Synonyms for basket
Most common
basketball hoop basketball hoop cart shopping cart lunch box hamper bassinet
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Hoop
hoop, basketball hoop, basketball, hoops slang US
2. Cart — A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop
Other
hamper, lunch box, bassinet, field goal, creel, hand-basket, pannier, car, punnet UK IE, ark, penile crotch bulge, basketful
Definitions
- n. 1
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
- n. 2
A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
A basket of fake fruit adorned the table.
Forms
- Plural
- baskets → hoops, basketballs, carts, hampers…
Example sentences
- basketball Who's your favorite player on our basketball team?
- hoop Sami had a basketball hoop in front of his house.
- cart Yanni was pushing the shopping cart down the aisle.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| basket | rising | |
| basketball | rising | |
| hoop | rising | |
| cart | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- car1, ark1
- 4 letters
- cart1, hoop1
- 5 letters
- hoops1, creel1
- 6 letters
- hamper2, punnet
- 7 letters
- pannier3
- 8 letters
- bassinet
- 9 letters
- basketful
- 10 letters
- basketball3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hamper2 = 2 syllables).