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Synonyms for chink

25 synonyms
1 antonym
3 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

crack gap crevice break money cash

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Crack — A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack

crack, gap, crevice, break, cranny, rift, opening, fissure, leak, chap, aperture, click, cleft, interstice, chasm, flaw, fracture

2. Cash

money, cash, coin

Other

Verb

1. Clink

clink, tinkle, tink

Other

Antonyms

All antonyms of chink →

Definitions

n. 1
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
n. 2
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack. A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
I noticed a chink of light under the door.
v. 1
To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.

Related words

Word family: chinky
Phrases: chink cough

Forms

Plural: chinks → cracks, gaps, crevices, breaks…
Past participle: chinked
e.g. chinked → clinked, tinkled, tinked, checked…

Example sentences

gap The gap between the rich and the poor is widening.
crevice My phone fell into the crevice between the two seats.
cranny We don't have time to search every nook and cranny.
chinky "Hey, chinky eyes!" "Why are you calling me that?"

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
chink		rising
gap		steady
fissure		steady
crevice		steady
cranny		rising
chinky		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: gap¹
4 letters: cash¹, coin¹, leak¹, rift¹, chap¹, flaw¹, tink
5 letters: money², check¹, break¹, click¹, crack¹, chasm², cleft¹, clink¹
6 letters: cranny², tinkle², chinky
7 letters: opening³, fissure², crevice²
8 letters: fracture², aperture³
10 letters: interstice

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (money² = 2 syllables).