absorbingEnglishOxford English Thesaurusabsorbing adjective an absorbing and informative book: fascinating, interesting, captivating, gripping, engrossing, compelling, compulsive, enthralling, riveting, spellbinding, entrancing, preoccupying, overwhelming, intriguing, thrilling, exciting; informal unputdownable. ▷antonyms boring, uninteresting.absorbing Oxford Dictionary of English