What it means
- (verb) 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.
- (verb) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
- (verb) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
- (verb) To take in energy and convert it, as “Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.”
- (verb) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
- (verb) To occupy or consume time.
- (verb) Assimilate mentally.
- (verb) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
- (verb) To defray the costs.
- (verb) To accept or purchase in quantity.
- (adjective) Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. “An absorbing pursuit.”
- (adjective) (of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
Letter analysis
- Absorbing contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Words that mean the same
Antonyms
Sub-words
- barbing
- brogans
- gibbons
- ribbons
- robbing
- soaring
- sobbing
- absorb
- baring
- barons
- basing
- bonsai
- boring
- brains
- brings
- brogan
- gibbon
- grains
- groans
- groins
- isobar
- nabobs
- oaring
- organs
- rabbis
- ribbon
- robing
- robins
- sarong
- argon
- arson
- bangs
- barbs
- barns
- baron
- basin
- bingo
- bison
- boars
- bongs
- brags
- brain
- brigs
- bring
- gains
- garbs
- grabs
- grain
- grins
- groan
- groin
- irons
- nabob
- organ
- rabbi
- rains
- rings
- roans
- robin
Related words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with ABS
- abscess
- abscessed
- abscesses
- abscessing
- abscissa
- abscissae
- abscissas
- abscond
- absconded
- absconding
- absconds
- absence
- absences
- absent
- absented
- absentee
- absenteeism
- absentees
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Words ending with ING
Common questions
What does Absorbing mean?
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.
How many letters are in Absorbing?
Absorbing has 9 letters.
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