Synonyms of containing

containing

verb

present participle of contain

1

as in holding

to have within

the top drawer of the cabinet contains my stamp collection

Synonyms & Similar Words

• holding
• boasting
• encompassing
• bearing
• enclosing
• housing
• taking
• fitting
• accommodating
• harboring
• casing
• encasing
• sheltering
• lodging

2

as in including

to have as part of a whole

the contract contains several new clauses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• including
• involving
• encompassing
• carrying
• entailing
• comprising
• numbering
• embracing
• receiving
• taking in
• comprehending
• incorporating
• subsuming
• possessing
• having
• consisting (of)
• constituting
• holding
• owning
• forming
• embodying
• integrating
• composing
• admitting
• bracketing
• making
• assimilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excluding
• leaving (out)
• preventing
• omitting
• prohibiting
• precluding
• banning
• denying
• barring
• eliminating
• refusing
• rejecting
• missing out
• excepting
• losing
• debarring
• ruling out
• misplacing
• mislaying

3

as in comprising

to be made up of

the recipe contains several parts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comprising
• including
• consisting (of)
• involving
• encompassing
• incorporating
• entailing
• mustering
• embodying
• taking in
• embracing
• comprehending
• assimilating

4

as in composing

to gain emotional or mental control of

could hardly contain herself when she heard that she had won the scholarship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• composing
• calming
• restraining
• controlling
• collecting
• re-collecting
• settling
• holding back
• recovering
• soothing
• rallying
• lulling
• quieting
• tranquilizing
• stilling

5

as in controlling

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)

frantic efforts to contain the spread of the disease

Synonyms & Similar Words

• controlling
• regulating
• keeping
• curbing
• restraining
• measuring
• holding
• suppressing
• checking
• governing
• stifling
• taming
• inhibiting
• constraining
• stopping
• ruling
• pulling in
• swallowing
• interrupting
• reining (in)
• blocking
• holding back
• bridling
• choking (back)
• smothering
• repressing
• arresting
• strangling
• impeding
• obstructing
• bottling (up)
• hampering
• silencing
• hindering
• sinking
• pocketing
• squelching
• mincing
• muffling
• handcuffing
• gagging
• muzzling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• expressing
• liberating
• loosening
• taking out
• unleashing
• airing
• venting
• loosing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of containing

Screening electrons at nanoscale The researchers built a structure containing two twisted graphene bilayers separated by less than a nanometre. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026

Wayne picks Gregory up at a motel, in Mobile, Alabama, and hands him a briefcase containing, among other things, a gun. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

According to the reports, workers described reviewing footage captured by the Ray-Ban Meta glasses—including recording containing highly intimate material. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

The attorney, Paul Robinson, is accused of helping his son conceal a safe suspected of containing cocaine and cash. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Ross provided his former campaign manager with a black nylon glove containing a plastic bag filled with a white powder and a pink-and-white capsule, according to the Department of Justice. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2026

Pricing Happy Head’s topical solution is billed on a monthly basis, with a single bottle containing two ounces of treatment solution. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Mass spectrometry revealed that the broken containers had once held something containing the chemical compounds theobromine, theophylline, caffeine, and paraxanthine. — ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Shih said the 30-year-old woman was found with a bag containing multiple pieces of gold jewelry. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026