Bottle

/ˈbɒt.l̩/

Synonyms for "bottle" (143 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (29)

Noun(10 words)

feeding bottlenursing bottlebaby's bottlebottle of waterbottlefulbottles upbottling capacity carafes carboys

alcoholalcoholic drinkbackbone bag barrel basket boozebottle upboxbox inbox upburden cabin calabash can canteen capsule carafe carboy

Strong matches (43)

carton case cask casket caster cloister closet coffin confine contain container control courage cramp crate crib cruet crusecut offdaring

Show 18 more words

decanter demijohndo updutch courageencase encyst entomb ewer fiasco fifth fill flacon flagon flask flasket freight gourd grit

Noun(5 words)

chemical bottlecontain container fill flask

Related words (71)

gumption gut guts hamper heapheap uphem inhipflaskhold backhold in checkhot-water bottleimmure jar jeroboam jugkeep in checklade liquor load lota

Show 40 more words

magnum manfulness manliness mass mettle moxie mussuk nerve olla packpack awaypackage parcel phial pile pluck pocket potput uprepress restrain sack sauce ship spirits spunk stack starch stifle store stoup stow straiten suppress tankthe bottletin trapvacuum bottlevial

Noun(11 words)

lab bottlepackage phialsreagent bottlerepress seal stifle suppress vessel vials volume

Choosing the right synonym

Closest matches in this entry: feeding bottle, nursing bottle, alcohol, alcoholic drink, baby's bottle.
Sentence evidence is available for bottle, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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When not to replace "bottle"

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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "bottle" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

17 entries

contain container containerfulemotional controlemotional regulationenclose lay measurement place pose position put quantity set store vessel

Showing 16 of 17 words.

More specific

14 entries

amber bottlebeer bottlebottling cappingemotional suppressionglass bottlehalf liter bottleinternalizationmedicine bottleone liter bottlereagent bottletwo liter bottlewash bottlewine bottle

Collocations

11 entries

beer bottlebottle capbottle winebottled waterbottling equipmentbottling linebottling plantbottling processglass bottleplastic bottlewine bottle

Inflections

3 entries

bottled bottles bottling

Derivations

3 entries

bottled bottler bottling

Translations

279 translations across 183 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

bottel noun (container)

Ainu

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トㇰクリ noun (container)

Albanian

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shishe noun (container)

Amharic

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ጠርሙዝ noun (container)

Ancient Greek

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λάγυνος noun (container)

Arabic

4 entries

بطل noun (container)
زُجَاجَة noun (container)
قارورة noun (container)
قرعة noun (container)

Aragonese

1 entries

botella noun (container)

Archi

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шуша noun (container)

Armenian

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շիշ noun (container)

Aromanian

1 entries

shíshe noun (container)

Assamese

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বটল noun (container)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries

ܒܘܿܛܘܼܠܵܐ noun (container)
ܩܲܢܝܼܢܬܵܐ noun (container)

Asturian

1 entries

botella noun (container)

Aukan

1 entries

bataa noun (container)

Avar

1 entries

шиша noun (container)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

butulka noun (container)
şüşə noun (container)

Bangi

1 entries

molangi noun (container)

Bashkir

1 entries

шешә noun (container)

Basque

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botila noun (container)

Belarusian

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бутэ́лька noun (container)

Bengali

1 entries

বোতল noun (container)

Breton

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boutailh noun (container)

Brunei Malay

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butul noun (container)

Bulgarian

2 entries

бути́лка noun (container)
шише́ noun (container)

Burmese

1 entries

ပုလင်း noun (container)

Catalan

3 entries

ampolla noun (container)
botella noun (container)
bòtil noun (container)

Chichewa

1 entries

botolo noun (container)

Chickasaw

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kitoba noun (container)

Chinese

2 entries

пинзы noun (container)
矸仔 noun (container)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

樽 noun (container)
瓶 noun (container)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

瓶 noun (container)
瓶子 noun (container)

Chinook Jargon

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laputay noun (container)

Chukchi

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тэнмэмлыёчгын noun (container)

Church Slavic

1 entries

лагꙑ noun (container)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲃⲁⲗⲕⲟⲩ noun (container)

Corsican

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buttiglia noun (container)

Crimean Tatar

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şişe noun (container)

Czech

2 entries

flaška noun (container)
láhev noun (container)

Dalmatian

2 entries

bosaun noun (container)
botaila noun (container)

Danish

1 entries

flaske noun (container)

Dari

2 entries

بوتَل noun (container)
شِیشَه noun (container)

Dutch

1 entries

fles noun (container)

