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sinker has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 3 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for sinker come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate