Sink

/sɪŋk/

Synonyms for "sink" (583 found)

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Closest matches (117)

abase abate ablate advance age alveolation alveolus antrum aquamanile armpit ascendautomatic dishwasherbabylon backback upball upbankrupt baptize basin bate

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bath bathtubbe clobberedbe consumedbe eaten awaybe felledbe gonebe lostbe poleaxedbe staggeredbe strickenbear downbeat downbecome suicidalbend bidet blow bog bollixbollix upbore bowl breakbreak downbring lowbrothel budge buggerbugger upburn outburrow bury bustbuy inbuy intocapsizecast downcavecave incavity ceasecease to becease to existcesspit cesspool changechange placecheat the undertakercircle clear climb cloacacloaca maximacollapsecome apartcome downcome to griefcome unstuckconcave concavityconk outconsumeconsume awaycontract cook corrode couch countersinkcrack upcrater crumble crypt cup damp dampendampen the spiritsdarken dash debase decline decrease deepen defeat degenerate degrade deject deliquesce

Noun(8 words)

basinbathroom sinkbog typebottoms cesspit cesspool decline decrease

Verb(1 words)

bury

Adjective(1 words)

countersunk

Strong matches (175)

deluge delve dematerialize demean demit denden of iniquitydepart depress depression descend despair despond deteriorate detrude diedie awaydie outdigdig out

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dike diminish dip disappear discourage dish dishearten dishpan dishwasher disimprove disintegrate dispel disperse dispirit dissipate dissolve divedo a fade-outdo fordo indodder douse downbear drain dredgedrift awaydrill drive droop dropdrop offdrown duck dump dunk dwindle ebb engulf erode evanesce evaporate ewer excavate exit expire fadefade awayfade outfail faint fallfall awayfall infall offfatigue financierfinger bowlfixfizzle outflag flee fleet fleshpots flit flopflop downflow flumpflump downfly fold follicle fontfoul upfounderfunnel chestfurrowgarbage dumpgasp getget alongget onget overget through toget tiredgive outgive waygogo aroundgo awaygo downgo downhillgo offgo roundgo sidewaysgo softgo to piecesgo to potgo to the dogsgo undergo up in smokegomorrah gougegouge outgravitate groovegrow oldgrow wearygrubgum upgutter gyratehash uphaul downhave a comedownhave a mishaphead headchute hellhole hidehit a slumphit rock bottomhit the skidshole hollowhollow shellhumble humiliate immerge immerse impoverish incline indent inundate investinvest injade joint

Verb(8 words)

demean dip dropdrop downfall offfounderedgo downgo under

Noun(9 words)

depression descend descendingdrift earthwarddrop foundering founders handbasin hollow

Related words (291)

kayo keelkeel overkennelkitchen sinkknock downknock outko lacuna languish lapse lavabo lavatory lavishlay out moneylead leanleave no traceleave the scenelessen

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letlet downlet uplose heartlose strengthlourlouse uplowerlower oneselflower the spiritsmake an investmentmarsh meltmelt awaymelt like snowmergemess upmine mire mount movemove awaymove offmove overmuck upoppress overset overturn overwhelm pandemonium pant passpass awaypass outpeakpeg outpenetrate perishpeter outpine piscina pit pitchpole placeplay hell withplay hob withplay outplopplop downplow back intoplumb the depthsplummet plump plungeplunge in waterpocket pointpoop outprecipitatepress downprogress puffpuff and blowpull awaypull downpunch bowlpush downputput downquagmire quarry queer ramreach the depthsrecede reduce register regress reinvest relapse retireretire from sightretreat retrocede retrograde retrogress rise risk rot rotate ruin runrun agroundrun downrun lowrun outsadden sag sap scoopscoop outscrabble scrape scratchscrew upscupper scuttleseptic tankset settlesettle downsewer shake shell shift shipwreckshoot downshovel showershower bathshower curtainshower headshower roomshower stallshowers shrink shrivelsink awaysink downsink insink like leadsink money insink of corruptionsinkage sinkhole sinus slide slipslip awayslope slouch sluice slumpslump downsnafusnarl upsoar socket sodom somersault sough souse spade speculate spin stabstand offstick stir stoop stoup stream sty submerge submerse subside succumbsuffer a misfortunesuffer an eclipsesump swag swamptail offtake downtendtend to gothrustthrust downtip overtire torpedo tottertouch bottomtravel trench trough tub tunnelturn grayturn overturn turtleturn whiteundo upsetupset the boatvanishvanish from sightventure vug wanewash barrelwash boilerwashbasin washbowl washdish washerwashing machinewashing potwashpot washstand washtub wastewaste awayweaken wearwear awaywear thinwearyweigh heavy uponweigh uponwheeze whelm whirlwiden the distancewilt withdraw witherwither awaywizen worsen wreck wrinkle yield

Verb(16 words)

lapse pass plunged pocketed potted scuppered scuttled settlesink or floatslide downslump submerges subside subsided subsiding torpedoed

Noun(21 words)

lavatories lower plunge pocketing pockets pot pots sags scuttles scuttling settles sinkhole slump submarines submerge sump sunsetswallow holetorpedoes washbasin

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washbasins

Adjective(1 words)

shipwrecked

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

39 entries

action activity basin breakcause to move downwardcave inchange posturecistern collapsecome downdecline decrease depression descend displace

Showing 16 of 39 words.

More specific

9 entries

bathroom sinkkitchen sinkpedestal sinkplummet plunge sinkhole slump submergeutility sink

Collocations

9 entries

carbon sinkheat sinkkarst sinksinkage sinkholesinkhole formationsinking feelingsinking fundunderground sink

Inflections

4 entries

sank sinking sinks sunk

Derivations

2 entries

sinkage sinker

Antonyms

2 entries

float source

similar

7 entries

dropdrop downfall offgo downgo undersettle slump

Translations

58 translations across 39 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

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

Ancient Greek

1 entries

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

Armenian

2 entries

խորտակել verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
սուզել verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

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

Bashkir

1 entries

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

Belarusian

3 entries

патапіць verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
тапіць verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
утапіць verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Bulgarian

1 entries

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

Catalan

1 entries

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

Czech

1 entries

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

Danish

1 entries

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

Dutch

1 entries

tot zinken brengen verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Esperanto

1 entries

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

Estonian

1 entries

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

Faroese

1 entries

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

Finnish

1 entries

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

French

1 entries

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

Galician

3 entries

afondar verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
afundir verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
alagar verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Georgian

2 entries

დაძირვა verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
ჩაძირვა verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

German

1 entries

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

Gothic

1 entries

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

Greek

2 entries

βυθίζω verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
ποντίζω verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Hungarian

1 entries

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

Icelandic

1 entries

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

Ingrian

2 entries

upottaa verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
vajottaa verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Italian

3 entries

affondare verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
colare a picco verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
inabissare verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Japanese

1 entries

沈める verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Khmer

4 entries

បញ្ចុះ verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
បំផ្លិច verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
ប្លេង verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
ពន្លង់ verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Latin

2 entries

mergo verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
mersum verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Māori

1 entries

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

Norwegian

1 entries

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

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

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

Polish

2 entries

zatapiać verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
zatopić verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Portuguese

1 entries

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

Russian

2 entries

потопи́ть verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
топи́ть verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Spanish

1 entries

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

Swedish

1 entries

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

Thai

1 entries

จม verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

Ukrainian

1 entries

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

Vietnamese

1 entries

chìm verb (cause (ship, etc) to sink)

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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