sink in

Questions about sink in

What is another word for sink in?

It depends which sink in you mean. In the sense “become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions”, the synonyms are click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, penetrate, fall into place. Across all 2 senses there are 10 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of sink in?

WordNet records no antonym for sink in. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for sink in split into groups?

Because sink in carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for sink in come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of sink in

• Full entry for sink inAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for sink inWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.