Synonyms for absorb
æbˈsɔrb, -ˈzɔrbab·sorb

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1. absorbverb

   Synonyms:
   take in, suck up, suck, imbibe, steep, drink in, soak up, draw, take up, sop up

2. absorbverb

   Synonyms:
   bear, assume, pay for

3. absorbverb

   To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to incorporate; to assimilate.

   Synonyms:
   assimilate, incorporate, engulf, swallow up, overwhelm

4. absorbverb

   To learn

   Synonyms:
   ingest, learn, acquire, take in, assimilate

5. absorbverb

   To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or in the pursuit of wealth.

   Synonyms:
   engage, immerse, engross, occupy, monopolize

6. absorbverb

   To consume completely.

   Synonyms:
   use up

7. absorbverb

   To endure.

   Synonyms:
   accommodate, withstand, sustain, bear, endure

8. absorbverb

   Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.

   Antonyms:
   emit

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1. absorb

   A fluid that is absorbed is taken up into the mass of the absorbing body, with which it may or may not permanently combine. Wood expands when it absorbs moisture, iron when it absorbs heat, the substance remaining perhaps otherwise substantially unchanged; quicklime, when it absorbs water, becomes a new substance with different qualities, hydrated or slaked lime. A substance is consumed which is destructively appropriated by some other substance, being, or agency, so that it ceases to exist or to be recognized as existing in its original condition; fuel is consumed in the fire, food in the body; consume is also applied to whatever is removed from the market for individual use; as, silk and woolen goods are consumed. A great talker engrosses the conversation. A credulous person swallows the most preposterous statement. A busy student imbibes or drinks in knowledge; he is absorbed in a subject that takes his whole attention. "I only postponed it because I happened to get absorbed in a book." Kane Grinnell Exped. ch. 43, page 403. [Harper & Bros. '54.]

   Synonyms:
   consume, drink in, drink up, engross, exhaust, imbibe, suck up, swallow, swallow up, take in, take up

   Antonyms:
   cast out, disgorge, disperse, dissipate, distract, eject, emit, exude, give up, put forth, radiate, send out, shoot forth, throw off, vomit

   Preposition:
   Plants absorb moisture from the air; the student is absorbed in thought; nutriment may be absorbed into the system through the skin.

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1. absorb

   Synonyms:
   swallow, drown, consume, imbibe, engross, drink in, suck up, engulf, monopolize, exhaust

   Antonyms:
   eject, emit, exude, disgorge, dissipate, distract, distil, disperse

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1. absorbverb

   become imbued

   "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, occupy, sop up, assimilate, engross, draw, engage, take in, immerse, ingest, plunge, soak up, imbibe, take over, steep, take up, suck up, suck

   Antonyms:
   give out, emit, give off

2. absorb, assimilate, ingest, take inverb

   take up mentally

   "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

   Synonyms:
   earn, take in, engulf, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, adopt, slang, gull, engross, pull in, put on, view, soak up, take, have, suck, occupy, make, see, take over, collect, gain, steep, ingest, realise, sop up, watch, receive, clear, imbibe, plunge, cod, fool, draw, bring in, overhear, catch, dupe, realize, immerse, consume, put one across, take up, engage, suck in

   Antonyms:
   give off, give out, emit

3. absorb, take oververb

   take up, as of debts or payments

   "absorb the costs for something"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, adopt, occupy, arrogate, relieve, sop up, accept, assimilate, engross, take on, buy up, draw, assume, bear, borrow, engage, take in, immerse, ingest, usurp, repeat, plunge, soak up, imbibe, take over, steep, buy out, take up, suck up, seize, suck

