Definition for Spongy:

• [ Latin] Marked by the formation of a sponge-like exudate; as S. iritis.

Synonyms for Spongy:

• adj.

  •absorbent (adjective)
  • retentive,
  • thirsty,
  • absorptive,
  • Pregnable.
  •cushioned, absorbent (adjective)
  • pulpy,
  • springy,
  • cushiony,
  • Cribriform,
  • rubbery.
  •flexible (adjective)
  • tractile,
  • most stretchable,
  • stretchier,
  • more tensile,
  • more stretchable,
  • ex-tensible,
  • stretchiest,
  • more formable,
  • ex tensile,
  • ex-tensile,
  • most tractile,
  • most formable,
  • most tensile,
  • ex tensible,
  • more tractile,
  • limber,
  • stretchest,
  • whippiest,
  • tensile,
  • whippier.
  •permeable (adjective)
  • enterable,
  • more enterable,
  • most porose,
  • most enterable,
  • more porose,
  • most spongelike,
  • more spongelike,
  • pervious.
  •pliable (adjective)
  • sub missive,
  • puttiest,
  • more manipulable,
  • most manipulable,
  • manipulable,
  • Puttier.
  •porous (adjective)
  • sieve-like.
  •pulpy (adjective)
  • fleshy,
  • overripe,
  • pasty,
  • pureed,
  • ripe,
  • juicy,
  • doughy.
  •soft (adjective)
  • doughier,
  • quaggy,
  • bendable,
  • cottony,
  • fleecy,
  • softer.
  •soggy (adjective)
  • muggy,
  • more dripping,
  • most dripping.
  •suggestible (adjective)
  • suggestible.
  •weightless (adjective)
  • light as feather.
  •yielding (adjective)
  • un-resisting,
  • more unresisting,
  • un resisting,
  • most unresisting.

• n.

  •
  • supple,
  • resilient,
  • plastic,
  • pliant,
  • elastic,
  • malleable.
  •
  • resist,
  • silky,
  • satiny,
  • fluffy,
  • sleek,
  • yielding,
  • slick,
  • silken,
  • waxy,
  • velvety,
  • feathery.
  •springy (noun)
  • like a sponge,
  • wet.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Pulpous.
  •
  • Pappy.

Antonyms for Spongy:

• adj.

  • cushioned, absorbent
    hard, impermeable, inflexible.
  • Other antonyms:
    condensed, inelastic, tempered, sound, firm, resistant, stiffened, tough, tense, substantial, adamantine, nonabsorptive, rock, case-hardened, nonabsorbent, compressed, sturdy, Indurated, unbending, rocklike, strong, hardened.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    concentrated, loud.

Spongy Sentence Examples:

• The loaves will be found to rise well in the oven, to be more light and spongy, and also whiter than bread in the common way.

• In more direct spear - throwing they set up the stem of a young cocoa - nut tree, with the base upwards, which is soft and spongy.

Homophones for Spongy:

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