Antonyms for sink
sɪŋksink

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1. sinkverb

   A basin used for holding water for washing

   Synonyms:
   basin, washbasin, dip, submerge, dunk

2. sinknoun

   The motion of a sinker pitch

   Jones' has a two-seamer with heavy sink.

   Synonyms:
   descend, go down

3. sinknoun

   Antonyms:
   source

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1. sink

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce

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1. sink

   Antonyms:
   rise, ascend, soar, swell, increase, flourish, revive, float, heighten, promote, exalt, enhance, rescue, foster, encourage, perpetuate, promulgate, divulge

   Synonyms:
   fall, descend, drop, subside, penetrate, soak, droop, decline, weary, flag, decay, decrease, diminish, abate, lower, immerse, submerge, depress, degrade, drown, reduce, attenuate, suppress

Matched Categories

1. • Change Posture
   • Collapse
   • Decline
   • Descend
   • Drop
   • Engineering
   • Implant
   • Move
   • Natural Depression
   • Natural Process
   • Plumbing Fixture

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1. sinknoun

   plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

   Antonyms:
   source, float, swim

   Synonyms:
   sump, sinkhole, swallow hole, cesspool, cesspit

2. sinknoun

   (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

   "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"

   Antonyms:
   source, swim, float

   Synonyms:
   sump, sinkhole, swallow hole, cesspool, cesspit

3. sinkhole, sink, swallow holenoun

   a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

   Antonyms:
   source, float, swim

   Synonyms:
   cesspit, sump, sinkhole, cesspool, swallow hole

4. cesspool, cesspit, sink, sumpverb

   a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

   Antonyms:
   source, swim, float

   Synonyms:
   sump, sinkhole, cesspool, cesspit, swallow hole

5. sink, drop, drop downverb

   fall or descend to a lower place or level

   "He sank to his knees"

   Antonyms:
   source, float, swim

   Synonyms:
   unload, settle, leave out, dribble, dip, send packing, drop off, dismiss, drop down, drip, go down, deteriorate, lapse, slide down, overleap, strike down, overlook, throw, cast, fell, go under, subside, cut down, neglect, devolve, expend, send away, set down, flatten, pass, swing, bury, put down, throw off, throw away, dangle, drop, shake off, discharge, spend, fall off, knock off, miss, pretermit, degenerate, cast off, slump, shed, omit

6. sinkverb

   cause to sink

   "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"

   Antonyms:
   source, float, swim

   Synonyms:
   drop, subside, settle, fall off, drop down, go down, go under, dip, slump, slide down, pass, lapse, bury

7. sink, pass, lapseverb

   pass into a specified state or condition

   "He sank into nirvana"

   Antonyms:
   source, float, swim

   Synonyms:
   run, perish, fall back, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, backslide, occur, die, drop down, subside, snuff it, excrete, turn over, go, spend, slide by, recidivate, fade, hand, legislate, happen, egest, exit, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, slide down, make it, authorize, pop off, expire, regress, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, retrogress, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, eliminate, croak, lapse, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, fall off, overhaul, go through, reach, dip, communicate, go under, come about, choke, pass by, go across, overtake, transcend, glide by, relapse, extend, decease, fall, pass, clear, drop, conk, travel by, bury, buy the farm, go down, pass along, authorise, go along, surpass, guide, slump, settle, pass on

8. sink, settle, go down, go underverb

   go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

   Antonyms:
   source, swim, float

   Synonyms:
   settle, square up, dip, make up, patch up, nail down, drop down, settle down, go down, square off, decline, lapse, slide down, descend, come down, root, determine, crash, steady down, go under, subside, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, wane, get back, pass, bury, adjudicate, conciliate, decide, drop, resolve, locate, fall off, go by, set, finalize, slump, take root

9. sink, subsideverb

   descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

   "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

   Antonyms:
   source, swim, float

   Synonyms:
   drop, subside, settle, fall off, drop down, go down, go under, dip, slump, lessen, slide down, pass, lapse, bury

10. dip, sinkverb

    appear to move downward

    "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

    Antonyms:
    source, swim, float

    Synonyms:
    drop down, lapse, dim, go down, dunk, go under, settle, drop, subside, souse, slide down, duck, dip, fall off, pass, douse, plunge, slump, bury

11. slump, fall off, sinkverb

    fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

    "The real estate market fell off"

    Antonyms:
    source, float, swim

    Synonyms:
    drop down, lapse, go down, slouch, go under, settle, drop, correct, decline, subside, slide down, dip, fall off, pass, fall away, slump, bury

12. slump, slide down, sinkverb

    fall or sink heavily

    "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"

    Antonyms:
    source, float, swim

    Synonyms:
    drop down, lapse, go down, slouch, go under, settle, drop, correct, decline, subside, slide down, dip, fall off, pass, slump, bury

13. bury, sinkverb

    embed deeply

    "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"

    Antonyms:
    source, float, swim

    Synonyms:
    lapse, go down, swallow, slide down, drop down, go under, settle, eat up, entomb, subside, immerse, swallow up, drop, dip, lay to rest, forget, slump, fall off, pass, inhume, inter, bury

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1. sinkverb

   Synonyms:
   subside, descend, decline, fall, immerse, submerge, engulf, merge

How to use sink in a sentence?

1. Charles Francis Adams, Sr.:

   In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

2. Amnesty International:

   But this is shocking. We expect that this footage will be investigated -- it’s difficult for us to understand why they would try to sink a refugee boat.

3. John Bolton:

   All agreed that Maduro had to go. They need to be able to act this afternoon, or this evening, to help bring other military forces to the side of the interim president, if this effort fails, [Venezuela]will sink into a dictatorship from which there are very few possible alternatives.

4. Jon Tester:

   This isn't about the debt anyway, it's more about putting on a show to certain parts of their base. Doesn't make sense to me, man. We weren't elected here to help sink this country. You wonder why China is looking at us, saying we can be in their position. Exactly this kind of crap.

5. Rand Paul:

   It kind of reminds me of the funniest moment, I think, of the second debate, where out of nowhere, complete non sequitur, he starts going after me. And I guess it's part of his bravado, his shtick, i'm thinking, how did we get the race for the most important office in the free world to sink to such depths, and how could anyone in my party think that this clown is fit to be president?

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