tank

The word “tank” has 1 syllable: tank

It's pronounced as /tæŋk/


What is synonym and antonym for tank?

In the thesaurus, “tank” has 97 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for tank

  • aquarium
  • basin
  • bastille
  • big house
  • block
  • bomb
  • bridewell
  • brig
  • bull pen
  • cage
  • calaboose
  • can
  • cask
  • cauldron
  • cell
  • cistern
  • clink
  • collapse
  • come a cropper
  • come to grief
  • come up empty
  • concentration camp
  • container
  • cooler
  • coop
  • crash
  • crater
  • crumble
  • decline
  • die on the vine
  • dungeon
  • fail
  • fall flat
  • fall short
  • flame out
  • flop
  • flounder
  • flunk
  • fold
  • founder
  • glasshouse
  • go under
  • guardhouse
  • guardroom
  • gulag
  • hock
  • hold
  • hole
  • hoosegow
  • implode
  • jail
  • jailhouse
  • joint
  • jug
  • keep
  • keg
  • labor camp
  • lay an egg
  • lockup
  • miscarry
  • misfire
  • miss
  • nick
  • oubliette
  • pen
  • penitentiary
  • pokey
  • pond
  • pool
  • prison
  • prison camp
  • quod
  • receptacle
  • reform school
  • reformatory
  • reservoir
  • self-destruct
  • sink
  • skid
  • slam
  • slammer
  • slip
  • slump
  • stalag
  • stir
  • stockade
  • strike out
  • struggle
  • tolbooth
  • training school
  • tub
  • vat
  • vessel
  • wane
  • ward
  • wash out
  • work camp

Antonyms for tank

  • click
  • come off
  • cook
  • deliver
  • flourish
  • go
  • go over
  • outside
  • pan out
  • prevail
  • prosper
  • succeed
  • thrive
  • triumph
  • win
  • work out

Meanings of tank

  • noun
    1. A closed container for liquids or gases.
    2. An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
    3. A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
    4. The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
    5. The amount held by a container; a tankful.
    6. An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
    7. (Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam.
    8. A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
    9. By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
    10. A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
    11. A unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
    12. A prison cell, or prison generally.
    13. A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
    14. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
    15. A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
  • verb
    1. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
    2. To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
    3. To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
    4. To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
    5. To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
    6. To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
    7. To stand; to tolerate.

Example Sentences

  • The fish swam peacefully in the large tank.
  • He filled the gas tank before starting the long drive.
  • The army deployed a heavily armored tank to the battlefield.
  • She wore a comfortable tank top on the hot summer day.
  • The water tank on the roof needed cleaning.

On this page you'll find 113 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tank, such as: aquarium, basin, bastille, big house, block, bomb, bridewell.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • wavering
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  • yellow

bail

bails

ballistic

  • acrid
  • acrimonious
  • aggravated
  • angered
  • angry
  • annoyed
  • antagonistic
  • antipathetic
  • antisocial
  • apoplectic
  • argumentative
  • bearish
  • belligerent
  • bent out of shape
  • bilious
  • bitter
  • blue in the face
  • boiling
  • bristling
  • bristly
  • burning
  • cantankerous
  • cheesed off
  • choleric
  • churlish
  • cold
  • contentious
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  • crabby
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  • cross
  • disagreeable
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  • distant
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  • fit to be tied
  • foaming
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  • frigid
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  • furious
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  • going crook
  • grouchy
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  • hopping
  • hopping mad
  • horn-mad
  • hot
  • hot under the collar
  • huffy
  • icy
  • ill-humored
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  • in a fume
  • in a huff
  • in a pet
  • incensed
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  • inflamed
  • inflammable
  • infuriate
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  • inimical
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irritable
  • livid
  • mad
  • malevolent
  • ornery
  • outraged
  • passionate
  • peevish
  • perturbed
  • petulant
  • piqued
  • pugnacious
  • put out
  • quarrelsome
  • querulous
  • quick-tempered
  • rabid
  • rancorous
  • rankled
  • ranting
  • raving
  • resentful
  • riled
  • riley
  • roiled
  • seething
  • shirty
  • sizzling
  • smoldering
  • smouldering
  • snappish
  • sore
  • sorehead
  • soreheaded
  • spiteful
  • steamed up
  • steaming
  • stormy
  • sulky
  • teed off
  • testy
  • ticked
  • touchy
  • unfriendly
  • unpleasant
  • vengeful
  • vindictive
  • virulent
  • vitriolic
  • worked up
  • wrathful
  • wroth

calaboose

  • bastille
  • big cage
  • big house
  • big school
  • block
  • bridewell
  • brig
  • bull pen
  • cage
  • can
  • cell
  • city hotel
  • clink
  • concentration camp
  • cooler
  • coop
  • correctional institution
  • detention facility
  • dungeon
  • glasshouse
  • guardhouse
  • guardroom
  • gulag
  • hock
  • hold
  • hole
  • hoosegow
  • house of correction
  • house of detention
  • icebox
  • jail
  • jailhouse
  • joint
  • jug
  • keep
  • labor camp
  • lockup
  • nick
  • oubliette
  • pen
  • penitentiary
  • pokey
  • police headquarters
  • prison
  • prison camp
  • quod
  • reform school
  • reformatory
  • slam
  • slammer
  • stalag
  • station house
  • stir
  • stockade
  • tank
  • tolbooth
  • training school
  • up the river
  • ward
  • work camp

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