurps,
- soaks up,
- hit the bottle,
- tossed off,
- slurping,
- slosh,
- toss off,
- liquor up,
- Thirsted,
- boozing,
- tank up,
- wash down,
- soaking up,
- slurped,
- sup,
- Sipped,
- wet whistle.
- taking food,
- had a bite,
- take food,
- nosh,
- breakfasted,
- feast upon,
- peck at,
- lunch,
- taking nourishment,
- Breakfasting,
- have a meal,
- had a meal,
- gobbled up,
- pork out,
- have for,
- have a bite,
- lunching,
- having a meal,
- Lunched,
- take nourishment,
- feasts upon,
- eaten,
- gobble up,
- eating,
- Banqueted,
- banqueting,
- make pig of oneself.
- suck.
Paraphrases for Absorb:
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Reverse Entailment
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Verb, base form
reabsorb.
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Independent
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Verb, base form
assimilate, incorporate, internalize, integrate, amortize, withstand, handle, cover, offset, consume, cushion, cope, assume, bear, digest, defray, compensate, sustain, withdraw, encompass, equate, mitigate, soften, acquire, recruit, shoulder, learn, Learnt, incur, uptake, recover, address, embrace, contain, capture, grasp, collect, endure, understand, occupy, host, transpose, take, subsidize, counteract.
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Other Related
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
accommodate.
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Verb, base form
accommodate.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Antonyms for Absorb:
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v.
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mentally take in information
miss.
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physically take in a liquid
spew, emit, misunderstand.
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Other antonyms:
dodge, circumvent, contest, augment, avoid, give up, decline, dismiss, combat, evade, preserve, conserve, abstain, eject, bolster, oppose, reinforce, pall, refuse, enlarge, bypass, forbear, send out, elude, fight, fortify, save, repair, cast out, enforce, increase, spurn, resist, bore, strengthen, refrain, jade, weary, rebuild, exude, vomit, dissipate, replace, repudiate, renew, put forth, revive, disgorge, turn down, restore, reject, disperse, escape, distract.
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mentally take in information
Homophones for Absorb:
Hypernym for Absorb:
v.
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contact
assimilate, resorb, imbibe, reabsorb.
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contact
Hyponym for Absorb:
v.
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possession
fund.
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possession