Sunk Synonyms and Antonyms

suŋk
To cause to penetrate with force
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. thrust
  2. stuck
  3. stabbed
  4. run
  5. rammed
  6. plunged
  7. driven
To weaken
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. weakened
  2. failed
  3. faded
  4. wasted
  5. waned
  6. languished
  7. flagged
  8. declined
  9. deteriorated
  10. degenerated
Pass into a specified state or condition
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. rotted
  2. lapsed
  3. slipped
  4. degenerated
  5. passed
  6. fallen
  7. spoilt
Antonyms:
  1. risen
  2. strengthened
  3. increased
  4. recovered
  5. improved
To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. totalled
  2. wrecked
  3. wracked
  4. undone
  5. torpedoed
  6. spoilt
  7. smashed
  8. ruined
  9. finished
  10. destroyed
  11. demolished
  12. bankrupted
Fall or sink heavily
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. slumped
  2. settled
  3. waned
  4. diminished
  5. lessened
Antonyms:
  1. risen
  2. grown
  3. increased
To bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stooped
  2. lowered
  3. descended
Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. listed
  2. subsided
  3. submersed
  4. submerged
  5. tilted
  6. slanted
  7. foundered
To become lower in quality, character, or condition
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. worsened
  2. retrograded
  3. deteriorated
  4. descended
  5. degenerated
  6. declined
  7. atrophied
To go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. slumped
  2. fallen
  3. dropped
Doomed to extinction
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. done for
  2. ruined
  3. undone
  4. washed-up

Words Related to Sunk

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Sunk Sentence Examples

  • The stones were sunk in the sand now, covered by a couple inches of water.

  • The Turks were almost all sunk or driven on shore.

  • A great number of wells were also sunk and rain-water was stored in cisterns.

  • The floors of both crypts have sunk considerably and are often under water; this settlement accounts for the inequalities of the pavement.

  • A very common function of hairs is to diminish transpiration, by creating a still atmosphere between them, as in the case of the sunk stomata already mentioned.

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