Synonyms for tank

Most common

battle tank · fish tank · cooler · reservoir · crater · vat · cistern

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.

   The journalist mistook the self-propelled artillery vehicle for a tank.

Related words

Phrases

fish tank tank top empty the tank tank car tank truck tank wagon tank park battle tank

Is a kind of

armoured combat vehicle armored combat vehicle

Forms

Plural

tanks → armors, tangos, reservoirs, cisterns…

Example sentences

• cooler Summer is too hot for me, I prefer cooler seasons.
• reservoir The Algerian dam of Taksebt has a deep reservoir.
• crater The crater was a possible oasis in its distant past.
• vat If I were a brain in a vat, I wouldn't write this.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

vat¹

5 letters

armor², tango²

6 letters

cooler², armour², crater²

7 letters

cistern², tankful

9 letters

reservoir³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (armor² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

tank

Deutsch

Panzer