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sop has 10 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 7 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.
be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid
dip into liquid
“sop bread into the sauce”
a concession given to mollify or placate
“the offer was a sop to my feelings”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for sop come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely
“rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries”