Synonyms for sink
verb
To go downward
descend, decline, fall, subside, drop, droop, regress, slump, go under, immerse, go to the bottom, be submerged, settle, go to Davy Jones's locker*, hit a slump, touch bottom, go down with the ship.
Antonyms rise*, float, come up.
To cause to sink, sense 1
submerge, scuttle, depress, submerse, immerse, engulf, overwhelm, swamp, lower, bring down, force down, cast down, let down, send to Davy Jones's locker*; see also soak 1.
Antonyms raise*, float, bring up.
To incline
slant, tilt, list; see lean 1.
To weaken
decline, fail, fade; see weaken 1.
To deteriorate
spoil, degenerate, rot; see decay, waste 3.
To decrease
lessen, diminish, wane; see decrease 1.
See sink in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To fall or drift down to the bottom:
gravitate, settle. See riseTo go beneath the surface or to the bottom of a liquid:
founder1, submerge, submerse. See riseTo go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture:
drop, fall, slump. See riseTo slope downward:
decline, descend, dip, drop, fall, pitch. See riseTo become lower in quality, character, or condition:
atrophy, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, retrograde, worsen. Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed , go to the dogs. See betterTo bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior:
descend, lower2, stoop. See riseTo undergo moral deterioration:
fall, slip. Idiom: go bad (or wrong). See rightTo cause the complete ruin or wreckage of:
bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack2, wreck. (Slang) total. Idiom: put the kibosh on. See helpTo undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price:
dive, drop, fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, skid, slump, tumble. Idiom: take a sudden downtrend (or downturn). See increaseTo lose strength or power:
decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag2, languish, wane, waste (away), weaken. (Informal) fizzle (out). Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See increase, strongTo cause to penetrate with force:
dig, drive, plunge, ram, run, stab, stick, thrust. See put in
phrasal verb sink inTo come as a realization:
dawn on (or upon), register, soak in. See knowledge
noun
An area sunk below its surroundings:
basin, concavity, depression, dip, hollow, pit1, sag, sinkhole. See convexA place known for its great filth or corruption:
cesspit, cesspool, pit1. (Slang) armpit. See clean, right
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