Sink Synonyms and Antonyms

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To go beneath the surface or to the bottom of a liquid
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. founder
  2. submerge
  3. submerse
To go downward
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. decline
  2. descend
  3. drop
  4. fall
  5. dip
  6. settle
  7. go under
  8. subside
  9. droop
  10. regress
  11. slump
  12. immerse
  13. go to the bottom
  14. be submerged
  15. go to Davy Jones's locker
  16. hit a slump
  17. touch bottom
  18. go down with the ship
  19. pitch
  20. go down
Antonyms:
  1. rise
  2. float
  3. ascend
  4. come-up
  5. raise
  6. bring up
To incline
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. slant
  2. drop
  3. tilt
  4. fall
  5. list
  6. slump
To decrease
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. slump
  2. lessen
  3. gravitate
  4. diminish
  5. wane
  6. settle
  7. slide-down
  8. fall off
Antonyms:
  1. rise
  2. increase
  3. grow
To become lower in quality, character, or condition
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. atrophy
  2. decline
  3. degenerate
  4. descend
  5. deteriorate
  6. retrograde
  7. worsen
To bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. descend
  2. lower
  3. stoop
To deteriorate
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. spoil
  2. fall
  3. degenerate
  4. rot
  5. slip
Antonyms:
  1. improve
  2. recover
  3. increase
  4. strengthen
  5. rise
A sewer
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cesspool
  2. cesspit
  3. drain
  4. gutter
  5. sinkhole
  6. pit
  7. cloaca
  8. armpit
  9. sump
  10. swallow-hole
Antonyms:
  1. source
To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bankrupt
  2. break down
  3. cross up
  4. demolish
  5. destroy
  6. finish
  7. ruin
  8. shatter
  9. smash
  10. spoil
  11. torpedo
  12. undo
  13. wash up
  14. wrack
  15. wreck
  16. total
To cause to penetrate with force
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dig
  2. drive
  3. plunge
  4. ram
  5. run
  6. stab
  7. stick
  8. thrust

Words Related to Sink

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Sink Sentence Examples

  • She moved to the sink and turned on the water.

  • She dropped her glass in the sink and took a step backward.

  • I bet you could really sink your teeth into that pork roast.

  • Jim closed the door, and Lana watched the submarine sink quietly into the surrounding water and disappear.

  • Carmen carried the basket of eggs to the counter beside the sink and watched as Alex took the lid off the roasting pan.

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