What is another word for contain?
943 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kəntˈe͡ɪn], [ kəntˈeɪn], [ k_ə_n_t_ˈeɪ_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for contain:- arrest (noun)
- check (noun)
- choke back (noun)
- contain (noun)
- fight back (noun)
- bottle up (verb)
- compose (verb)
- comprise (verb)
- contain (verb)
- control (verb)
- curb (verb)
- embrace (verb)
- enclose (verb)
- envelop (verb)
- fight back/fight off (verb)
- govern (verb)
- hold (verb)
- hold back, control (verb)
- include, hold (verb)
- involve (verb)
- localize (verb)
- personify (verb)
- record (verb)
- restrain (verb)
- restrict (verb)
- retain (verb)
- stative (verb)
- stem (verb)
- suppress (verb)
- take (verb)
- treat (verb)
- other synonyms
- bottle up
- compose
- control
- defend
- localize
- personify
- restrain
- retain
- subsume
- take
Synonyms for Contain:
n.
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- ring.
v.
•bottle up (verb)- boxed up,
- holds in,
- holds down,
- shuts in,
- brought naught,
- keeps secret,
- bringing naught,
- cooping up,
- brings to naught,
- keeps feeling inside oneself,
- boxing up,
- kept feeling inside oneself,
- keeping feeling inside oneself,
- brought to naught,
- re-presses,
- re-pressing,
- re pressing,
- shutting in,
- re presses,
- bring naught,
- re-press,
- re press,
- boxes up,
- coops up,
- brings naught,
- keeping secret,
- re pressed,
- bringing to naught.
- be calming,
- be-calm,
- re solve,
- re solves,
- be-calms,
- re lax,
- simmered down,
- re-collecting,
- be calm,
- re-solved,
- re-solve,
- re collecting,
- balming,
- be calms,
- re-collected,
- be-calming,
- be calmed,
- re collects,
- easing up,
- tunes down,
- re-solving,
- re-lax,
- re-solves,
- re-collects,
- simmering down,
- eases up,
- simmers down,
- be-calmed,
- re collected,
- tuning down,
- tuned down.
- wast composed of,
- were composed of,
- being contained in,
- are composed of,
- in-corporates,
- in corporates,
- am composed of,
- was composed of,
- was contained in,
- wert contained in,
- being composed of,
- are contained in,
- were contained in,
- is contained in,
- am contained in,
- in corporate,
- art composed of,
- wert composed of,
- art contained in,
- wast contained in,
- in-corporate.
- enclose,
- stow,
- include,
- receive,
- accommodate.
- brings to screeching halt,
- co oking,
- with held,
- kept lid on,
- hog tie,
- kept tight rein on,
- brought to screeching halt,
- cools off,
- brought screeching halt,
- with hold,
- Bitting,
- co oked,
- with-holds,
- boxed in,
- with holds,
- sending up,
- with holding,
- keeps tight rein on,
- bringing to screeching halt,
- keeping lid on,
- entrammels,
- keeps lid on,
- keeping tight rein on,
- co-oked,
- cools down,
- with-held,
- entrammeling,
- boxing in,
- brings screeching halt,
- bringing screeching halt,
- co-oking,
- cooled off,
- bring screeching halt,
- with-hold,
- entrammeled.
- gat into,
- availing of,
- availing oneself of,
- took advantage of,
- gets in to,
- got in to,
- avails of,
- making use of,
- availed oneself of,
- gotten in to,
- availed of,
- getting into,
- goes in for,
- going in for,
- gat in to,
- makes use of,
- get in to,
- gotten into,
- providing for,
- went in for,
- provides for,
- getting in to,
- gets into.
- in-vest,
- over laid,
- super-imposing,
- super imposing,
- over-spreading,
- super-impose,
- in-vesting,
- over-lay,
- in-vested,
- sur rounded,
- co oped,
- in-vests,
- over spreading,
- co oping,
- sur-rounded,
- super-imposes,
- sur rounding,
- super imposes,
- in vested,
- over-spreads,
- over-spread,
- super imposed,
- super impose,
- over laying,
- over-laid,
- sur-rounding,
- over-lays,
- co-oped,
- in vests,
- in vest,
- over lays,
- over spreads,
- co-oping,
- over lay,
- over-laying.
