absorbed

The word “absorbed” has 2 syllables: ab-sorbed

It's pronounced as /əbˈsɔrbd/

What is synonym and antonym for absorbed?

In the thesaurus, “absorbed” has 158 synonyms and 70 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for absorbed

abated
abided
abode
accepted
acculturated
accustomed
acquiesced
alert
alive
all ears
allowed
allured
amalgamated
assimilated
ate
attentive
attracted
bankrupted
beguiled
bemused
bewitched
bided
blended
blent
blew
bode
bore
brooked
burned
burnt
busied
capitulated
captivated
caught up
charmed
co-opted
combined
commingled
conditioned
conscious
consumed
countenanced
crippled
de-escalated
debilitated
decreased
deep
deep in thought
depleted
devoured
diminished
disabled
dissipated
distracted
downsized
drained
drank
drew down
dried up
dwindled
embodied
emptied
enchanted
enculturated
endured
enfeebled
engaged
engrossed
enthralled
enwrapped
exhausted
expended
fascinated
fixed
focused
focussed
fused
gone
gripped
gulped
guzzled
habituated
hacked
handled
held
hogged
hypnotized
imbibed
immersed
impoverished
incorporated
integrated
intent
interested
intermingled
intrigued
involved
lavished
lessened
lived with
lost
lowered
merged
mesmerized
met
mingled
misspent
monopolized
naturalized
observant
obsessed
occupied
open-eyed
permitted
played out
pocketed
preoccupied
quaffed
ran out of
ran through
rapt
really into
reduced
respected
sapped
sipped
slurped
spent
sponged
squandered
stomached
stood
stood for
stuck out
suffered
supported
sustained
swallowed
sweat out
sweated out
swigged
swilled
threw away
tolerated
took
took up
toughed it out
undermined
up to here
used
used up
wasted
watchful
weakened
went
wide-awake
wore
wrapped-up

Antonyms for absorbed

absent
absentminded
abstracted
apathetic
augmented
avoided
bolstered
bored
bypassed
circumvented
combated
combatted
conserved
contested
daydreaming
declined
disenthralled
disinterested
dismissed
distracted
dodged
dreamy
eluded
enforced
enlarged
escaped
evaded
existing
faraway
foggy
forbore
fortified
fought
hazy
inattentive
increased
indifferent
inobservant
jaded
lost
missed
oblivious
opposed
palled
preoccupied
preserved
rebuilt
reenforced
refused
reinforced
rejected
remote
renewed
repaired
replaced
repudiated
resisted
restored
revived
saved
spurned
strengthened
tired
turned down
unabsorbed
unfocused
unfocussed
uninterested
unoccupied
wearied

Meanings of absorbed

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. Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
2. Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.

Example Sentences

She was so absorbed in her book that she didn't hear her phone ringing.
The sponge absorbed all the spilled water from the kitchen floor.
His mind was absorbed in contemplation as he watched the sunset.
The plant absorbed nutrients from the soil to fuel its growth.
The audience was completely absorbed by the magician's performance.

On this page you'll find 228 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to absorbed, such as: abated, abided, abode, absent, absentminded, abstracted, accepted.

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