Antonyms for pail
peɪlpail

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pailnoun

   Synonyms:
   bucket

2. pailnoun

   A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).

   The milkmaid carried a pail of milk in each hand.

   Synonyms:
   bucket

3. pailnoun

   (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

   Synonyms:
   bucket

4. pailnoun

   A company of wasps.

   Synonyms:
   bucket

Matched Categories

1. • Containerful
   • Vessel

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. bucket, pailnoun

   a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

   Synonyms:
   bucketful, pailful, bucket

2. pail, pailfulnoun

   the quantity contained in a pail

   Synonyms:
   pailful, bucket

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pailnoun

   Synonyms:
   bucket, piggin

How to use pail in a sentence?

1. William Butler Yeats:

   Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

2. United States:

   When my son was in Kindergarten, one of his classmates was a homeless girl, she always stared at my son's lunch pail, and my son always gave her something to eat. I felt like I( could) do something. I can cook. So that's how I started.

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