Synonyms for
Contained
Definition
held within a certain area or limits
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- contained within
- fully contained
- contained in
- contained by
- airtight contained
- self-contained unit
- contained the spread
- contained the outbreak
Word family
Usage note
The adjective 'contained' often implies a deliberate effort to keep something within limits, as in 'a contained explosion'. It can also mean simply 'included within'.
Example sentences
- The cookie jar contained only a few cookies.
- The pool was contained by a fence.
- The fire was contained by the firefighters.
- The cat was contained in the carrier.
- The water was contained in the cup.
Quotes
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove. Oh no! it is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken. It is the star to every wand'ring bark, whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come; love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. - William Shakespeare
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. - Baruch Spinoza
As long as you keep going, you'll keep getting better. And as you get better, you gain more confidence. That alone is success. - Tamara Taylor