- held at bay,
- hold bay,
- kept bay,
- put fight,
- holds at bay,
- keeps bay,
- re pulsing,
- puts up fight,
- beats off,
- re plying,
- re plied,
- keeping bay,
- beating off,
- held bay,
- puts fight,
- holding bay,
- fended off,
- keeps at bay,
- keep bay,
- re-pulses,
- re pulses,
- putting up fight,
- re pulsed,
- putting fight,
- re-plied,
- holds bay,
- re-plying,
- holding at bay,
- keeping at bay,
- re-pulsing,
- re-pulsed.
- in cline,
- gotten better of,
- under-lay,
- dis posed,
- get better of,
- getting better of,
- directionalized,
- pre disposes,
- in-cline,
- under-lied,
- getting the better of,
- under-lain,
- pre-disposing,
- dis-posed,
- under-lying,
- directionalizes,
- pre-dispose,
- pre dispose,
- pre-disposed,
- gat better of,
- dis-posing,
- in-clines,
- directionalizing,
- dis posing,
- gets the better of,
- pre-disposes,
- gotten the better of,
- under lain,
- dis-pose,
- pre disposing,
- got better of,
- under lied,
- got the better of,
- in clines,
- underlied,
- dis pose,
- gat the better of,
- under lay,
- gets better of.
- de tains,
- putting lock on,
- am equipped for,
- wast equipped for,
- freezing to,
- are equipped for,
- corks up,
- de tain,
- stays put,
- puts lock on,
- being equipped for,
- freezes to,
- not let went,
- froze to,
- Viseed,
- keeping close,
- de-tains,
- staid put,
- vised,
- was equipped for,
- not let goes,
- de-tain,
- puts a lock on,
- Viseing,
- not let going,
- vising,
- putting a lock on,
- stayed put,
- were equipped for,
- wert equipped for,
- is equipped for,
- kept close.
- in criminating,
- de notes,
- pre-occupy,
- wraps in,
- re late,
- de-noted,
- snarls up,
- re quired,
- pre occupies,
- in criminate,
- de-noting,
- wraps up in,
- in-criminates,
- re-quiring,
- rivetted,
- de note,
- snarling up,
- in criminates,
- de-note,
- wrapping in,
- de noting,
- re-quire,
- de noted,
- pre-supposes,
- pre-suppose,
- ropes in,
- pre supposed,
- wrapt up in,
- in-criminate,
- wrapt in,
- pre supposing,
- roping in,
- pre occupy,
- de-notes,
- in-criminated,
- re-lated,
- re quires,
- re-quired,
- pre-supposing,
- pre-supposed,
- re quiring,
- re quire,
- in-criminating,
- pre-occupied,
- wrapping up in,
- re-quires,
- rivetting,
- wrap in,
- pre suppose,
- pre supposes,
- pre occupied,
- pre-occupies,
- pre-occupying,
- points to.
- emblematizes,
- acts out,
- bodied forth,
- personizing,
- ex pressed,
- hominifying,
- bodies forth,
- makes human,
- acted out,
- lived as,
- acting out,
- ex-pressing,
- hominified,
- hominifies,
- bodying forth,
- living as,
- ex press,
- lives as,
- personized,
- personizes,
- making human,
- ex-press,
- ex pressing.
- ex plains,
- ex plained,
- re cord,
- re cords,
- ex plaining,
- re-cording,
- re cording,
- re-corded,
- re-cord,
- ex-plain,
- ex plain,
- re corded,
- ex-plaining,
- re-cords,
- ex-plained,
- ex-plains.
