| Main Entry: | porous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having holes; absorbent |
Synonyms: |
absorptive, penetrable, permeable, pervious, spongelike, spongy |
Antonyms: |
impermeable |
| Main Entry: | absorbent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | capable of physically taking in a liquid |
Synonyms: |
absorptive, bibulous, dry, imbibing, penetrable, permeable, porous, pregnable, retentive, spongy, thirsty |
Antonyms: |
impermeable |
| Main Entry: | fine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dainty, delicate; sheer |
Synonyms: |
diaphanous, ethereal, exquisite, filmy, fine-drawn, fine-grained, fine-spun, flimsy, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, granular, impalpable, light, lightweight, little, loose, minute, porous, powdered, powdery, pulverized, quality, slender, small, thin, threadlike, transparent |
Antonyms: |
coarse, rough, thick |
| Main Entry: | gritty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | granular |
Synonyms: |
abrasive, branlike, calculous, crumbly, dusty, friable, grainy, gravelly, in particles, loose, lumpy, permeable, porous, powdery, pulverant, rasping, rough, sabulous, sandy, scratchy |
Antonyms: |
fine, smooth |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not heavy |
Synonyms: |
agile, airy, atmospheric, buoyant, crumbly, dainty, delicate, downy, easy, effervescent, ethereal, featherweight, feathery, filmy, flimsy, floatable, floating, fluffy, friable, frothy, gossamery, graceful, imponderous, inconsequential, insubstantial, light-footed, lightweight, lithe, little, loose, meager, nimble, petty, porous, portable, sandy, sheer, slender, slight, small, spongy, sprightly, sylphlike, thin, tissuelike, trifling, trivial, unheavy, unsubstantial, weightless |
Antonyms: |
heavy, weighted |
| Main Entry: | permeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbent, penetrable |
Synonyms: |
absorptive, accessible, enterable, passable, pervious, porose, porous, spongelike, spongy |
Antonyms: |
inpenetrable, unpermeable |
| Main Entry: | spongy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cushioned, absorbent |
Synonyms: |
absorptive, cribriform, cushiony, elastic, light, mushy, pappy, porous, pulpous, pulpy, resilient, rubbery, soft, springy, squishy, yielding |
Antonyms: |
hard, impermeable, inflexible |
| Main Entry: | penetrable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | permeable |
Synonyms: |
accessible, open, passable, pervious, porous, receptive, susceptible |
| Main Entry: | pervious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accessible |
Synonyms: |
approachable, open, penetrable, permeable, porous |
Antonyms: |
impervious |
| Main Entry: | bibulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbent |
Synonyms: |
absorptive, permeable, porous, spongy |