   Antonyms:
   give out, emit, give off

4. absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take upverb

   take in, also metaphorically

   "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

   Synonyms:
   plunge, receive, occupy, withdraw, run, tie, ingest, draw, assume, resume, have, borrow, lactate, overhear, eviscerate, cast, take over, consume, earn, suckle, pull, draw and quarter, adopt, reap, draw in, scoop, fellate, bootlick, drink, gather in, steep, gull, get out, pull back, disembowel, collect, start, lift out, fool, suck, sidle up, breastfeed, put one across, truckle, go down on, seize on, realize, sop up, fasten on, blow, strike, take out, latch on, take up, delineate, see, pull in, take, quarter, catch, befool, make, hook on, wet-nurse, pull out, get, describe, puff, suck in, thread, soak up, drag, cotton up, shine up, attract, scoop up, cozy up, force, cod, toady, sorb, engage, trace, dupe, put on, kowtow, engulf, view, kotow, draw off, immerse, engross, invite, take in, pass, play up, give suck, line, slang, watch, fawn, suck up, bring in, clear, string, guide, depict, put one over, scoop out, assimilate, realise, imbibe, nurse, gain

   Antonyms:
   emit, give out, give off

5. absorbverb

   cause to become one with

   "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, occupy, sop up, assimilate, engross, draw, engage, take in, immerse, ingest, plunge, soak up, imbibe, take over, steep, take up, suck up, suck

   Antonyms:
   give off, give out, emit

6. absorb, take inverb

   suck or take up or in

   "A black star absorbs all matter"

   Synonyms:
   earn, take in, engulf, put one over, gather in, suck up, assimilate, invite, befool, adopt, slang, gull, engross, pull in, put on, view, soak up, take, have, suck, occupy, make, see, take over, collect, gain, steep, ingest, realise, sop up, watch, receive, clear, imbibe, plunge, cod, fool, draw, bring in, overhear, catch, dupe, realize, immerse, consume, put one across, take up, engage, suck in

   Antonyms:
   emit, give out, give off

7. steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak upverb

   devote (oneself) fully to

   "He immersed himself into his studies"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, douse, bury, occupy, sop up, swallow, dump, assimilate, engross, dunk, souse, launch, draw, eat up, engage, take in, immerse, swallow up, ingest, take up, plunk, dip, soak up, dive, imbibe, take over, steep, suck up, plunge, infuse, suck

   Antonyms:
   give out, give off, emit

8. absorbverb

   assimilate or take in

   "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"

   Synonyms:
   engulf, occupy, sop up, assimilate, engross, draw, engage, take in, immerse, ingest, plunge, soak up, imbibe, take over, steep, take up, suck up, suck

   Antonyms:
   give out, give off, emit

9. absorb, engross, engage, occupyverb

   consume all of one's attention or time

   "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

   Synonyms:
   take in, suck up, affiance, enlist, plight, engross, use up, prosecute, lock, hire, soak up, take, worry, suck, employ, lodge in, fill, take over, invade, steep, concern, pursue, betroth, busy, sop up, lease, charter, imbibe, plunge, mesh, wage, reside, rent, interest, draw, assimilate, occupy, ingest, immerse, engulf, take up, operate, engage

   Antonyms:
   emit, give out, give off

Matched Categories

1. • Chemistry
   • Fund
   • Merge
   • Receive
   • Sorb

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1. soak up

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1. absorbverb

   Synonyms:
   imbibe, take in, take up, suck in, suck up, drink in

2. absorbverb

   Synonyms:
   consume, exhaust, destroy, engorge, devour, engulf, swallow up

3. absorbverb

   Synonyms:
   engross, engage, immerse, occupy, arrest, fix, rivet

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1. absorbverb

   Synonyms:
   engulf, overwhelm, swallow up, imbibe, suck up, assimilate, engross, occupy, monopolize

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1. List of paraphrases for "absorb":

   assimilate, accommodate, absorptive, amortize, cope, uptake

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1. Luis Costa:

   Lira is not only suffering because of Erdogan's continuous criticism of monetary policy. (It) sells off because the current account gap still translates into a sizeable daily financing need, heavy reliance on short-term dollar borrowing makes this balance of payments very volatile. As usual, currency is the first channel to absorb the shocks.

2. Michel de Montaigne:

   When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.

3. Harlan Stone:

   Over the long term, we believe the market can absorb the 10%, but we know the marketplace can't absorb the additional 15, this will go straight to the consumer and no one knows whether their buying habits will stay the same. There is risk.

4. George Frost Kennan:

   The very concept of history implies the scholar and the reader. Without a generation of civilized people to study history, to preserve its records, to absorb its lessons and relate them to its own problems, history, too, would lose its meaning.

5. William Osler:

   Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.