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Synonyms of boxes
(Entry 1 of 3)
- filled a whole box with books
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- the only way I'm ever leaving this hospital room is in a box
Synonyms for boxes
- biers,
- caskets,
- coffins,
- palls,
- sarcophagi
- (also sarcophaguses)
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- charnels
- (also charnel houses),
- crypts,
- sepulchres
- (or sepulchers),
- sepultures,
- tombs,
- vaults
- would you switch on the box so that we can watch the news?
Synonyms for boxes
- boob tubes,
- idiot boxes,
- televisions,
- tellys
- (also tellies)
- [chiefly British],
- tubes,
- TVs
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- with our new home still unfinished, and the buyers of our condo eager to move in, we were in a real box
Synonyms for boxes
- binds,
- catch-22's
- (or catch-22s),
- corners,
- dilemmas,
- fixes,
- holes,
- impasses,
- jackpots
- [chiefly West],
- jams,
- mires,
- pickles,
- predicaments,
- quagmires,
- rabbit holes,
- rattraps,
- spots,
- sticky wickets,
- swamps
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boxes
noun (2)Synonyms of boxes (Entry 2 of 3)
- the vicious bully delivered a box to the child's ear
Synonyms for boxes
- bangs,
- bashes,
- bats,
- beats,
- belts,
- biffs,
- blows,
- bops,
- buffets,
- busts,
- chops,
- claps,
- clips,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- cuffs,
- dabs,
- douses
- [British],
- fillips,
- hacks,
- haymakers,
- hits,
- hooks,
- knocks,
- larrups
- [dialect],
- lashes,
- licks,
- pelts,
- picks,
- plumps,
- pokes,
- pounds,
- punches,
- raps,
- slams,
- slaps,
- slugs,
- smacks,
- smashes,
- socks,
- spanks,
- stingers,
- stripes,
- strokes,
- swats,
- swipes,
- switches,
- thuds,
- thumps,
- thwacks,
- wallops,
- welts,
- whacks,
- whams,
- whops
- (also whaps)
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boxes
verbSynonyms of boxes (Entry 3 of 3)
- his mother threatened to box his ears if he didn't show a bit more respect
Synonyms for boxes
- bangs,
- bashes,
- bats,
- belts,
- biffs,
- bludgeons,
- bobs,
- bonks,
- bops,
- busts,
- claps,
- clips,
- clobbers,
- clocks,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- hammers,
- hits,
- knocks,
- nails,
- pastes,
- pounds,
- punches,
- raps,
- slams,
- slaps,
- slogs,
- slugs,
- smacks,
- smites,
- socks,
- strikes,
- swats,
- swipes,
- tags,
- thumps,
- thwacks,
- wallops,
- whacks,
- whales,
- zaps
Words Related to boxes
- batters,
- beats,
- buffets,
- bungs,
- chops,
- cuffs,
- drubs,
- laces,
- lambastes
- (or lambasts),
- licks,
- mangles,
- mauls,
- pelts,
- peppers,
- pommels,
- pummels,
- roughs
- bowls (down or over),
- creams,
- decks,
- dumps
- [slang],
- fells,
- floors,
- knocks down,
- levels
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