BOXCAR Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words

boxcar

adjective

Definition of boxcar

as in large

of a size greater than average of its kind a boxcar pile of paper boxcar amounts of money

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Recent Examples of boxcar Among many items featured is the rich discovery of a guitar that belonged to a woman who was part of a trio of singers who performed at a boxcar church. — Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025 The modernist gem — a pristine example of Neutra’s boxcar style — is a fitting home for Grey. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022 The Marian portions rove from Montana to Manhattan to Scotland and Antarctica, and read like a carnival of early 20th century American history, packed with bootleggers, treacherous boxcar rides, and tragic shipwrecks. — Vogue, 29 May 2021 Dann and his father installed boxcar paneling with tongue-and-groove joints that flex when the camper is moving. — Samantha S. Thorpe, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2021 The boxcar life has its charms, as fans of Ming’s Noodle Bar have discovered in its life at The Yard at Olmos Park. — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 15 Oct. 2020

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Adjective

In Lyon, France's third-largest city where about 20,000 protesters joined the march, a fire broke out inside a tourist office.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
El-Sayed’s primary challenger, Haley Stevens, who of course lost to El-Sayed, did carry Michael counties with large Black populations.

— NBC news, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of large

Adjective

That competitiveness, along with California’s sizable cache of electoral votes, helped boost Reagan’s political standing nationally.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
According to Campbell, the new company comes with a sizeable capital injection and will acquire IP, develop original and adapted material, finance productions, and produce content for film, TV and other media platforms.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of sizable

Adjective

For a complicated model with multiple color changes, the waste can become substantial.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Its existing capabilities provide a starting point for the conversion, although the transport configuration cannot perform the new mission without substantial modifications.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of substantial

Adjective

Frosted glass walls reveal a garden of oversize, colorful leather flowers, while wood and leather, recurring materials in Polène’s stores, appear in the furnishings.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Those partial to paler shades might gravitate toward the oversized oval aquamarine ring, its icy blue center stone surrounded by diamonds, or the simpler aquamarine studs in yellow gold.

— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of oversize

Adjective

At the end of September, leaders of several of the biggest AI companies went to the White House and signed an accord committing to internal risk controls, independent audits and board-level oversight of safety.

— Giorgos Tsetis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Go rebound the basketball, go protect the rim, be a big big for us.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of big

Adjective

Yet the combination of grievance politics, inter-generational unfairness and an inescapable sense of decline is what makes France feel so fragile despite its size and its still considerable strengths.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Although the test demonstrated remote connectivity and control over a considerable distance, the Navy did not report an autonomous flight, aerial refueling operation, or carrier landing as part of this event.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of considerable

Adjective

But many of the film’s most evocative images, often involving groups of soldiers, handsome and glistening and in varying stages of undress, remain just that — images without a strong connection to the larger storytelling.

— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
But not before Elinor has fallen in love with Edward Ferrars (George MacKay), Fanny’s handsome and upstanding brother, during a family visit.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of handsome

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