What are some opposite words for sink?
Antonyms for sink
sɪŋksink
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, upliftSynonyms:
abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sink
Antonyms:
rise, ascend, soar, swell, increase, flourish, revive, float, heighten, promote, exalt, enhance, rescue, foster, encourage, perpetuate, promulgate, divulgeSynonyms:
fall, descend, drop, subside, penetrate, soak, droop, decline, weary, flag, decay, decrease, diminish, abate, lower, immerse, submerge, depress, degrade, drown, reduce, attenuate, suppress
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Princeton's WordNet
sinknoun
plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
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sump, sinkhole, swallow hole, cesspool, cesspitsinknoun
(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
"the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"
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sump, sinkhole, swallow hole, cesspool, cesspitsinkhole, 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
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cesspit, sump, sinkhole, cesspool, swallow holecesspool, cesspit, sink, sumpverb
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
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sump, sinkhole, cesspool, cesspit, swallow holesink, drop, drop downverb
fall or descend to a lower place or level
"He sank to his knees"
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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, omitsinkverb
cause to sink
"The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
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drop, subside, settle, fall off, drop down, go down, go under, dip, slump, slide down, pass, lapse, burysink, pass, lapseverb
pass into a specified state or condition
"He sank into nirvana"
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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 onsink, settle, go down, go underverb
go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
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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 rootsink, subsideverb
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
"He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"
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drop, subside, settle, fall off, drop down, go down, go under, dip, slump, lessen, slide down, pass, lapse, burydip, sinkverb
appear to move downward
"The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
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drop down, lapse, dim, go down, dunk, go under, settle, drop, subside, souse, slide down, duck, dip, fall off, pass, douse, plunge, slump, buryslump, fall off, sinkverb
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
"The real estate market fell off"
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drop down, lapse, go down, slouch, go under, settle, drop, correct, decline, subside, slide down, dip, fall off, pass, fall away, slump, buryslump, slide down, sinkverb
fall or sink heavily
"He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
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drop down, lapse, go down, slouch, go under, settle, drop, correct, decline, subside, slide down, dip, fall off, pass, slump, burybury, sinkverb
embed deeply
"She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
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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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How to use sink in a sentence?
The waters weren't choppy so I don't see what could have caused the boat to sink, but you never know in these waters unfortunately.
What's setting up is really a nightmare scenario. Central banks have been throwing a kitchen sink at the economy over the past seven years and now have no way to combat the weakness, also, we've got no way to model what is going to happen to the global economy after Brexit and that's what's causing the market selloff.
It was a white lace dress the night before the Oscars and she wanted it to be blush colored. So, James and I had to dip-dye it in the kitchen sink.
Rapid loading of the crust causes it to subside, when a giant volcano forms, the hot mantle flows away from the weight allowing the volcano to sink.
I would say that as long as COVID lingers on and people’s lives are being disrupted by it, that Biden’s approval will continue to take a hit, and it will get worse over time. So if omicron turns out to transmit more rapidly and severely than Delta did — and especially if it resists the vaccines — Biden’s numbers will sink lower and lower.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#419 | source | |
#985 | increase | |
#1837 | advance | |
#2406 | promote | |
#2703 | rise | |
#3400 | enhance | |
#3433 | encourage | |
#3551 | raise | |
#4193 | honor | |
#4460 | foster | |
#4572 | rescue | |
#6803 | float | |
#6845 | swim | |
#7229 | sink | |
#16522 | swell | |
#19126 | soar | |
#23117 | revive | |
#23713 | flourish | |
#29876 | elevate | |
#29929 | ascend | |
#30734 | uplift | |
#38147 | perpetuate | |
#41749 | promulgate | |
#42688 | divulge | |
#46777 | heighten | |
#68369 | exalt | |
#151283 | dignify | |
#285764 | aggrandize |
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