Synonyms for basin
ˈbeɪ sənbasin

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1. basinnoun

   A bowl for washing, often affixed to a wall.

   Synonyms:
   sink

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. basinnoun

   a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids

   "she mixed the dough in a large basin"

   Synonyms:
   washstand, river basin, washbowl, lavatory, drainage area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, catchment area, washbasin, basinful

2. basin, basinfulnoun

   the quantity that a basin will hold

   "a basinful of water"

   Synonyms:
   washstand, river basin, washbowl, lavatory, drainage area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, catchment area, washbasin, basinful

3. basinnoun

   a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it

   "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"

   Synonyms:
   washstand, river basin, washbowl, lavatory, drainage area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, catchment area, washbasin, basinful

4. river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage areanoun

   the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

   "flood control in the Missouri basin"

   Synonyms:
   washstand, divide, river basin, washbowl, washbasin, landmark, lavatory, drainage area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, catchment area, turning point, water parting, basinful

5. washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatorynoun

   a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face

   "he ran some water in the basin and splashed it on his face"

   Synonyms:
   washbowl, bathroom, river basin, washbasin, washstand, handbasin, catchment area, lavatory, wash-hand basin, watershed, lavabo, flush toilet, toilet, can, basinful, catchment basin, john, drainage basin, wash-hand stand, lav, drainage area, privy

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1. • Containerful
   • Geographical Area
   • Natural Depression
   • Sink
   • Vessel

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "basin":

   pool, cuenca, watershed, bassin, pelvis, basins, pond, catchment, impoundment, basin-wide, rim, lagoon, pelvic, watersheds, drainage, tank, ponds, hydrographic

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1. Marcus Hicks:

   The al Qaeda - and ISIS-inspired threats in Lake Chad Basin and here in the Sahel are very real and continue to grow in strength.

2. Jenn Varian:

   The midweek system aligning with an atmospheric moisture surge has the potential to dump an extreme amount of precipitation, potentially flirting with snowfall duration records, in portions of southern California and the western Great Basin.

3. Cynthia Walker:

   We touch anywhere between 20 and 25 percent of every barrel that's produced in the Permian basin.

4. Chelsea Peters:

   Several years of below-normal snowpack across the Intermountain West mountains that supply the Colorado River Basin will continue to increase the water supply stress, which was already in jeopardy due to population increase, we recently saw this impact reservoir storage and lake levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell. Within the last year, both Lake Powell and Lake Mead have observed their lowest reservoir storage levels in 30 years.

5. Scott Sheffield:

   I think it's important to remove that black eye on the Permian Basin going forward.