Synonyms for sink
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Dip — to move or be moved into something. To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar…
go down, dip, submerge, bury, drown, descend, plunge, swamp, dig, overwhelm, immerse, engulf, excavate, dunk, founder, merge, submerse
2. Reduce — to diminish or be diminished. To cause to decline; to depress or degrade
reduce, depress, degrade, waste, decrease, lower, stoop, ebb, lessen, diminish, abate, decline, dwindle, suppress, humiliate, abase, humble, demean, wane, disparage, debase dated, detrude dated
3. Die — to die
die, pass, slip away, fall, go, succumb, peg out, keel over, decay, pass away, give way, ruin, fade, languish, conk out informal, go west, darken, droop, perish, exit, flag, depart
Noun
1. Basin — A basin used for holding water for washing
wash basin, basin, lavatory formal
Other
drain, swallow hole UK, sewer, let-down, fall-off, drop-down
Definitions
- v. 1
To move or be moved into something. To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
A stone sinks in water. The sun gradually sank in the west.
- v. 2
To diminish or be diminished. To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
- n. 1
A basin used for holding water for washing.
- n. 2
A drain for carrying off wastewater.
Related words
- Word family
- sinker sinkhouse sinkproof
- Phrases
- sink in time sink sink trap kitchen sink drama kitchen sink realism
Forms
- Plural
- sinks → basins, lavatories, cesspools, sumps…
Example sentences
- dip Hummus is a dip or spread made from chickpeas.
- bury Gray squirrels bury nuts, but red squirrels don't.
- drown Our worries don't drown in alcohol. They can swim.
- submerge An osprey can completely submerge itself when it dives after a fish.
- stoop Don't stoop down to his level. It's not worth it.
- abase He began to abase the man behind his back.
By length
- 2 letters
- go1
- 3 letters
- set1, die1, dig1, dip1, ebb1
- 4 letters
- down1, fall1, pass1, drop1, flag1, ruin2, exit2, bury2, fade1, dunk1, wane1, sump1
- 5 letters
- lower2, waste1, pound1, basin2, drain1, swamp1, merge1, decay2, drown1, weary2, sewer2, lapse1, slump1, stoop1
- 6 letters
- reduce2, settle2, humble2, depart2, plunge1, lessen2, perish2, darken2, engulf2, demean2, imbibe2, debase2, ingulf
- 7 letters
- founder2, decline2, descend2, degrade2, succumb2, immerse2, depress2, subside2, dwindle2, detrude
- 8 letters
- decrease2, suppress2, diminish3, lavatory4, excavate3, cesspool2, submerge2, languish2, submerse2
- 9 letters
- penetrate3, overwhelm3, humiliate4, disparage3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruin2 = 2 syllables).