'adsorbent' definitions:
Definition of 'adsorbent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface [syn: adsorbent, adsorptive, surface-assimilative] [ant: nonadsorbent, nonadsorptive]
noun
A material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance [syn: adsorbent, adsorbent material]
Synonyms of 'adsorbent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorbency,
- absorbent,
- absorption,
- adsorption,
- assimilation,
- assimilative,
- bibulous,
- blotter,
- blotting,
- blotting paper,
- chemisorption,
- chemisorptive,
- chemosorption,
- chemosorptive,
- digestion,
- digestive,
- endosmosis,
- endosmotic,
- engrossment,
- exosmosis,
- exosmotic,
- imbibitory,
- infiltration,
- osmosis,
- osmotic,
- percolation,
- resorbent,
- seepage,
- soaking,
- sorbent,
- sorption,
- sponge,
- spongeous,
- sponging,
- spongy,
- thirsty