Box
Box noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: the vicious bully delivered a box to the child's ear
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Synonyms for Box
Smash and box are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smash" instead the word "Box" as a verb or a noun.
Nearby Word: boxed
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| nice | nice box | nice smash |
| special | special box | special smash |
| long | long box | long smash |
| similar | similar box | similar smash |
| Other adjectives: normal, original, top, single, simple, actual, entire, massive, large, big, huge, new, yellow, next, different, literal, giant, bigger, electric. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Marty, which became a huge box office smash and ended up winning four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor.
Source: Springtime for Hitler -
The 2012 movie adaptation received a similar reception but was a box-office smash to the point that USA Today did a feature story about the dissonance.
Source: Critical Dissonance - Mall Cop was a runaway box office smash (and has a sequel), but critics weren't too fond of it.
Source: Dueling Works / Film Comedy
Cite this Source
Smash and Box. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/box/smash
Box & Smash. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/box/smash>.
Smash or Box. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/box/smash.
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