Synonyms of canisters

canisters

noun

variants also cannisters

plural of canister

as in barrels

a metal container in the shape of a cylinder

she put the store-bought cookies in a fancy canister to make them look homemade

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barrels
• tins
• cans
• drums
• buckets
• pails
• tin cans
• cannikins

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of canisters

Its canisters must accommodate the interceptor without compromising the missile during launch. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

Once on the jail grounds, prosecutors claimed, Meiser hid the canisters in the trunk of a sheriff’s patrol car. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

From acrylic canisters for the pantry to the right under-the-sink storage in a bathroom, organization containers are useful. — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2026

At some military gates, people passed sacks of flour and gas canisters through the gates, while an elderly man pushed his wife in a wheelchair through an opening beside one of them. — Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Some demonstrators panicked as tear-gas canisters landed in their midst, scattering with screams. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Protesters in the Albanian capital Tirana, who have been demanding better support for education and the prime minister’s resignation, set fire to dumpsters and threw stones and tear gas canisters. — Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Amen’s attorneys maintained in the May filing that the clinic followed all standards of care and that the artist’s death was caused not by Xanax, but by his inhalation of difluoroethane from canisters. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

Climbing fences, shooting, being on the back of a moving truck while there’s all these fire and gas canisters going off — but just running really, really did me in. — Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026