Synonyms for box
bɒksbox

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. box

   A blow is a sudden impact, as of a fist or a club; a stroke is a sweeping movement; as, the stroke of a sword, of an oar, of the arm in swimming. A shock is the sudden encounter with some heavy body; as, colliding railway-trains meet with a shock; the shock of battle. A slap is given with the open hand, a lash with a whip, thong, or the like; we speak also of the cut of a whip. A buffet or cuff is given only with the hand; a blow either with hand or weapon. A cuff is a somewhat sidelong blow, generally with the open hand; as, a cuff or box on the ear. A stripe is the effect or mark of a stroke. In the metaphorical sense, blow is used for sudden, stunning, staggering calamity or sorrow; stroke for sweeping disaster, and also for sweeping achievement and success. We say a stroke of paralysis, or a stroke of genius. We speak of the buffets of adverse fortune. Shock is used of that which is at once sudden, violent, and prostrating; we speak of a shock of electricity, the shock of an amputation, a shock of surprise. Compare BEAT.

   Synonyms:
   blow, buffet, calamity, concussion, cuff, cut, disaster, knock, lash, misfortune, rap, shock, stripe, stroke, thump

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. boxnoun

   a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

   "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"

   Synonyms:
   boxwood, box seat, loge, corner, boxful

   Antonyms:
   unbox

2. box, logenoun

   private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance

   "the royal box was empty"

   Synonyms:
   boxwood, box seat, loge, box, corner, boxful

   Antonyms:
   unbox

3. box, boxfulnoun

   the quantity contained in a box

   "he gave her a box of chocolates"

   Synonyms:
   boxwood, box seat, loge, box, corner, boxful

   Antonyms:
   unbox

4. corner, boxnoun

   a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

   "his lying got him into a tight corner"

   Synonyms:
   recess, corner, box, box seat, street corner, nook, loge, recession, niche, quoin, boxful, turning point, boxwood

   Antonyms:
   unbox

5. boxnoun

   a rectangular drawing

   "the flowchart contained many boxes"

   Synonyms:
   boxwood, box seat, loge, corner, boxful

   Antonyms:
   unbox

6. box, boxwoodnoun

   evergreen shrubs or small trees

   Synonyms:
   boxwood, box seat, loge, box, corner, boxful

   Antonyms:
   unbox

7. boxnoun

   any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned

   "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box"

   Synonyms:
   boxwood, box seat, loge, corner, boxful

   Antonyms:
   unbox

8. box, box seatnoun

   the driver's seat on a coach

   "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver"

   Synonyms:
   boxwood, box seat, loge, box, corner, boxful

   Antonyms:
   unbox

9. boxnoun

   separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people

   "the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold"

   Synonyms:
   boxwood, box seat, loge, corner, boxful

   Antonyms:
   unbox

10. boxverb

    a blow with the hand (usually on the ear)

    "I gave him a good box on the ear"

    Synonyms:
    boxwood, box seat, loge, corner, boxful

    Antonyms:
    unbox

11. box, packageverb

    put into a box

    "box the gift, please"

    Synonyms:
    box, package

    Antonyms:
    unbox

12. boxverb

    hit with the fist

    "I'll box your ears!"

    Synonyms:
    package

    Antonyms:
    unbox

13. boxverb

    engage in a boxing match

    Synonyms:
    package

    Antonyms:
    unbox

Matched Categories

1. • Area
   • Compartment
   • Container
   • Containerful
   • Encase
   • Fight
   • Hit
   • Predicament
   • Rectangle
   • Seat
   • Shrub
   • Sport

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boxnoun

   Synonyms:
   case

2. boxnoun

   Synonyms:
   blow, stroke, cuff

3. boxverb

   Synonyms:
   enclose in a box

4. boxverb

   Synonyms:
   strike (with the hand or fist, as the ears), buffet, cuff

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boxnoun

   Synonyms:
   receptacle, chest, case, coffer, carton, caddy, bandbox, casket, caisson, ciborium, pyx, binnacle, slap, cuff, buffet, stroke

2. boxverb

   Synonyms:
   slap, cuff, spar

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

1. List of paraphrases for "box":

   table, gearbox, checkbox, boîte, casilla, tile, sidebar, caixa, p.c., pandora, carton, case, fund, frame, glove, boxes, category, check, club, mailbox, block, c.p., check-box, textbox, petri, chart, compartment, cardboard, nightclub, p.o., disco, shoebox, cubicle, paperboard, caja

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1. Jerry Seinfeld:

   You can be passionate about anything. Pay attention, don't let life go by you. Fall in love with the back of your cereal box.

2. Clarice Phelps:

   I did that work, my hands were in the glove box handling that material.

3. Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe:

   The only food we saw were a few potatoes and a box of rice in the filthy trailer, but what was most surprising, and heartbreaking was when the team located a total of five adults and 11 children that looked like third world country refugees not only with no food or fresh water, but with no shoes, personal hygiene and basically dirty rags for clothing.

4. Michele Hanisee:

   The centerpiece of Newsom's proposal would require a license to sell, and a background check just to buy, a box of ammunition, this would require the creation of another complicated, expensive and inevitably flawed database, which California officials will be unable to effectively maintain. New York already tried this approach, abandoning it after wasting millions of public dollars.

5. Pete Wehner:

   I think Joe Biden’s got a pretty easy hand in terms of what you try and do with a State of the Union, one is you portray your case and your agenda as reasonable and responsible. And then what you try and do is put your opponents in a box, which is to portray them as extreme, as reckless, as irresponsible and radical if they oppose you. The advantage Joe Biden has is the party opposing Joe Biden is in many respects, reckless, irresponsible and extreme.