SPONGY Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

spongy

adjective

ˈspən-jē

Definition of spongy next

as in soft

giving easily to the touch spongy moss covered the ground

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Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in absorbent

able to soak up liquids especially readily generously pour the brandy over the cake, which is so spongy that it will absorb most of the liquid

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

nonabsorbent

Examples of spongy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As anyone with an iPhone can attest, even a much shorter drop can be fatal for the phones when the target is a concrete sidewalk, but with spongy grass serving as a shock absorber, the iPhone (apparently) just didn’t pick up enough speed to be smashed to smithereens. —

Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2024 Unlike long bones, but like flat bones and irregular bones, short bones are primarily spongy, though they are also covered in a thin coating of compact bone. —

Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023 The city of the future may be spongier in ways that are obviously verdant or more subtle. —

WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023 Almas caviar comes only from an albino beluga sturgeon that is over 100 years old, as older sturgeons have a spongier texture than younger fish, according to EHL Insights. —

Josie Goodrich, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for spongy

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