spongy
adj.
soft and porous, absorbent and elastic; resembling a sponge
spongy
Adjective
1. resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"
(synonym) squashy, squishy, spongelike
(similar) soft
2. like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
(synonym) spongelike
(similar) absorbent, absorptive
Spongy
(a.)
Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
(a.)
Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones.
(a.)
Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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spongy
Synonyms and related words:
absorbent, adsorbent, assimilative, baccate, bibulous, blotting, chemisorptive, chemosorptive, cribriform, digestive, doughy, edematous, endosmotic, exosmotic, flabby, fleshy, imbibitory, leachy, macerated, masticated, medullary, mushy, osmotic, pappy, pasty, percolating, pithy, porose, porous, pulpal, pulpar, pulped, pulplike, pulpy, puppy, quaggy, resorbent, sievelike, soaking, soft, sorbent, spongelike, spongeous, squashy, squelchy, squishy, succulent, thirsty, yielding
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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