Synonyms for absorption
Most common
pre-occupation engrossment preoccupancy concentration immersion
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Engrossment
2. Concentration
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
The sponge showed remarkable absorption of water.
- n. 2
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, assimilation; incorporation.
the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- absorptions → pre-occupations, engrossments, preoccupancies, concentrations…
Example sentences
- concentration Tom's grandfather was a concentration camp survivor.
- consumption One man's consumption becomes his neighbor's wish.
- assimilation Mountain and desert Berbers resisted assimilation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| absorption | falling | |
| engrossment | falling | |
| preoccupancy | falling | |
| concentration | falling | |
| consumption | falling | |
| assimilation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- imbibing
- 9 letters
- immersion3
- 10 letters
- engagement3, exhaustion3
- 11 letters
- consumption3, abstraction3, engrossment3
- 12 letters
- assimilation5, preoccupancy
- 13 letters
- concentration4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (immersion3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- absorption
- Español
- absorción
- Català
- absorció