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Exact Match:

case

a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"

a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"

the actual state of things; "that was not the case"

nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly"

a problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"

an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"

a person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"

the quantity contained in a case

a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters"

look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed"

Synonyms:

• Bible truth,
• Smyth sewing,
• abessive,
• ablative,
• absolute fact,
• accepted fact,
• accusative,
• action,
• actual fact,
• adessive,
• admitted fact,
• afghan,
• alien,
• allative,
• ammunition box,
• anyhow,
• anyway,
• apoplectic,
• approximative,
• argument,
• argumentum,
• ark,
• arthritic,
• article,
• ascender,
• aspect,
• at all events,
• attache case,
• axiom,
• back,
• backing,
• bag,
• bald fact,
• bandolier,
• bare fact,
• bark,
• barrel,
• basis,
• basket,
• bastard type,
• beard,
• bearings,
• bed linen,
• bedclothes,
• bedcover,
• bedding,
• bedsheet,
• bedspread,
• belly,
• bevel,
• bibliopegy,
• billfold,
• bin,
• binder board,
• binding,
• black letter,
• blanket,
• body,
• book cloth,
• book cover,
• book jacket,
• bookbinding,
• bookcase,
• boot,
• bottle,
• box,
• box up,
• bran,
• briefcase,
• brutal fact,
• buffalo robe,
• bug,
• bunker,
• burden,
• cadre,
• caisson,
• calf love,
• can,
• canister,
• canvass,
• cap,
• capital,
• capsula,
• capsule,
• cardcase,
• carton,
• case in point,
• casemaking,
• casement,
• casing,
• casing-in,
• cask,
• casket,
• cause,
• cause in court,
• cedar chest,
• chaff,
• chapter,
• character,
• chassis,
• check over,
• check up,
• chest,
• cigarette case,
• circumstance,
• cist,
• citation,
• clothes,
• coffer,
• coffin,
• cold fact,
• collating,
• collating mark,
• come what may,
• comfort,
• comforter,
• common case,
• compact,
• con,
• conceded fact,
• concern,
• condition,
• cone,
• cons,
• consideration,
• consumptive,
• container,
• containerize,
• contour sheet,
• corn shuck,
• cornhusk,
• count,
• counter,
• counterpane,
• cover,
• covering,
• coverlet,
• coverlid,
• crackpot,
• crank,
• crate,
• crib,
• cross reference,
• crush,
• dative,
• datum,
• delative,
• demonstrable fact,
• demonstration,
• descender,
• detail,
• dinkum oil,
• dispatch box,
• dispute,
• doorframe,
• duck,
• dust cover,
• dust jacket,
• dyspeptic,
• eccentric,
• eiderdown,
• elative,
• element,
• elenchus,
• em,
• emblem,
• embox,
• embrace,
• empirical fact,
• en,
• encapsulate,
• encase,
• encasement,
• encyst,
• enfold,
• enshroud,
• envelop,
• envelope,
• enwrap,
• epileptic,
• episode,
• essence,
• essive,
• established fact,
• estate,
• etui,
• event,
• eventuality,
• examine,
• example,
• exemplar,
• exemplification,
• explanation,
• exponent,
• fabric,
• face,
• facet,
• fact,
• fact of experience,
• factor,
• fanatic,
• fat-faced type,
• feet,
• file,
• file folder,
• filing box,
• fitted sheet,
• fix,
• focus of attention,
• focus of interest,
• folding,
• folio,
• font,
• footband,
• footing,
• for fear of,
• for fear that,
• frame,
• framework,
• framing,
• gathering,
• genitive,
• gist,
• given fact,
• gluing-off,
• gospel,
• gospel truth,
• groove,
• hamper,
• happening,
• hard binding,
• hard fact,
• head,
• headband,
• heading,
• hermit,
• hobo,
• holder,
• holster,
• hope chest,
• housewife,
• how it is,
• how things are,
• hull,
• husk,
• hussy,
• hutch,
• if,
• ignoratio elenchi,
• illative,
• illustration,
• in any case,
• in any event,
• in case,
• incident,
• incidental,
• incurable,
• indisputable fact,
• inescapable fact,
• inessive,
• infatuation,
• inpatient,
• inspect,
• instance,
• instrumental,
• invalid,
• invest,
• issue,
• italic,
• item,
• jacket,
• jam,
• jar,
• judicial process,
• kit,
• kook,
• lap,
• lap robe,
• lative,
• lattice,
• latticework,
• lawsuit,
• legal action,
• legal case,
• legal proceedings,
• legal process,
• legal remedy,
• lest,
• letter,
• letter file,
• library binding,
• ligature,
• like it is,
• linen,
• lining,
• lining-up,
• litigation,
• living issue,
• local case,
• location,
• locative,
• logotype,
• lone wolf,
• loner,
• lot,
• lower case,
• main point,
• majuscule,
• make a reconnaissance,
• mash,
• matter,
• matter in hand,
• matter of fact,
• maverick,
• meat,
• mechanical binding,
• meshuggenah,
• minor detail,
• minuscule,
• minutia,
• minutiae,
• modality,
• mode,
• monstrance,
• motif,
• motive,
• naked fact,
• natural,
• nick,
• niggerhead,
• nominative,
• nonconformist,
• not guesswork,
• not opinion,
• nut,
• object lesson,
• objective case,
• oblique case,
• occasion,
• occurrence,
• odd fellow,
• oddball,
• oddity,
• order,
• original,
• ostensorium,
• outpatient,
• outsider,
• pack,
• package,
• packet,
• packing case,
• palea,
• parcel,
• pariah,
• particular,
• pash,
• pass,
• passing fancy,
• patchwork quilt,
• patient,
• peel,
• peep,
• perfect binding,
• perlative,
• pi,
• pica,
• pickle,
• picture frame,
• pillbox,
• pillow slip,
• pillowcase,
• place,
• plaidoyer,
• plain,
• plastic binding,
• play the spy,
• plea,
• pleading,
• plight,
• pod,
• point,
• point at issue,
• point in question,
• portfolio,
• position,
• positive fact,
• possessive case,
• postulate,
• posture,
• pot,
• powder box,
• predicament,
• prepositional,
• print,
• problem,
• proceedings,
• pros,
• pros and cons,
• prosecution,
• protection,
• provable fact,
• puppy love,
• put under surveillance,
• queer duck,
• queer fish,
• queer specimen,
• question,
• quilt,
• quiver,
• quiz,
• quotation,
• rack,
• rank,
• rara avis,
• reason,
• receptacle,
• reconnoiter,
• reference,
• refutation,
• regard,
• relevant instance,
• reliquary,
• repair,
• representative,
• respect,
• revealed truth,
• rheumatic,
• rind,
• robe,
• roman,
• rounding,
• rubric,
• rug,
• sack,
• saddle stitching,
• salient fact,
• sample,
• sampling,
• sans serif,
• sarcophagus,
• sash,
• scabbard,
• scout,
• scout out,
• screwball,
• script,
• self-evident fact,
• sewing,
• shank,
• shape,
• sheath,
• sheathe,
• sheathing,
• sheet,
• sheeting,
• shell,
• shoulder,
• shroud,
• shuck,
• shut-in,
• sick person,
• side sewing,
• signature,
• significant fact,
• simple fact,
• situation,
• skeleton,
• skin,
• skippet,
• slip,
• slipcase,
• slipcover,
• slough,
• small cap,
• small capital,
• smashing,
• smother,
• snuffbox,
• sober fact,
• socket,
• soft binding,
• solitary,
• spastic,
• special pleading,
• specimen,
• spectacle case,
• spiral binding,
• spook,
• spot,
• spread,
• spy,
• spy out,
• stake out,
• stamp,
• stamping,
• standing,
• stapling,
• state,
• station,
• status,
• stem,
• stubborn fact,
• study,
• subject,
• subject case,
• subject matter,
• subject of thought,
• sublative,
• sufferer,
• suit,
• suit at law,
• suitcase,
• superessive,
• surround,
• swaddle,
• swathe,
• symbol,
• tailband,
• talking point,
• tank,
• tea chest,
• terminal case,
• terminative,
• text,
• the absolute truth,
• the case,
• the exact truth,
• the hard truth,
• the honest truth,
• the intrinsic truth,
• the naked truth,
• the nitty-gritty,
• the plain truth,
• the sick,
• the simple truth,
• the sober truth,
• the stern truth,
• the truth,
• the unalloyed truth,
• the unqualified truth,
• the unvarnished truth,
• theme,
• thing,
• till,
• tin,
• tinderbox,
• tipping,
• topic,
• tramp,
• translative,
• trimming,
• trunk,
• type,
• type body,
• type class,
• type lice,
• typecase,
• typeface,
• typefounders,
• typefoundry,
• typical example,
• undeniable fact,
• upper case,
• valetudinarian,
• vanity case,
• vasculum,
• vet,
• victim,
• view,
• vocative,
• wallet,
• watch,
• well-known fact,
• window case,
• window frame,
• wire stitching,
• wrap,
• wrap about,
• wrap up,
• wrapper,
• zealot,
• zombie