absorbing

The word “absorbing” has 3 syllables: ab-sorb-ing

It's pronounced as /əbˈsɔr.bɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for absorbing?

In the thesaurus, “absorbing” has 169 synonyms and 67 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for absorbing along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for absorbing

abating
abiding
accepting
acculturating
accustoming
acquiescing
allowing
alluring
amalgamating
amazing
amusing
arresting
assimilating
astonishing
astounding
attracting
attractive
bankrupting
bearing
beguiling
bemusing
bewitching
biding
blending
blowing
breathtaking
brooking
burning
busying
capitulating
captivating
catching up
charming
co-opting
combining
commingling
conditioning
consuming
countenancing
crippling
curious
de-escalating
debilitating
decreasing
depleting
devouring
diminishing
disabling
dissipating
distracting
downsizing
draining
drawing down
drinking
drying up
dwindling
eating
electric
electrifying
embodying
emphatic
emptying
enchanting
enculturating
enduring
enfeebling
engaging
engrossing
entertaining
enthralling
enwrapping
eventful
exciting
exhausting
exhilarating
expending
eye-opening
fabulous
fascinating
fusing
galvanizing
going
gripping
gulping
guzzling
habituating
hacking
handling
hogging
hypnotizing
imbibing
immersing
impoverishing
incorporating
inspiring
integrating
interesting
intermingling
intriguing
involving
lavishing
lessening
living with
lowering
marvellous
marvelous
meeting
merging
mesmerizing
mingling
misspending
monopolizing
naturalizing
obsessing
occupying
odd
permitting
playing out
pocketing
preoccupying
provocative
quaffing
reducing
respecting
riveting
rousing
running out of
running through
sapping
showy
sipping
slurping
spellbinding
spending
splashy
sponging
squandering
standing
standing for
sticking out
stimulating
stirring
stomaching
striking
suffering
supporting
surprising
sustaining
swallowing
sweating out
swigging
swilling
taking
taking up
tantalizing
thrilling
throwing away
tolerating
toughing it out
undermining
unusual
using
using up
wasting
weakening
wearing
weird
wonderful
wondrous

Antonyms for absorbing

augmenting
avoiding
bolstering
boring
bypassing
circumventing
combating
combatting
conserving
contesting
declining
demoralizing
discouraging
disheartening
dismissing
dispiriting
dodging
drab
dreary
dry
dull
eluding
enforcing
enlarging
escaping
evading
fighting
forbearing
fortifying
heavy
humdrum
increasing
irksome
jading
missing
monotonous
operose
opposing
palling
pedantic
pedestrian
preserving
rebuilding
reenforcing
refusing
reinforcing
rejecting
renewing
repairing
replacing
repudiating
repulsive
resisting
restoring
reviving
saving
spurning
sterile
strengthening
tedious
tiresome
tiring
turning down
unexciting
uninteresting
wearisome
wearying

Meanings of absorbing

verb
1. To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
2. To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
3. To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
4. To take in energy and convert it, as.
5. To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
6. To occupy or consume time.
7. Assimilate mentally.
8. To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
9. To defray the costs.
10. To accept or purchase in quantity.
adjective
1. Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.
2. (of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.

Example Sentences

The novel was so absorbing that I couldn't put it down until I finished it.
She found the lecture on quantum mechanics to be incredibly absorbing.
The movie had an absorbing plot that kept me on the edge of my seat.
The artist's paintings were deeply absorbing, drawing viewers into their vivid worlds.
His enthusiasm for the subject made his presentations both informative and absorbing.

On this page you'll find 236 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to absorbing, such as: abating, abiding, accepting, acculturating, accustoming, acquiescing, allowing.

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