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Synonyms of box

112 similar words · 3 opposite words

Another word for box is package. Other synonyms of box are case, cuff, boxful and blow.

Synonyms and similar words for box

nounA cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

  • caseA box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture or commerce.
  • packageSomething which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.

nounA cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.

  • boxfulAs much as a box will hold.

nounA compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre, or other building.

  • logeAn exclusive box or seating region in older theaters and opera houses, having wider, softer, and more widely spaced...

nounThe driver’s seat on a horse-drawn coach.

nounA small rectangular shelter.

nounA cell used for solitary confinement.

  • holeSolitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.

nounThe television.

nounThe vagina.

nounA computer, or the case in which it is housed.

nounA hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.

  • cup USA rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.

nounSynonym of gully (“a certain fielding position”).

  • gullyA fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a...

nounA rectangular object in any number of dimensions.

  • hyperrectangleAn orthotope.
  • orthotopeThe generalization of a rectangle for higher dimensions, formally defined as the Cartesian product of intervals.

verbTo place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

nounA blow with the fist.

  • blow
  • cuffA blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
  • punch

Opposite of box

verbAntonym(s) of “place inside a box”.

Meaning of box

  1. noun A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
  2. noun A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
  3. noun A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.

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Questions about synonyms of box

What is another word for box?
Box has 112 synonyms on Word.ws, such as package, case, cuff, boxful and blow.
What is the opposite of box?
The opposite of box is unbox. Other antonyms of box are uncase and unpack.
What does box mean?
Box means a cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: box (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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