Definition for Contain:

• To be able to hold, as a vessel; to comprehend, comprise, or include; to hold or restrain.

Synonyms for Contain:

• n.

  •
  • seat.
  •
  • contents,
  • full.
  •
  • ring.
  •
  • manage,
  • restraint,
  • simmer down,
  • collect,
  • cool,
  • repress.
  •contain (noun)
  • carry,
  • bear,
  • turn back,
  • moderate,
  • check,
  • arrest,
  • incorporate,
  • hold back,
  • stop.

• v.

  •contain (verb)
  • enclose,
  • stow,
  • include,
  • receive,
  • accommodate.
  •enclose (verb)
  • corral,
  • trap,
  • confine,
  • cage,
  • encompass,
  • fence,
  • impound,
  • imprison,
  • encircle,
  • surround.
  •hold back, control (verb)
  • harness,
  • cork,
  • rein,
  • smother,
  • hog-tie,
  • put half nelson on,
  • stifle.
  •include, hold (verb)
  • have,
  • have capacity for.
  •stative (verb)
  • take.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • constrict,
  • circumscribe,
  • subsume,
  • enfold,
  • demarcate,
  • comprehend,
  • delimit,
  • fit in,
  • hedge in,
  • wall in,
  • hem in,
  • kettle.
  •
  • content,
  • mob,
  • rim,
  • house.
  •
  • bound,
  • provide.
  •
  • keep down,
  • seize,
  • limit,
  • police,
  • border.
  •
  • cure.
  •
  • frame.
  •
  • band.
  •
  • handle,
  • tie,
  • cap.
  •
  • place.
  •
  • line.
  •
  • set.
  •bottle up
  • coop up,
  • keep back,
  • shut in,
  • hold in.
  •compose
  • quell,
  • Re-collect.
  •control
  • rein in.
  •defend
  • fight back.
  •restrain
  • keep in line.
  •retain
  • hold fast,
  • retain.

Paraphrases for Contain:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Containing.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Containing, contained.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    present.
  • Proper noun, singular
    outlines, lists, Has, include.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Restraining, countering, halting, holding, Stemming, arresting.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    documents, are, formulated, comprise, Comprising, consist, involve, cover, hold, indicate, carry, exist, enclose, include, constitute, have, understand, anticipate, embody, feature, appear, contemplate, reflect, present, represent, possess, pose, foresee, describe, envisage.
  • Verb, base form
    reproduced, lay, comprise, consist, restrain, involve, constrain, curb, covering, confine, circumscribe, stem, rein, cover, curtail, stop, hold, counter, halt, indicate, counteract, carry, exist, suppress, enclose, deter, include, mitigate, retain, constitute, have, understand, stifle, specify, anticipate, prevent, embody, feature, disclose, discourage, embrace, outline, insert, appear, contemplate, inhibit, stipulate, stipulates, be, accompany, reflect, convey, detain, present, sustain, represent, dampen, absorb, Gave, Gives, combat, possess, alleviate, delineate, pose, foresee, describe, capture, envisage.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    contains.
  • Proper noun, singular
    contains, containment.
  • Adverb
    contains.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    incorporate.
  • Verb, base form
    incorporate.

Antonyms for Contain:

• v.

  • hold back, control
    encourage, liberate, permit, allow, continue, help.
  • include, hold
    exclude, release, free, let go, disbelieve.
  • Other antonyms:
    except, bar, debar, vent, leave, preclude, deny, reject, ban, prevent, air, mislay, misplace, omit, eliminate, refuse, express, prohibit, take out, unleash, rule out, lose, loose.

Homophones for Contain:

• centime, contadino, canton, canteen, cismontane, coumadin, camden, canadian, cachinnation, cynodon, comedown, condone, continuum, comedian, common time, commutation, conidium, condom, continue, count down, cymatium, committeeman, cognation, common thyme, commendation, countdown, condominium, commotion, connotation, count on, contemn, continuo, come down, centimo, commination, comedienne, condition, count noun, cimetidine, Canada Anemone, cementum, condemn, cognition, committeewoman, county town.

Hypernym for Contain:

• v.

  • stative
    confine, hold in, retain, enclose.

Hyponym for Contain:

• v.

  • stative
    be, include.