Synonyms of chinks

chinks 1 of 2

noun

plural of chink

1

as in backs

a vulnerable point

before the tournament she studied tapes of her chief rival, looking for the chink in her game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• backs
• underbellies
• jugulars
• soft spots
• downfalls
• ruins
• Achilles' heels
• undoings
• hamartias
• tragic flaws

2

as in fissures

an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure

plugged the chinks in the walls with mortar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fissures
• crevices
• rifts
• cracks
• crannies
• clefts
• gaps
• splits
• checks
• fractures
• crevasses
• slits
• openings
• ruptures
• breaches
• incisions
• hairlines
• gashes
• crazes
• cuts

chinks

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of chink

as in clinks

to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound

in the breeze the flag's chain chinked against the flagpole

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clinks
• jingles
• rings
• tinkles
• rattles
• tingles
• chimes
• clangs
• clashes
• clanks
• clatters
• dings
• pings
• clacks
• clangors
• crashes
• ding-dongs
• plinks
• jangles
• gongs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chinks

Noun

The book is, in fact, a sober, evenhanded analysis of a field that, until recently, had few chinks in its armor. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

The result is a fiery and impassioned offering that finds the veteran fully engaged and intent on proving no chinks have been left in his armor despite his tenuous back-and-forth with his Compton counterpart. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 May 2026

Does the bazaar allow for chinks in the kind of class barriers that would usually exist? — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025

But after the break, the Americans started to find some chinks in the English armour. — Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025