- de limited,
- cracked down,
- keeping line,
- re-straining,
- pre vent,
- de bar,
- re straining,
- pre vents,
- de-limit,
- de bars,
- de barring,
- re-strains,
- de-bar,
- pro scribes,
- pro scribing,
- chokes back,
- re strained,
- de limit,
- cracks down,
- re-strain,
- cracking down,
- pre-vents,
- choking back,
- kept in line,
- keeps in line,
- pro-scribed,
- de-limits,
- sits on,
- de limiting,
- sate on,
- keeping down,
- re strain,
- de-limited,
- de barred,
- de limits,
- pre-venting,
- pre-vent,
- pro scribe,
- kept line,
- keeps line,
- pre-vented,
- pre venting,
- de-barred,
- choked back,
- re-strained,
- pro scribed,
- pro-scribe,
- re strains,
- de-limiting,
- keep line,
- de-bars,
- keeping in line,
- keeps down,
- de-barring.
- de-crease,
- de crease,
- de marking,
- in-closed,
- de creases,
- de marks,
- re-duce,
- pre limit,
- pre-limits,
- in-closes,
- de-fining,
- pre limited,
- keeps within limits,
- in closing,
- de-creased,
- de fining,
- puts ice,
- hanged up,
- de marked,
- re-duces,
- demarks,
- keeping within limits,
- pre limits,
- prelimiting,
- pre-limited,
- de-marks,
- pre-limit,
- de fine,
- de-fine,
- kept within bounds,
- putting on ice,
- in-closing,
- de-creases,
- puts on ice,
- de-creasing,
- pre-limiting,
- re duce,
- demarked,
- in-close,
- de-fined,
- kept within limits,
- de-marking,
- prelimits,
- hanging up,
- keeping within bounds,
- put ice,
- de-fines,
- re strict,
- keeps within bounds,
- in closed,
- prelimited,
- de mark,
- de creasing,
- de fined,
- in close,
- de-marked,
- demarking,
- pinned down,
- re duces,
- de creased,
- de fines,
- pre limiting,
- putting ice,
- in closes,
- re-strict,
- de-mark.
- keeping mind,
- hands onto,
- pre-served,
- pre served,
- re cognize,
- pre serving,
- pre serve,
- bear mind,
- re serving,
- re members,
- kept mind,
- re-calling,
- re-called,
- kept possession,
- re-member,
- re tains,
- keeping in mind,
- holds fast,
- retrospected,
- re calls,
- keeps mind,
- handed onto,
- re-serves,
- retro-spect,
- retro spect,
- re tain,
- re-tain,
- pre-serves,
- re-calls,
- re serve,
- re-cognized,
- keeps possession,
- clinging to,
- held fast,
- re cognized,
- keeping possession,
- kept in mind,
- re-served,
- keeps in mind,
- re-serving,
- retrospecting,
- retro-spects,
- re cognizing,
- re cognizes,
- pre-serving,
- re membered,
- pre serves,
- re served,
- handing onto,
- re-members,
- re-tains,
- clung to,
- holding fast,
- re member,
- retro spects,
- keep mind,
- re collect,
- re calling,
- re-serve,
- re-cognizing,
- re-call.
- with standing,
- with stood,
- brings standstill,
- bringing a standstill,
- brought standstill,
- brings to standstill,
- bring a standstill,
- brought to standstill,
- with stand,
- with-stands,
- brings a standstill,
- bringing standstill,
- with-stand,
- brought to a standstill,
- bring standstill,
- brings to a standstill,
- bringing to a standstill,
- with-standing,
- bringing to standstill,
- with stands,
- brought a standstill.
- over comes,
- beating down,
- over powered,
- over-powered,
- over powering,
- over-thrown,
- over powers,
- cracked down on,
- over-powering,
- puts an end to,
- keeps in,
- over throwing,
- cracks down on,
- over throw,
- putting end to,
- over throws,
- over-throw,
- putting kibosh on,
- over thrown,
- puts kibosh on,
- over-throws,
- over come,
- over-power,
- over-throwing,
- puts end to,
- over coming,
- over-coming,
- over-comes,
- beats down,
- putting lid on.
