HOLDER Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

holder

noun

ˈhōl-dər

Definition of holder

as in owner

one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership the holders of the land gave us permission to camp on it

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as in container

something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation her hat made a good holder for the shells she collected on the beach

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Recent Examples of holder Tokenized stocks led that growth, climbing 2,000% as the number of active holders surpassed 1 million. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 Its value can be in the pennies, but the banks, companies and other holders of the property are required to make annual reports to the state and efforts to contact the owners of the money or other assets. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026 The CupCargo Pro transforms a standard cup holder into a 2-in-1 solution for your drink and phone. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 Punter and holder Ethan Evans had a close-up view of the first part, but could not stop the second. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for holder

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Most of the furniture comes from the owner’s personal collection, gathered over the course of a lifetime from visits to flea markets all over Europe.

— Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
Supermarket owners described throwing out nearly a dumpster’s worth of frozen food.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026

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Out in a retail aisle’s cold unit, 20 64-ounce containers of yogurt drinks got hit with Stop Sales for measuring above 41 degrees.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Located in Mohave County, 20 miles north of Lake Havasu City, the facility spans more than 2,000 acres and will incorporate over 760,000 solar modules alongside more than 300 battery storage containers.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of container

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History tells us that promises by news proprietors to preserve their properties’ independence from their own partisan ideological predilections are typically honored in the breach.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Its chef-proprietor Wei Fa Chen trained under renowned chef Masa Takayama at Masa in New York City before setting up shop in Boston, where this tiny, ten-seat counter quickly became one of the city’s toughest tables to book.

— Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026

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