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contains

verb , present tense third-person singular of contain

Synonyms and Antonyms of contains

1 to have within

the top drawer of the cabinet contains my stamp collection

Synonyms of contains

bears, boasts, holds

Words Related to contains

accommodates, fits, takes

cases, encases, encloses (also incloses), encompasses

harbors, houses, lodges, shelters

2 to have as part of a whole

the contract contains several new clauses

Synonyms of contains

carries, comprehends, embraces, encompasses, entails, includes, involves, numbers, subsumes, takes in

Words Related to contains

comprises, consists (of)

brackets

has, holds, owns, possesses

admits, receives

composes, constitutes, forms, makes

assimilates, embodies, incorporates, integrates

Near Antonyms of contains

bans, bars, debars, precludes, prevents, prohibits

denies, refuses, rejects

eliminates, excepts, rules out

loses, mislays, misplaces

Antonyms of contains

excludes, leaves (out), misses out [British], omits

3 to be made up of

the recipe contains several parts

Synonyms of contains

comprises, consists (of), musters

Words Related to contains

comprehends, embraces, encompasses, entails, includes, involves, takes in

assimilates, embodies, incorporates

4 to gain emotional or mental control of

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

Synonyms of contains

calms, collects, composes, controls, re-collects, settles

Words Related to contains

holds back, restrains

rallies, recovers

lulls, quiets, soothes, stills, tranquilizes (also tranquillizes)

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

frantic efforts to contain the spread of the disease

Synonyms of contains

bridles, checks, constrains, controls, curbs, governs, holds, inhibits, keeps, measures, pulls in, regulates, reins (in), restrains, rules, tames

Words Related to contains

bottles (up), chokes (back), holds back, minces, muffles, pockets, represses, sinks, smothers, squelches, stifles, strangles, suppresses, swallows

arrests, interrupts, stops

blocks, hampers, handcuffs, hinders, impedes, obstructs

gags, muzzles, silences

Near Antonyms of contains

liberates, loosens, looses, unleashes

airs, expresses, takes out, vents

Antonyms of contains

loses

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