Sink

//sɪŋk//

Synonyms for "sink" (680 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (136)

dip basin bury cesspool descend sinkhole slump abate ablate advance age alveolation alveolus antrum aquamanile armpit ascend automatic dishwasher babylon back

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Verb(35 words)

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buy the big one buy the farm cark it cash in cash in one's chips check out close one's eyes for the last time code conk out croak cross over cross rainbow bridge cross the great divide cross the styx cut down to size

Noun(3 words)

basin cesspit cesspool

Strong matches (204)

dampen the spirits darken dash debase decline decrease deepen defeat degenerate deject deliquesce deluge delve dematerialize demit den den of iniquity depart depress depression

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despair despond deteriorate detrude die die away die out dig dig out dike diminish disappear discourage dish dishearten dishpan dishwasher disimprove disintegrate dispel disperse dispirit dissipate dissolve dive do a fade-out do for do in dodder douse downbear drain dredge drift away drill drive droop drop drop off drown duck dump dunk dwindle ebb engulf erode evanesce evaporate ewer excavate exit expire fade fade away fade out fail faint fall fall away fall in fall off fatigue financier finger bowl fix fizzle out flag flee fleet fleshpots flit flop flop down flow flump flump down fly fold follicle font foul up founder funnel chest furrow garbage dump gasp get get along get on get over get through to get tired give out give way go go around go away go down go downhill go off go round go sideways go soft go to pieces go to pot go to the dogs go under go up in smoke gomorrah gouge gouge out gravitate groove grow old grow weary grub gum up gutter gyrate hash up haul down have a comedown have a mishap head headchute hellhole hide hit a slump

Verb(55 words)

darken debase decease decompose defame degrade dematerialize demean demote depart depreciate depress descend despise discount discredit disgrace dishonour disincarnate disparage

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Related words (340)

hit rock bottom hit the skids hole hollow hollow shell immerge immerse impoverish incline indent inundate invest invest in jade joint kayo keel keel over kennel kitchen sink

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knock down knock out ko lacuna languish lapse lavabo lavatory lavish lay out money lead lean leave no trace leave the scene lessen let let down let up lose heart lose strength lour louse up lower lower oneself lower the spirits make an investment marsh melt melt away melt like snow merge mess up mine mire mount move move away move off move over muck up oppress overset overturn overwhelm pandemonium pant pass pass away pass out peak peg out penetrate perish peter out pine piscina pit pitchpole place play hell with play hob with play out plop plop down plow back into plumb the depths plummet plump plunge plunge in water pocket point poop out precipitate press down progress puff puff and blow pull away pull down punch bowl push down put put down quagmire quarry queer ram reach the depths recede reduce register regress reinvest relapse retire retire from sight retreat retrocede retrograde retrogress rise risk rot rotate ruin run run aground run down run low run out sadden sag sap scoop scoop out scrabble scrape scratch screw up scupper scuttle septic tank set settle settle down sewer shake shell shift shipwreck shoot down shovel shower shower bath shower curtain shower head shower room shower stall showers shrink shrivel sink away sink down sink in sink like lead sink money in sink of corruption sinkage sinus slide slip slip away slope slouch sluice slump down snafu snarl up soar socket sodom somersault sough souse spade speculate spin stab stand off stick stir stoop stoup stream sty submerge submerse subside succumb suffer a misfortune suffer an eclipse sump swag swamp tail off take down tend tend to go thrust thrust down tip over tire torpedo totter touch bottom travel trench trough tub tunnel turn gray turn over turn turtle turn white undo upset upset the boat vanish vanish from sight venture vug wane wash barrel wash basin wash boiler washbasin washbowl washdish washer washing machine washing pot washpot washstand washtub waste waste away weaken wear wear away wear thin weary weigh heavy upon weigh upon wheeze whelm whirl widen the distance wilt withdraw wither wither away wizen worsen wreck wrinkle yield

Verb(68 words)

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Noun(5 words)

sinkhole sump swallow hole washbasin washbasin for washing fixtures without water supply

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

29 entries

action activity break cave in change posture cistern collapse come down decline depression descend displace drop embed engraft fall

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Antonyms

3 entries

float source

Synonyms

8 entries

basin bury cesspool descend dip sinkhole slump wash basin

Related terms

2 entries

countersink everything but the kitchen sink

at location

10 entries

apartment bathroom and kitchen chemistry lab home house kitchen kitchen or bathroom laboratory laundry room neighbor's house

coordinate

2 entries

data sink event sink

derived

38 entries

Belfast sink Carson Sink London sink apron sink behavioral sink butler's sink carbon sink countersink dry sink elephant sink farmhouse sink heavy sink into kitchen sink laundry sink like a rat from a sinking ship

