Synonyms of boxes

boxes 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of box

1

as in bins

a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things

filled a whole box with books

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bins
• lockers
• trunks
• chests
• crates
• caskets
• cases
• caddies
• cartons
• compartments
• coffins
• vaults
• footlockers
• strongboxes
• safes
• lockboxes
• coffers
• safe-deposit boxes
• hatboxes
• sea chests
• caissons
• snuffboxes
• canteens
• bandboxes
• jewel boxes
• hope chests
• tinderboxes
• minaudières

2

as in coffins

a boxlike container for holding a dead body

the only way I'm ever leaving this hospital room is in a box

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coffins
• caskets
• tombs
• sarcophagi
• urns
• vaults
• biers
• crypts
• palls
• sepulchres
• charnels
• body bags
• sepultures

3

as in TVs

an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound

would you switch on the box so that we can watch the news?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• TVs
• televisions
• tubes
• tellies
• idiot boxes
• boob tubes
• plasmas
• LCDs
• home videos
• home theaters

4

as in pickles

a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

with our new home still unfinished, and the buyers of our condo eager to move in, we were in a real box

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pickles
• dilemmas
• predicaments
• holes
• corners
• swamps
• jams
• binds
• spots
• rabbit holes
• difficulties
• fixes
• kettles of fish
• rattraps
• sticky wickets
• nodes
• impasses
• mires
• quagmires
• jackpots
• crises
• soups
• plights
• hot waters
• catch-22's
• troubles
• quandaries
• emergencies
• clutches
• pinches
• straits
• scrapes
• logjams
• deadlocks
• crossroads
• exigencies
• stalemates
• standstills
• halts
• junctures

boxes

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of box

as in punches

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

the vicious bully delivered a box to the child's ear

Synonyms & Similar Words

• punches
• pounds
• blows
• thumps
• thuds
• swipes
• hits
• strokes
• knocks
• clips
• slaps
• whacks
• pokes
• licks
• smacks
• socks
• hooks
• switches
• beats
• spanks
• belts
• bangs
• bats
• slams
• cuffs
• slugs
• pelts
• buffets
• stripes
• claps
• hands
• hacks
• lashes
• chops
• swats
• stingers
• picks
• whams
• welts
• cracks
• fillips
• biffs
• whops
• raps
• kicks
• clouts
• haymakers
• bops
• dabs
• plumps
• knees
• larrups
• thwacks
• busts
• counters
• lickings
• bashes
• smashes
• wallops
• douses
• swings
• counterstrokes
• beatings
• rights
• roundhouses
• counterblows
• rabbit punches
• lefts
• sucker punches
• body blows
• counterpunches
• crunchers
• pastings
• whips
• shivers
• uppercuts
• sidewinders
• batterings
• knockdowns
• KOs
• bastinadoes
• wallopings
• knockouts
• right-handers
• thrashings
• whippings
• kayos
• drubbings
• one-twos

boxes

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of box

as in clips

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

his mother threatened to box his ears if he didn't show a bit more respect

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clips
• punches
• hits
• knocks
• pounds
• smacks
• slaps
• slams
• bangs
• claps
• bats
• strikes
• cracks
• whacks
• socks
• swipes
• tags
• nails
• clocks
• hammers
• slugs
• belts
• kicks
• thumps
• taps
• bobs
• pastes
• flicks
• licks
• clouts
• swats
• bashes
• jabs
• raps
• shoves
• pokes
• whales
• pushes
• zaps
• bludgeons
• thwacks
• bops
• chops
• busts
• stamps
• wallops
• bonks
• biffs
• bumps
• stabs
• clobbers
• smites
• slogs
• strokes
• peppers
• decks
• buffets
• cuffs
• beats
• batters
• floors
• butts
• pelts
• hangs one on
• laces
• scuffs
• mauls
• dumps
• knees
• mangles
• levels
• roughs
• switches
• pummels
• bowls (down or over)
• creams
• prods
• lashes
• beans
• clubs
• bungs
• brains
• slashes
• jostles
• canes
• whips
• drubs
• bunts
• skulls
• sledges
• pommels
• knocks down
• spears
• lambastes
• conks
• fells
• saps
• cudgels
• flogs
• sucker punches
• sledgehammers
• flails
• rabbit-punches
• thrashes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boxes

Noun

Ify purposefully fails those rooms to reach the final game, Bluff Box, in Room 8, where Parlor Room host Becca Scott presides over two small blue boxes. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Warren has since expanded it to include more than keychains and has transformed the little library, adding a shelf, little boxes to separate items, and a door. — Mary Eber, CBS News, 14 July 2026

But the new design didn't quite check all the necessary boxes last time around, so Flight 13 will largely attempt an improved outcome of the same mission. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 July 2026

On the northern portion, the Assessor’s Office contended that a private lake was complete, and the Moyles had put in infrastructure improvements, such as a residential road, sidewalks and electrical boxes. — Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2026

Among the celebrities watching from VIP boxes were Shakira and Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

There’s item substitution, where fraudsters mail back rocks, bricks or empty boxes instead of the product. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 July 2026

Nobody seriously argues that clinicians should spend their evenings clicking boxes and typing notes. — Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Hang upside down to dry before cutting off the stalk and storing them in cardboard or wood boxes lined with newspaper, sawdust, vermiculite, wood shavings or peat moss. — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

Verb

Brlan said the planter boxes along with artificial turf, plants and soil supplied by Uplift Property Management were a huge addition to the new garden. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026

The cardboard boxes the food is packaged in are also being resold online, with one user selling them for $15 each. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026

Here’s how Bloodhounds Season 2 boxes its way to a brutal conclusion. — Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Apr. 2026

Nick Phillips, with Applied Digital, said the tax exemption ban effectively boxes out data centers from building in South Dakota. — Makenzie Huber, States Newsroom, 19 Feb. 2026

The rich Redfellows get dispatched one by one in scenes that are fun but empty — neither cathartic nor comic, simply boxes to be checked off to great big poundings of thunder and harpsichords. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026

Toe tap on the sideline for 17, then boxes out Greg Newsome for 14 more. — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025

To mark the occasion, Crumbl is also releasing limited-edition Martha Stewart boxes for its six-pack orders — perfect for gifting or adding a touch of elegance to any gathering. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025

This all played out just after the museum had opened, with bystanders able to video one suspect in a high-visibility vest standing at one of the glass boxes housing historical treasures. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025