Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun adsorbent

1 sense of adsorbent

Sense 1
adsorbent, adsorbent material -- (a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance)
       => sorbent, sorbent material -- (a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption)

Antonyms of adj adsorbent

1 sense of adsorbent

Sense 1
adsorbent (vs. nonadsorbent), adsorptive, surface-assimilative -- (having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface)

nonadsorbent (vs. adsorbent), nonadsorptive -- (lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface)

Similarity of adj adsorbent

1 sense of adsorbent

Sense 1
adsorbent (vs. nonadsorbent), adsorptive, surface-assimilative -- (having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface)
       => chemisorptive, chemosorptive -- (having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces)