Container
Container noun - Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another).
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Synonyms for Container
Set and container are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Set" instead a noun "Container".
Set
Set noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.
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How words are described
| old | old container | old set |
| expensive | expensive container | expensive set |
| full | full container | full set |
| special | special container | special set |
| Other adjectives: similar, specific, right, current, standard, original, single, empty, heavy, small, entire, large, big, huge, new, extra, alternate, last, giant, previous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Sevarius, he tells them that one of his subordinates has a container of mutagenic formula set to release at exactly midnight at Times Square on the crowd of partygoers who are celebrating New Year's Eve.
Source: Comic Book / Bad Guys -
In the Clive Cussler novel The Wrecker, set in 1907, a temperance group tries to demonstrate how dangerous alcohol is by showing how a few drops of alcohol can kill all the various microbes living in a small container of water.
Source: Cool, Clear Water - Little does he know that Grant had grabbed an empty container (the explosive core of which is volatile enough to be set off by a direct hit from a bullet) recovered from his Chechen base in the previous episode.
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Set or Container. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/container/set.
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