contain - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | contain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | include, hold |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, comprehend, comprise, consist of, embody, embrace, enclose, encompass, have, hold, incorporate, involve, seat, subsume, take in, be composed of, have capacity for |
| Antonyms: | exclude |
| Main Entry: | contain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back, control |
| Synonyms: | bottle up*, check, collect, compose, cool*, cork*, curb, harness, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, smother, stifle, stop, hog-tie, hold in, keep back, keep lid on, put half nelson on, simmer down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bottle up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in check |
| Synonyms: | check, collar, contain, cork, corner, cramp, curb, enclose, entrap, hold back, repress, restrain, restrict, suppress, trap, box up, bring to naught, coop up, cover up, hold down, hold in, keep back, keep feeling inside oneself, keep secret, shut in |
| Antonyms: | confide, reveal, tell |
| Main Entry: | comprise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make up, consist of |
| Synonyms: | add up to, amount to, compass, compose, comprehend, constitute, contain, cover, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, engross, form, hold, include, incorporate, involve, span, subsume, sum up, take in, be composed of, be contained in |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' comprise means literally 'embrace': a zoo comprises mammals, reptiles, and birds (because it 'embraces' or includes them), but animals do not comprise ('embrace') a zoo, they constitute a zoo |
| Antonyms: | except, exclude, fail, lack, need, want, fall short |
| Main Entry: | consist of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | made up of |
| Synonyms: | amount to, comprise, contain, embody, include, incorporate, involve, be composed of |
| Main Entry: | curb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repress, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abstain, bit, bottle up*, bridle, check, clog, constrain, contain, control, cook*, deny, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, ice*, impede, inhibit, leash, manacle, moderate, muzzle, refrain, restrain, retard, scrub*, shackle, subdue, suppress, tame, tie, tie up, withhold, box in, bring to screeching halt, cool down, cool off, entrammel, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, keep lid on, keep tight rein on, rein in, send up |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, encourage, foster, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | envelop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encase, hide |
| Synonyms: | blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up, enwrap, overspread, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, open, release, uncover, unwrap, let go, let loose |
| Main Entry: | fight back/fight off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defend oneself |
| Synonyms: | bottle up*, check, contain, control, curb, fend off, hold back, oppose, repel, reply, repress, repulse, resist, restrain, retaliate, stave off, beat off*, hold at bay, keep at bay, put up fight, ward off |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | involve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw in; include |
| Synonyms: | absorb, affect, argue, associate, bind, catch, commit, complicate, comprehend, comprise, compromise, concern, connect, contain, cover, denote, embrace, embroil, engage, engross, enmesh, entail, entangle, grip, hold, hook, implicate, imply, incorporate, incriminate, inculpate, link, mean, mire, mix up*, necessitate, number, presuppose, prove, relate, require, suggest, take in, tangle, touch, point to, preoccupy, rivet, rope in, snarl up, wrap up in |
| Antonyms: | exclude, free, remove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | localize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine |
| Synonyms: | center, contain, limit, narrow, pinpoint, restrain, restrict, stop from spreading |
| Main Entry: | personify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | represent some other being, character |
| Synonyms: | contain, copy, embody, epitomize, exemplify, express, humanize, illustrate, image, imitate, impersonate, incarnate, manifest, materialize, mirror, objectify, substantiate, symbolize, typify, act out, body forth, emblematize, exteriorize, externalize, hominify, live as, make human, personize |
| Main Entry: | restrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep under control; hold back |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, circumscribe, confine, constrain, contain, control, cool*, cork*, curb, curtail, debar, detain, deter, direct, fetter, gag, govern, guide, hamper, handicap, harness, hinder, hold, impound, imprison, inhibit, jail, keep, kill*, limit, manacle, muzzle, prevent, proscribe, repress, restrict, stay, subdue, suppress, tie up, box up, choke back, crack down, delimit, hem in, hogtie*, keep down, keep in line, lock up, pinion, pull back, sit on, tie down |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | restrict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine, limit situation or ability to participate |
| Synonyms: | bind, bottle up, bound, chain, check, circumscribe, come down on, constrict, contain, contract, cramp, curb, decrease, define, demarcate, diminish, encircle, enclose, hamper, handicap, hold back, impede, inhibit, moderate, modify, narrow, put away, qualify, reduce, regulate, restrain, shorten, shrink, surround, temper, tether, tie, cool down, delimit, delimitate, demark, hang up, hem in, hold down, inclose, keep within bounds, keep within limits, pin down, prelimit, put on ice, send up, shut in |
| Antonyms: | enlarge, expand, free, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | suppress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrain, hold in check |
| Synonyms: | abolish, annihilate, bottle, censor, check, clamp, conceal, conquer, contain, crush, curb, cut off, extinguish, hold back, interrupt, muffle, muzzle, overcome, overpower, overthrow, put down, quash, quell, quench, repress, silence, smother, snuff out*, spike, squash*, stamp out*, stifle, stop, subdue, trample, withhold, beat down, bring to naught, burke, cover up, crack down on, hold down, hold in, keep in, keep secret, put an end to, put kibosh on, put lid on, shush, sit on* |
| Antonyms: | encourage, release, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fight back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defend |
| Synonyms: | bottle up, check, contain, control, curb, hold back, oppose, repel, reply, repress, repulse, resist, restrain, retaliate, stave off, beat off, fight off, ward off |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make room, lodging available |
| Synonyms: | board, contain, domicile, entertain, furnish, harbor, hold, house, put up*, quarter, receive, rent, shelter, supply, take in, welcome |
| Antonyms: | turn out, turn away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hold |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have in one's hands, possession; grasp |
| Synonyms: | adhere, arrest, bind, bottle up, carry, catch, check, cherish, clasp, cleave, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, confine, contain, cradle, detain, embrace, enclose, enjoy, fondle, grip, handle, hang on, have, hug, imprison, keep, maintain, nourish, occupy, own, possess, press, restrain, retain, secure, seize, squeeze, stick, take, trammel, vise, wield, withhold, wring, cork up, freeze to, keep close, keep out, lock up, not let go, palm, put a lock on, stay put |
| Antonyms: | drop, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | retain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold on to physically or mentally |
| Synonyms: | absorb, bear in mind, clutch, contain, detain, enjoy, grasp, have, hold, husband, keep, maintain, memorize, mind, own, possess, preserve, put away, recall, recognize, recollect, remember, reminisce, reserve, restrain, retrospect, save, withhold, cling to, hand onto, hold fast, keep in mind, keep possession |
| Antonyms: | free, lose, release, spend, let go |
| Main Entry: | comprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | include |
| Synonyms: | comprise, contain, embody, embrace, enclose, encompass, have, involve, subsume, take in |
| Antonyms: | exclude, not include |
| Main Entry: | control |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curb, hold back |
| Synonyms: | adjust, awe, bridle, check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, cool, corner, cow, limit, monopolize, quell, regulate, repress, restrain, smother, subdue, rein in, simmer down* |
| Antonyms: | chance, risk, rush, jump in, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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