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tape has 8 distinct synonyms spread across 5 of its 8 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 long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening
“he used a piece of tape for a belt”
a recording made on magnetic tape
“the several recordings were combined on a master tape”
the finishing line for a foot race
“he broke the tape in record time”
measuring instrument consisting of a narrow strip (cloth or metal) marked in inches or centimeters and used for measuring lengths
“the carpenter should have used his tape measure”
memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information
“he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview”
fasten or attach with tape
“tape the shipping label to the box”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for tape come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.