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has context

13 entries

baseball billiards computing engineering geology graph theory heading physical pool programming slang snooker social

is a

7 entries

clean container product household furnishings natural process part of room plumbing fixture tangible thing

manner of

3 entries

change posture descend move

receives action

8 entries

found in bathroom found in buildings found in home found in house found in kitchen found in kitchen or bathroom found in powder room installed below faucet

related to

42 entries

apprehension appropriate basin bathroom bathroom fixture callback capture conceal countersink demean depression descend destination disappointment disposal drain

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similar

7 entries

drop drop down fall off go down go under settle slump

used for

21 entries

brushing teeth clean chicken clean fish cleaning dishes drain off water hold dirty dishes rinse dishes rinsing things saoking things soak dishes soak sweater wash glasses wash hands wash mugs washing washing clothes

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Translations

386 translations across 88 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

lajtore noun (basin)
lavaman noun (basin)
fundos verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
ngul verb (push (something) into)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

νιπτήρ noun (basin)
βυθίζομαι verb (descend into liquid, etc)
βυθίζω verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Arabic

4 entries

حوض noun (basin)
حوض noun (basin)
حَوْض noun (basin)
مزراب noun (wastewater drain)

Armenian

4 entries

լվացարան noun (basin)
խորտակել verb (submerge)
խորտակել verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
սուզել verb (submerge)

Aromanian

1 entries

afundu verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܠܲܩܢܵܐ noun (basin)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

əlüzyuyan noun (basin)
batmaq verb (descend into liquid, etc)
batırmaq verb (submerge)
batırmaq verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Bashkir

3 entries

батырыу verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
батыу verb (descend into liquid, etc)
батыу verb (submerge)

Basque

2 entries

harraska noun (basin)
hondoratu verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Belarusian

4 entries

ра́кавіна noun (basin)
умыва́льнік noun (basin)
апуска́цца verb (descend into liquid, etc)
патапіць verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ми́вка noun (basin)
отто́чна тръба́ noun (wastewater drain)
радиатор noun (heat sink)
сифон noun (vertex with no outgoing edges)

Catalan

4 entries

aigüera noun (basin)
desaigua noun (wastewater drain)
fregadora noun (basin)
lavabo noun (basin)

Cebuano

1 entries

lunod verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎦᏃᏴᎦ verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

水槽 noun (basin)
洗手盆 noun (basin)
盥洗盆 noun (basin)
下沉 verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Czech

4 entries

dřez noun (basin)
umyvadlo noun (basin)
potopit verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
potopit se verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Danish

4 entries

håndvask noun (basin)
køkkenvask noun (basin)
vask noun (basin)
synke verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Dutch

4 entries

afwasbak noun (basin)
gootsteen noun (basin)
onderdompelen verb (submerge)
tot zinken brengen verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

沉 verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Esperanto

4 entries

lavujo noun (basin)
alfundigi verb (submerge)
alfundigi verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
alfundiĝi verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Estonian

4 entries

kraanikauss noun (basin)
valamu noun (basin)
uputama verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
vajuma verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Faroese

3 entries

vask noun (basin)
søkka verb (descend into liquid, etc)
søkkja verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Finnish

4 entries

lämpönielu noun (heat sink)
nielu noun (destination vertex)
pesuallas noun (basin)
viemäri noun (wastewater drain)

French

4 entries

lavabo noun (basin)
évier noun (basin)
couler verb (descend into liquid, etc)
couler verb (submerge)

Galician

4 entries

pía noun (basin)
vertedoiro noun (basin)
afondar verb (descend into liquid, etc)
afondar verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Georgian

4 entries

პირსაბანი noun (basin)
დაძირვა verb (submerge)
დაძირვა verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
ჩაძირვა verb (descend into liquid, etc)

German

4 entries

Abfluss noun (wastewater drain)
Lavabo noun (basin)
Senke noun (destination vertex)
Spülbecken noun (basin)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Greek

4 entries

νεροχύτης noun (basin)
νιπτήρας noun (basin)
ψύκτρα noun (heat sink)
βουλιάζω verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Hebrew

1 entries

כִּיּוֹר noun (basin)

Higaonon

1 entries

nalumos verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Hindi

1 entries

चिलमची noun (basin)

Hungarian

4 entries

mosdókagyló noun (basin)
mosogató noun (basin)
bukik verb (submerge)
elmerül verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Icelandic

4 entries

vaskur noun (basin)
sökkva verb (descend into liquid, etc)
sökkva verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
sökkva verb (push (something) into)

Ido

2 entries

eviero noun (basin)
sinkar verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Indonesian

2 entries

bak cuci noun (basin)
wastafel noun (basin)

Ingrian

4 entries

upota verb (descend into liquid, etc)
upottaa verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
vajota verb (descend into liquid, etc)
vajottaa verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

دَسْتْشویی noun (basin)
روشویی noun (basin)
سینْک noun (basin)
ظَرْفْشویی noun (basin)

Irish

1 entries

doirteal noun (basin)

Italian

4 entries

lavandino noun (basin)
lavello noun (basin)
pozzo noun (destination vertex)
scarico noun (wastewater drain)

Japanese

4 entries

キッチンシンク noun (basin)
シンク noun (basin)
洗面台 noun (basin)
洗面器 noun (basin)

Javanese

2 entries

keleleb verb (descend into liquid, etc)
kèrem verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Kazakh

2 entries

шұңғылша noun (basin)
қол жуғыш noun (basin)

Khmer

4 entries

អាងទឹក noun (basin)
អាងលាងសំអាត noun (basin)
បញ្ចុះ verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
បំផ្លិច verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Korean

4 entries

개수대 noun (basin)
세면기 noun (basin)
싱크 noun (basin)
싱크대 noun (basin)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

жуунгуч noun (basin)
раковина noun (basin)
умывальник noun (basin)

Lao

1 entries

ອ່າງລ້າງມື noun (basin)

Latgalian

1 entries

sleikt verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Latin

4 entries

fusorium noun (basin)
pollubrum noun (basin)
trulleum noun (basin)
mergo verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Latvian

2 entries

izlietne noun (basin)
slīkt verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Lithuanian

4 entries

kriauklė noun (basin)
plautuvė noun (basin)
praustuvas noun (basin)
grim̃zti verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Macedonian

2 entries

лавабо́ noun (basin)
мијалник noun (basin)

Malay

1 entries

sinki noun (basin)

Middle English

2 entries

avalen verb (descend into liquid, etc)
valen verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Mongolian

2 entries

угаагуур noun (basin)
ᠤᠬᠢᠶᠠᠭᠤᠷ noun (basin)

Māori

4 entries

peihana noun (basin)
puoto noun (basin)
pōharu verb (descend into liquid, etc)
pōharuharu verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Navajo

1 entries

łeetsʼaaʼ biiʼ tánágisí noun (basin)

Norwegian

2 entries

senke verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
synke verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

vask noun (basin)
vaskekum noun (basin)
senke verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
synke verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

vask noun (basin)
vaskekum noun (basin)

Occitan

2 entries

aiguièr noun (basin)
enfonsar verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Old English

1 entries

ādrincan verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Old Javanese

1 entries

karĕm verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Polish

4 entries

zlew noun (basin)
zlewozmywak noun (basin)
tonąć verb (descend into liquid, etc)
topić verb (submerge)

Portuguese

4 entries

dissipador de calor noun (heat sink)
pia noun (basin)
sumidouro noun (destination vertex)
afundar verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Romanian

3 entries

chiuvetă noun (basin)
afunda verb (descend into liquid, etc)
scufunda verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Russian

4 entries

коне́чная верши́на noun (destination vertex)
мо́йка noun (basin)
ра́ковина noun (basin)
радиа́тор noun (heat sink)

Sanskrit

1 entries

मज्जति verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Sardinian

2 entries

acuadera noun (basin)
lavandinu noun (basin)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

sìolaidh verb (descend into liquid, etc)
sìolaidh verb (submerge)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

lavàbō noun (basin)
sùdopera noun (basin)
лава̀бо̄ noun (basin)
су̀допера noun (basin)

Slovak

1 entries

drez noun (basin)

Slovene

1 entries

umivalnik noun (basin)

Spanish

4 entries

desagüe noun (wastewater drain)
fregadero noun (basin)
lavadero noun (basin)
lavamanos noun (basin)

Swahili

2 entries

sinki noun (basin)
zamisha verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Swedish

4 entries

diskho noun (basin)
handfat noun (basin)
ho noun (basin)
lavoar noun (basin)

Tagalog

1 entries

lumubog verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Tajik

1 entries

дастшӯяк noun (basin)

Tamil

1 entries

சிங்க் noun (basin)

Thai

4 entries

อ่าง noun (basin)
อ่างล้างหน้า noun (basin)
จม verb (descend into liquid, etc)
จม verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Turkish

2 entries

lavabo noun (basin)
batmak verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Ukrainian

4 entries

злив noun (wastewater drain)
ми́йка noun (basin)
ра́ковина noun (basin)
ра́ковина для сті́кання во́ди noun (basin)

Urdu

1 entries

چِلَمْچی noun (basin)

Uzbek

3 entries

rakovina noun (basin)
umivalʼnik noun (basin)
choʻmmoq verb (descend into liquid, etc)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chìm verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Welsh

2 entries

sinc noun (basin)
suddo verb (descend into liquid, etc)

West-Frisian

1 entries

oanrjocht noun (basin)

Yiddish

1 entries

וואַשבעקן noun (basin)

Sample sentences

40 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The situation has come to the point where we either sink or swim.

Source: tatoeba (35744)

The ship set sail only to sink two days later.

Source: tatoeba (45678)

The implications of this did not at first sink in.

Source: tatoeba (59014)

This means that houses are starting to sink, roads are breaking up and lamp-posts are leaning at crazy angles.

Source: tatoeba (61108)

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