Dzongkha

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དམ་སྦྱིས noun (container)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

瓶瓶 noun (container)

Elfdalian

2 entries

flaska noun (container)
putell noun (container)

Esperanto

1 entries

botelo noun (container)

Estonian

1 entries

pudel noun (container)

Ewe

1 entries

atukpa noun (container)

Faroese

1 entries

fløska noun (container)

Finnish

2 entries

lyhde noun (bundle)
pullo noun (container)

French

1 entries

bouteille noun (container)

Galician

4 entries

botella noun (container)
frasco noun (container)
garrafa noun (container)
libeta noun (container)

Georgian

1 entries

ბოთლი noun (container)

German

4 entries

Bouteille noun (container)
Butëlle noun (container)
Flasche noun (container)
Guttere noun (container)

Greek

2 entries

μπουκάλι noun (container)
φιάλη noun (container)

Greenlandic

1 entries

puiaasaq noun (container)

Gujarati

1 entries

બાટલી noun (container)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

boutèy noun (container)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

盎仔 noun (container)

Hawaiian

2 entries

hue noun (container)
ʻōmole noun (container)

Hebrew

1 entries

בַּקְבּוּק noun (container)

Hindi

3 entries

बोतल noun (container)
शीशा noun (container)
शीशी noun (container)

Hungarian

2 entries

palack noun (container)
üveg noun (container)

Iban

2 entries

jebul noun (container)
pucung noun (container)

Icelandic

1 entries

flaska noun (container)

Ido

1 entries

botelo noun (container)

Igbo

2 entries

aba noun (container)
karama noun (container)

Indonesian

1 entries

botol noun (container)

Ingrian

2 entries

nopo noun (container)
puteli noun (container)

Interlingua

1 entries

bottilia noun (container)

Inuktitut

1 entries

imertarfik noun (container)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

بُطْری noun (container)
شیشِه noun (container)

Irish

1 entries

buidéal noun (container)

Isoko

2 entries

ololo noun (container)
ọgọ noun (container)

Italian

1 entries

bottiglia noun (container)

Jamaican Creole

2 entries

bakl noun (container)
bokl noun (container)

Japanese

1 entries

瓶 noun (container)

Javanese

1 entries

gendul noun (container)

Jeju

1 entries

펭 noun (container)

Jin Chinese

1 entries

瓶子 noun (container)

Jingpho

1 entries

paleng noun (container)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

garáfa noun (container)

Kannada

1 entries

ಬಾಟಲಿ noun (container)

Kazakh

3 entries

бөтелке noun (container)
шиша noun (container)
шөлмек noun (container)

Ket

1 entries

postup noun (container)

Khmer

1 entries

ដប noun (container)

Kongo

1 entries

mulangi noun (container)

Korean

1 entries

병 noun (container)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

бутылка noun (container)
бөтөлкө noun (container)
шише noun (container)

Lao

2 entries

ຂວດ noun (container)
ແກ້ວ noun (container)

Latin

2 entries

ampulla noun (container)
lagēna noun (container)

Latvian

1 entries

pudele noun (container)

Lezgi

1 entries

шуьше noun (container)

Lingala

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molangi noun (container)

Lithuanian

1 entries

butelis noun (container)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Fläsch noun (container)

Macedonian

2 entries

флаша noun (container)
шише noun (container)

Makah

1 entries

lapu·ta·y noun (container)

Malay

2 entries

botol noun (container)
jebul (Kelantan-Pattani) noun (container)

Malayalam

1 entries

കുപ്പി noun (container)

Maltese

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flixkun noun (container)

Manx

2 entries

boteil noun (container)
costrayl noun (container)

Marathi

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बाटली noun (container)

Middle English

1 entries

botel noun (container)

Mirandese

3 entries

baso noun (container)
frasco noun (container)
garrafa noun (container)

Moksha

1 entries

сюлека noun (container)

Mongolian

2 entries

лонх noun (container)
шил noun (container)

Moore

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bugtelle noun (container)
butelle noun (container)
kolbre noun (container)

Māori

3 entries

pounamu noun (container)
pātara noun (container)
tahā noun (container)

Nahuatl

1 entries

tecontli noun (container)

Nepali

1 entries

बोतल noun (container)

Norman

1 entries

boutelle noun (container)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

betl noun (container)
botl noun (container)
şûşe noun (container)

Northern Sami

2 entries

boahtal noun (container)
bohtal noun (container)

Northern Thai

2 entries

ᨡ᩠ᩅᨯ noun (container)
ᨢ᩠ᩅᨯ noun (container)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

flaske noun (container)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

flaske noun (container)

