sank

The word “sank” has 1 syllable: sank

It's pronounced as /sæŋk/

What is synonym and antonym for sank?

In the thesaurus, “sank” has 287 synonyms and 161 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for sank along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for sank

abase
abased
abashed
abate
abated
abridged
affronted
angled
atrophied
attenuated
bad-mouthed
be reduced to
belittled
bemean
blurred
bore
bottled up
bridled
bring down
broke
broke down
canted
capsize
cast down
castigated
cave in
censured
chastened
cheapened
checked
cleared
cocked
collapse
compressed
condemned
confounded
confused
contained
contracted
controlled
corrupted
couch
crashed
cratered
cried down
criticized
crumbled
curbed
damned
de-escalated
debase
debased
debilitated
decay
decayed
decline
declined
decomposed
decrease
decreased
decried
defamed
defiled
deflated
degenerate
degenerated
degrade
degraded
dematerialized
demean
demeaned
demit
demonetized
denounced
depreciate
depreciated
depress
depressed
descend
descended
deteriorated
detracted
devaluated
devalued
devolved
die
dig
dilapidated
diminish
diminished
dimmed
dip
dipped
disappear
disappeared
discomfited
disconcerted
discounted
discountenanced
discredited
disgraced
dishonored
disimprove
disintegrate
disintegrated
disparaged
dispersed
dissipated
dissolved
dived
dove
downgraded
downsized
dried up
drill
drive
droop
drooped
drop
dropped
dropped out of sight
drown
dwindle
dwindled
ebb
ebbed
emaciated
embarrassed
engulf
evanesced
evaporated
excavate
execrated
fade
faded
fail
failed
fall
fazed
fell
flag
flagged
fled
flew
flounder
flustered
force down
fouled
founder
go down
go downhill
go to the bottom
governed
heeled
held back
humbled
humiliate
humiliated
immerse
inclined
insulted
lagged
languished
lapse
lay
leaned
lessen
lessened
let down
let up
libeled
libelled
listed
lower
lowered
maligned
managed
marked down
melted
minimized
moderated
moldered
mortified
muffled
nonplused
nonplussed
nose-dived
overturn
overwhelm
plummet
plummeted
plunge
plunged
pocketed
put down
putrefied
quashed
quelled
ram
ran down
ran to seed
rattled
receded
reclined
reduced
regress
regressed
relapse
reprehended
repressed
reprobated
retreated
retrograde
retrograded
retrogress
ridiculed
rot
rotted
run
sag
sagged
scuttle
set
settle
shamed
shipwreck
shrank
shrunk
skidded
slandered
slanted
slip
slipped
slope
sloped
slump
smirched
smothered
soured
spoil
spoiled
spoilt
squelched
stab
stick
stifled
stoop
strangled
submerge
submerged
subside
subsided
succumb
suppressed
swallowed
swamp
tapered off
thrust
tilted
tip over
tipped
took down
touch bottom
tumbled
underestimated
undermined
underpriced
underrated
undervalued
vanished
wane
waned
waste
weaken
weakened
went
went to pot
went to seed
wilted
withered
wore out
worsen
worsened
wreck
wrote down
wrote off
yielded

Antonyms for sank

acclaimed
accumulated
acknowledged
added
advanced
aggrandized
ameliorated
amplified
appeared
applauded
appreciated
arose
arrived
ascend
ascended
augmented
ballooned
bettered
blew up
bloated
boasted
boosted
bourgeoned
brave
broke out
build
built
burgeoned
came out
canonized
celebrated
cheered
cited
climbed
commended
complimented
compounded
congratulated
convalesced
decorated
deified
develop
developed
dignified
dilated
elevate
elevated
emerged
enhance
enhanced
enlarge
enlarged
ennobled
enriched
enshrined
enskied
enthroned
escalated
eulogized
evened
exalted
excite
expand
expanded
expressed
extend
extended
extolled
feted
fight
flattened
float
flourish
fortified
gained
glorified
go up
grew
grow
hailed
halt
heightened
highlighted
honor
honored
idealized
improve
improved
increase
increased
inflated
intensified
issued
laud
lauded
leveled
levelled
lift
lifted
loomed
loosed
magnified
marched
marked up
materialized
maximized
meliorated
mounted
multiplied
mushroomed
neglect
overestimated
overpriced
overrated
overvalued
picked up
planed
played up
praise
praised
proceeded
progressed
prolong
promoted
raise
raised
rallied
rebounded
recognized
recovered
recuperated
released
rise
romanticized
rose
saluted
showed up
smoothed
snowballed
soared
spiked
spotlighted
spotlit
straightened
strengthen
strengthened
succeed
swelled
took out
touted
underwhelm
unleashed
upgrade
upgraded
uplifted
upped
uprose
upswept
upturned
vented
waxed

Meanings of sank

verb
1. (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
2. (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
3. To conceal and appropriate.
4. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
5. To pay absolutely.
6. To reduce or extinguish by payment.
7. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
8. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

Example Sentences

The boat sank quickly after hitting the iceberg.
As the sun set, the temperature sank to an uncomfortable low.
His heart sank when he heard the news of the accident.
The heavy rain caused the river to rise and eventually sank the nearby village.
She accidentally dropped her keys, and they sank to the bottom of the pool.

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