1. contain
verb. ['kənˈteɪn'] include or contain; have as a component.
Synonyms
- incorporate
- comprise
Antonyms
- immoderation
- intemperate
- immoderate
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Words that Rhyme with Contain
- st_germain
- legerdemain
- st_germaine
- preordain
- lamontagne
- lafountaine
- lafountain
- inhumane
- constrain
- restrain
- overtrain
- mcswain
- explain
- complain
- champlain
- aquitaine
- ukraine
- tremaine
- sylvain
- sustain
- spokane
- sartain
- retrain
- refrain
- profane
- partain
- mustain
- mundane
- mcwain
- mcshane
How do you pronounce contain?
Pronounce contain as kənˈteɪn.
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How do you spell contain? Is it countain ?
A common misspelling of contain is countain
Example sentences of the word contain
1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
They also protect the state's watersheds, which contain most of the state's fresh water.
2. Verb, base form
A growth and mutual fund may contain a mix of both stocks and bonds.
Quotes containing the word contain
1. Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes.
- Walt Whitman
2. I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.
- John Keats, Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne
3. For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
- John Milton, Areopagitica
2. contain
verb. ['kənˈteɪn'] contain or hold; have within.
Synonyms
- hold in
- bear
- enclose
- confine
- retain
- hold
- carry
- take
Antonyms
- intense
- juvenile
- accelerate
- enable
3. contain
verb. ['kənˈteɪn'] lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.
Synonyms
- control
- subdue
- thermostat
- conquer
- moderate
- restrain
- crucify
- stamp down
- train
- keep back
- hold back
- counteract
- keep
- abnegate
- hold
- deny
- countercheck
- throttle
- hold in
- restrict
- bound
- check
- trammel
- confine
- bate
- limit
- suppress
- catch
- inhibit
- damp
- mortify
Antonyms
- indiscipline
- intemperance
- unskillfulness
- consume
4. contain
verb. ['kənˈteɪn'] hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of.
Synonyms
- check
- cut out
- cut down
- defend
- turn back
- arrest
- stop
Antonyms
- louden
- inactivity
- powerlessness
- unrestraint
5. contain
verb. ['kənˈteɪn'] be divisible by.
Antonyms
- unfreeze
6. contain
verb. ['kənˈteɪn'] be capable of holding or containing.
Synonyms
- bear
- admit
- carry
- hold
- take
- accommodate
Antonyms
- encourage
- praise
- disqualify
- walk