Synonyms for envelope
ˈɛn vəˌloʊp, ˈɑn-en·ve·lope

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. envelopenoun

   Synonyms:
   gasbag, wrapper

2. envelopenoun

   The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; a coma.

   Synonyms:
   wrapper, gasbag

3. envelopenoun

   A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.

   Synonyms:
   gasbag, wrapper

4. envelopenoun

   Something that envelops; a wrapping

   Synonyms:
   wrapper, gasbag

5. envelopenoun

   A bag containing the lifting gas of a balloon or airship; fabric that encloses the gas-bags of an airship.

   Synonyms:
   gasbag, wrapper

6. envelopenoun

   A mathematical curve, surface, or higher-dimensional object that is the tangent to a given family of lines, curves, surfaces, or higher-dimensional objects.

   Synonyms:
   wrapper, gasbag

7. envelopenoun

   A curve that bounds another curve or set of curves, as the modulation envelope of an amplitude-modulated carrier wave in electronics.

   Synonyms:
   wrapper, gasbag

8. envelopenoun

   The shape of a sound, which may be controlled by a synthesizer or sampler.

   Synonyms:
   wrapper, gasbag

9. envelopenoun

   The information used for routing an email that is transmitted with the email but not part of its contents.

   Synonyms:
   wrapper, gasbag

10. envelopenoun

    An enclosing structure or cover, such as a membrane.

    Synonyms:
    gasbag, wrapper

11. envelopenoun

    The set of limitations within which a technological system can perform safely and effectively.

    Synonyms:
    wrapper, gasbag

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. envelopenoun

   a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.

   Synonyms:
   gasbag

2. envelopenoun

   any wrapper or covering

   Synonyms:
   gasbag

3. envelopenoun

   a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves

   Synonyms:
   gasbag

4. envelopenoun

   a natural covering (as by a fluid)

   "the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet"

   Synonyms:
   gasbag

5. envelopenoun

   the maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft)

   "test pilots try to push the envelope"

   Synonyms:
   gasbag

6. envelope, gasbagnoun

   the bag containing the gas in a balloon

   Synonyms:
   windbag, gasbag

Matched Categories

1. • Bag
   • Container
   • Covering
   • Curve
   • Operating Capability
   • Wrapping

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. envelopenoun

   Synonyms:
   [Fr.] wrapper, covering, case, capsule

2. envelopenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Fort.) mound (to cover a weak part)

3. envelopenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Astron.) coma

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

1. envelopenoun

   Synonyms:
   wrapper, inclosure, capsule, case, sheath

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

1. List of paraphrases for "envelope":

   enveloppe, envelopes, shell, envelop, sheathing, casing, envelops, husk, sheath, package, allocation, jacket

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1. Bonnie Schaan:

   He (Harper-Mercer) told everybody else to go to the middle of the room and lay down, he called the one guy, gave him the envelope and told him to go to the corner of the classroom because obviously he was going to be the one that was going to be telling the story.

2. Chris Weston:

   My back-of-the-envelope playbook is that we’d need a headline year-on-year number north of 5.5% to really set this market ablaze, we know inflation will be transitory – it’s a question of how long it takes for the year-on-year change to head back to 2%.

3. George Whitesides:

   We're in the 50th anniversary year of Apollo, and just like they had to do each step, we have to expand the envelope and do something more.

4. Tazewell County:

   So then this batch that was sent out to P.O. Boxes had the wrong information, it was way off. The only thing that was correct was the name and address on the front (of the envelope), but on the inside it had a different name and a voting location that may or may not have been within this county.

5. Gracie Yoo:

   With the support of some of my friends and the Auntie Squad donating sewing machines, fabric, thread and elastic, I personally send out things to my students every week. And then I do a self-stamped envelope to different organizations that they send those masks to. We have sent 100 masks to First Nations.