Nyah Kur

1 entries

ควด noun (container)

Occitan

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botelha noun (container)

Odia

1 entries

ବୋତଲ noun (container)

Ojibwe

1 entries

omooday noun (container)

Old English

3 entries

ampelle noun (container)
flasce noun (container)
pinne noun (container)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

شیشه noun (container)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

склєнка noun (container)
фляша noun (container)

Papiamentu

1 entries

bòter noun (container)

Pashto

2 entries

بوتل noun (container)
شيشه noun (container)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries

Boddel noun (container)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Buddel (nds) noun (container)

Polish

2 entries

butelka noun (container)
flaszka noun (container)

Portuguese

2 entries

botelha noun (container)
garrafa noun (container)

Punjabi

2 entries

بوتَل noun (container)
ਬੋਤਲ noun (container)

Romanian

2 entries

butelie noun (container)
sticlă noun (container)

Romansch

1 entries

buttiglia noun (container)

Russian

4 entries

буты́лка noun (container)
оха́пка noun (bundle)
сноп noun (bundle)
фля́жка noun (container)

Rwanda-Rundi

2 entries

cupa noun (container)
icupa noun (container)

Samoan

1 entries

fagu noun (container)

Sanskrit

1 entries

कूपी noun (container)

Scottish Gaelic

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botal noun (container)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

buteljka noun (container)
bȍca noun (container)
flȁša noun (container)
бо̏ца noun (container)

Shan

1 entries

ပလႅင်း noun (container)

Sicilian

1 entries

buttigghia noun (container)

Sinhalese

1 entries

බෝතලය noun (container)

Slovak

1 entries

fľaša noun (container)

Slovene

2 entries

buteljka noun (container)
steklenica noun (container)

Somali

3 entries

qarshad noun (container)
qarsho noun (container)
quraarad noun (container)

Sotho

1 entries

botlolo noun (container)

Southern Altai

3 entries

бутулка noun (container)
бутылка noun (container)
шише noun (container)

Spanish

4 entries

botella noun (container)
bórol noun (container)
bótil noun (container)
frasco noun (container)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

batra noun (container)

Swahili

1 entries

chupa noun (container)

Swedish

2 entries

flaska noun (container)
pava noun (container)

Tagalog

1 entries

bote noun (container)

Tajik

3 entries

зарф noun (container)
суроҳӣ noun (container)
шиша noun (container)

Tamil

1 entries

புட்டி noun (container)

Taos

1 entries

butéyoną noun (container)

Tatar

2 entries

шешә noun (container)
шиша noun (container)

Telugu

1 entries

సీసా noun (container)

Tetum

1 entries

botir noun (container)

Thai

1 entries

ขวด noun (container)

Tibetan

1 entries

ཤེལ་དམ noun (container)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ጥርሙዝ noun (container)

Tongan

1 entries

fangu noun (container)

Tumbuka

1 entries

botolo noun (container)

Turkish

1 entries

şişe noun (container)

Turkmen

1 entries

çüýşe noun (container)

Ukrainian

2 entries

буте́лька noun (container)
пля́шка noun (container)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

bleša noun (container)

Urdu

2 entries

بوتَل noun (container)
شِیشَہ noun (container)

Urhobo

1 entries

ọgọ́ noun (container)

Uyghur

2 entries

بوتۇلكا noun (container)
شېشە noun (container)

Uzbek

2 entries

butilka noun (container)
shisha noun (container)

Venetan

1 entries

bosa noun (container)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chai noun (container)

Walloon

1 entries

botaye noun (container)

Welsh

2 entries

costrel noun (container)
potel noun (container)

Wu Chinese

2 entries

瓶 noun (container)
瓶子 noun (container)

Xhosa

2 entries

ibhotile noun (container)
imbodlela noun (container)

Yakut

1 entries

бытыылка noun (container)

Yiddish

1 entries

פֿלאַש noun (container)

Yoruba

1 entries

ìgò noun (container)

Yup'ik

1 entries

putiil'kaaq noun (container)

Zhuang

1 entries

bingz noun (container)

Zulu

1 entries

bhodlela noun (container)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Find an empty bottle and fill it with water.

Source: tatoeba (18303)

Is there enough money to get a bottle of wine?

Source: tatoeba (29219)

We'd like another bottle of wine.

Source: tatoeba (29222)

We'd like a bottle of rosé.

Source: tatoeba (29359)

Showing 4 of 35 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "bottle"?

Closest matches include feeding bottle, nursing bottle, alcohol, alcoholic drink, baby's bottle.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "bottle"?

Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.

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