- adsorbent, adsorptive, surface-assimilative - having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface
Antonyms: nonadsorbent, nonadsorptive
- adsorbent, adsorbent material - a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance
--1 is a kind of sorbent, sorbent material
Derived form: verb adsorb1