Case
//keɪs//
Word Type
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Verb
Proper Noun
Adjective
The word "case" can be used as noun, verb, proper noun and adjective.
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Frankfurt case Gettier case I rest my case Pascal case Wardian case alternating case as the case may be attaché case base case basket case be the case best-case bookcase braincase briefcase build a case burial case business case camel case capcase cardcase cartridge case casal case badge case citation case clock case closed case dependent case ending case fan case fatality rate case file case folding case fraction case grammar case harden case hardened case hardening case head case history case in point case independent case insensitive case knife case law case of the Mondays case out case picking case presentation case report case reporter case sensitive case study case the deck case the joint case up case-in-chief case-independent case-shot case-to-case caseback casebearer casebearing casebook casebound casefic caseful caseharden casekeeper caseless caselike caseload casemaker casemaking caseman casewise casework caseworker caseworm casing casing nail casing shoe catch a case chain case chaincase charging case charity case cicada case cigarette case clockcase closet case cold case corner case countercase crankcase dash case day case daycase despatch case discase dispatch case display case doorcase downcase dressing case edge case egg case encase federal case flight case flightcase gear case get off someone's case get on someone's case gone case hard case hard cases make bad law headcase in case incase index case intercase intracase jewel case just in case kebab case landmark case leading case letter case lexicase limit case long case longcase lower case make a case make a case for make a federal case out of something make the case for meatcase megacase mental case mixed case multicase needlecase noncase not the case notecase nutcase on a case-by-case basis on the case open and shut case overnight case packing case paper case patty case pencase pencil case pillow case pillowcase pincase pipecase podcase press one's case privative case put case put the case recase reserved case rest one's case road case sad case sadcase seedcase sentence case showcase slip case slipcase smear case snake case space case special case spectacle case spore case staircase stretcher case subcase suitcase tall-case clock test case textbook case the case rests title case titlecase toolcase topcase tough case traps case traycase trespass on the case trophy case trotter case typecase uncase unicase uniform case upper case uppercase use case vanity case watchcase whatever the case may be wingcase worse-case worst case scenario worst-case worst-case scenario
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Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
actor adult argument bed linen circumstance close in container containerful cover covering doer enclose fact frame frame of mind framework grammatical category grownup happening housing inclose inspect legal proceeding natural covering natural event occurrence occurrent problem proceeding proceedings receptacle shut in state of mind statement syntactic category type worker
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Related Terms
action adhesive affair after after brief aided airplane airplane hold airports alphabetic also also luggage also suitcase argument article assignment attache attache brief attache suit bag baggage beer beverage bob book book furniture books box box like brief brief bag brief carrier brief container brief dash brief holder brief something brief suitcase briefcase briefs briefs container business business container businessmen businessmen suits carried carrier carries carries documents carry carry on carry thing carrying carrying bag carrying box carrying container carrying device carrying equipment carrying stuff carrying thing carrying things characters cigarette cigarette container clothes clothes in clothes inside coating code compartment computer computer holder condition conditional container corners court court action court hearing court matter court preceding court session court trial cover covering crate criminal dash deal decision detective detective assignment detective event detective file detective job detective project detective thing detective work detectives detectives assignment device disks display display box display jewelry display shelves displays docket document document box document holder documents elastomer enclosure engineering equipment event fact file files fluid ounce follower for baggage for business for jewelry for transporting four four of kind framework function furniture glass glass box glass wood glasses glasses holder grammatical case guitar guitar holder half half briefcase handle hard hearing hold holder holding holding books holding box holding money holding stuff holding thing holding things holds holds disks holds guitar holds papers holds something holds stuff holds things holiday holiday bag holiday container housing hypothetical identical in court in law in store inflection inside instrument instrument housing investigation it holds jewelry job judicial jurors jurors bob jury jury work language laptop laptop bag latch latches law lawsuit lawyer lawyer file lawyer job lawyers lawyers argument lawyers brief lawyers job layer leather legal legal action legal brief legal deal legal decision legal file legal matter legal proceeding legal situation like like suitcase liquid litigation lower lower case lower upper luggage luggage container luggage type matter measure mental metal money museums nice noun phrase office office carrier on on pillow pack pack clothes paper paper box paper carrier paper container papers part pencil pencil holder pencils pencils in personal personal article pillow place police police file police investigation possibility preceding problem proceeding profession project propose protection purse put put in quadrat satchel scenario sealant second second part secret sentence session sewing machine sheet shell shelves shipment shorter shorter suitcase situation small small luggage software sometimes sometimes brief special special affair square state storage store stuff suit suit brief suit carrier suit container suit follower suit luggage suit something suitcase suite suite something suits surface surreptitious survey switch symptom transparent transporting travel travel carry traveling traveling luggage tray trial trunk twenty twenty four type unit upper upper case upper lower valise violin violin place water wood work work bag
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.