Synonyms of tanks

tanks 1 of 2

noun

plural of tank

as in cages

Related Words

• cages
• coolers
• cells
• jugs
• pens
• jails
• brigs
• prisons
• bull pens
• stockades
• penitentiaries
• cans
• big houses
• holes
• coops
• guardrooms
• wards
• hulks
• guardhouses
• lockups
• hocks
• pokeys
• bridewells
• jailhouses
• bastilles
• joints
• quods
• clinks
• tolbooths
• slammers
• blocks
• glasshouses
• nicks
• dungeons
• concentration camps
• hoosegows
• labor camps
• stirs
• gulags
• prison camps
• work camps
• slams
• calabooses
• keeps
• holds
• stalags
• reform schools
• reformatories
• training schools
• oubliettes

Dissimilar Words

• outsides

tanks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of tank

as in bombs

to be unsuccessful

her intended comeback movie tanked at the box office, and once again she was relegated to TV guest spots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bombs
• flops
• collapses
• fails
• folds
• struggles
• misses
• strikes out
• founders
• craters
• flames out
• falls short
• lays an egg
• washes out
• comes a cropper
• comes to grief
• falls flat
• comes up empty
• flunks
• dies on the vine
• skids
• declines
• crashes
• falls on one's face
• slips
• flounders
• sinks
• slumps
• crumbles
• misfires
• wanes
• goes under
• miscarries
• implodes
• self-destructs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• works out
• comes off
• goes
• goes over
• delivers
• succeeds
• clicks
• flourishes
• cooks
• pans out
• thrives
• wins
• prevails
• triumphs
• prospers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tanks

Noun

In May, at the manufacturing facility, which stores thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals in pressurized tanks used to produce materials such as plexiglass for fighter jet and commercial aircraft windows, one tank threatened to leak or explode. — Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

But faced with the quantity and quality of Soviet tanks in the East, and British-American tanks in the West, the tank’s purpose became the achievement of total battlefield supremacy. — Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026

Verb

Rather than catching Max in the act that sent him to prison, Sam is Max's public defender who intentionally tanks the case. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026

But the lesson from AOL-Time Warner holds that promised big synergies can sour into integration problems that drive up expenses instead, so that the combination of paying a huge price, and getting negative savings, tanks the stock. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 9 May 2026

This year’s team is an exceptional group of talented players, but their defense fouls too much, Smith dribbles too much and our shooting percentage often tanks. — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2026

This setback tanks the trade value the Mavericks had hoped to restore following his return from a left calf strain that kept him out of 14 games this season. — Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026