Definition for Sponge:

• To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.

Synonyms for Sponge:

• adj.

  •wet (adjective)
  • moisten.

• n.

  •
  • douche,
  • bath.
  •
  • hoover,
  • broom.
  •
  • inebriate,
  • lush,
  • soak,
  • dolphin,
  • plankton,
  • stiff,
  • souse.
  •bloodsucker (noun)
  • extortioner.
  •cadger (noun)
  • sponger.
  •drunkard (noun)
  • toper,
  • Bibber,
  • Winebibber,
  • wine-bibber.
  •extortionist (noun)
  • bloodsucker.
  •leech (noun)
  • scrounger.
  •moocher (noun)
  • bum,
  • leech,
  • panhandler.
  •opportunist (noun)
  • gold digger.
  •parasite (noun)
  • bootlicker.
  •pulp (noun)
  • poultice.
  •sponge (noun)
  • grub,
  • parazoan,
  • poriferan.

• v.

  •mix (verb)
  • mash.
  •mooch (verb)
  • chisel,
  • hustle,
  • live off of.

Antonyms for Sponge:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    contaminate, bespatter, vitiate, defile, corrupt, benefactor, pollute, besmirch, supporter, befoul, spoil, philanthropist, debase, sully, taint, deprave, soil, stain, besmear.

• v.

  • mooch
    give.

Homophones for Sponge:

• scoffing, sawbones, saving, spinus, spiffing, supping, sobbing, sac fungus, spunk, shipping, spongy, spang, Spininess, spinoza, sponge cake, spying, sopping, spinous, shebang, seeping, suspense, shaving, subbing, Spanish Oak, Soapiness, sevens, seven seas, sea pink, spaying, sycophancy, spumous, shaping, sweeping, spinning, savings, spunky, spanish, shabbiness, sapiens, swabbing, spinose, submucosa, spinach, sphinx, sex offense, sapience, soupiness, suaveness, safeness, sixpence, spheniscus, successiveness, saponaceous, Sophonias, spank, shopping, spinacia, scavenge.

Hyponym for Sponge:

• n.

  • substance
    absorbent material, absorbent.

• v.

  • contact
    erase, gather, wipe, efface, pull together, wipe up, rub out, score out, mop up, collect, garner, wipe off, mop, pass over.