- lived with,
- under-going,
- take chin,
- sticked it out,
- took it chin,
- gave access,
- grinning and bear it,
- sticking it out,
- taking on chin,
- took on chin,
- take on chin,
- giving access,
- hung in,
- rid out,
- under-gone,
- sticks it out,
- took it lying down,
- takes it the chin,
- takes it chin,
- rides out,
- grinned and bear it,
- took it on the chin,
- rode out,
- takes it on the chin,
- takes on the chin,
- under gone,
- un derwent,
- taking the chin,
- took lying down,
- takes on chin,
- under going,
- take the chin,
- taking lying down,
- takes it lying down,
- takes chin,
- took it the chin,
- took on the chin,
- takes it on chin,
- hanged in,
- riding out,
- took the chin,
- take on the chin,
- grinned bear it,
- under-went,
- grinning bear it,
- taking it the chin,
- submits to,
- stuck it out,
- take it on chin,
- taking it chin,
- grin bear it,
- took chin,
- letting in,
- take it chin,
- take it the chin,
- grins bear it,
- putting with,
- taking it on chin,
- taking it lying down,
- took it on chin,
- taking chin,
- takes lying down,
- hangs in,
- under went,
- gives access,
- letted in,
- taking on the chin,
- takes the chin,
- taking it on the chin,
- un-derwent.
- discoursed on,
- de-liberate,
- re viewed,
- discoursing on,
- de liberate,
- talking about,
- discourses on,
- re view,
- spake about,
- enlarges upon,
- wrote about,
- re-views,
- de liberating,
- enlarged upon,
- de-liberates,
- touches upon,
- re-viewed,
- writes about,
- enlarged up on,
- touches up on,
- speaking about,
- touching up on,
- enlarges up on,
- enlarging up on,
- writing about,
- de liberated,
- re viewing,
- re views,
- de liberates,
- touched up on,
- de-liberated,
- writ about,
- spoke about,
- go in to,
- speaks about,
- enlarge up on,
- talks about,
- touch up on,
- enlarging upon,
- re-view,
- touched upon,
- de-liberating,
- touching upon.
Other synonyms:
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- demarcate,
- fit in,
- enfold,
- peg out,
- overregulate,
- delimit,
- wall in,
- hedge with,
- kettle,
- subsume,
- tighten up,
- constrict,
- wrap round,
- stipulate,
- circumscribe,
- marginalize,
- rope off,
- sandwich between,
- box off,
- hem in,
- hedge in,
- comprehend.
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•
- band.
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•
- place.
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•
- line.
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- set.
- keep back,
- Entrapped,
- keeping back,
- held in,
- keep secret,
- held down,
- shut in,
- covers up,
- corked,
- box up,
- covering up,
- kept back,
- coop up,
- kept secret,
- bring to naught,
- cover up,
- holding in,
- corking,
- hold in,
- cooped up,
- hold down,
- keep feeling inside oneself,
- covered up,
- holds back,
- keeps back.
- quell,
- ease up,
- balmed,
- Slackened,
- Re-collect,
- placate,
- soothe,
- pacifies,
- tune down,
- eased up,
- relaxes,
- slackens.
- humanize,
- act out,
- Incarnating,
- hominify,
- imaging,
- externalize,
- body forth,
- Incarnated,
- live as,
- Imaged,
- Emblematizing,
- made human,
- Emblematized,
- incarnates,
- Typified,
- Personize,
- make human,
- Emblematize.
- pinioned,
- kept down,
- ties down,
- tied down,
- tie down,
- sitting on,
- pinions,
- choke back,
- Harnessing,
- keep in line,
- pinion,
- pulling back,
- Pinioning,
- pulls back,
- hogtie,
- crack down,
- sit on,
- pull back,
- pulled back,
- tying down.
Paraphrases for Contain:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
Containing.
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Proper noun, singular
Containing, contained.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
present.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Restraining, countering, halting, holding, Stemming, arresting.
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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.
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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.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
contains.
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Proper noun, singular
contains, containment.
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Adverb
contains.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
incorporate.
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Verb, base form
incorporate.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Contain:
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v.
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include, hold
exclude, release, free, let go, disbelieve.
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include, hold
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.