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pack

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of pack

1 a soft-sided case designed for carrying belongings especially on the back
  • Part of basic training is becoming accustomed to taking very long hikes with an 80-pound pack.
Synonyms of pack

backpack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack
Words Related to pack

haversack

carryall, carry-on, grip, handbag, suitcase, traveling bag

fanny pack, school bag, seabag

overnight bag, overnight case, weekend bag
2 a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items
  • She tucked a small pack of lozenges into her bag.
Synonyms of pack

bundle, package, packet, parcel
Words Related to pack

bag, poke [chiefly Southern {amp} Midland], pouch, sack

bale

box, container, crate
3 a considerable amount
  • It took a pack of courage to stand up before that crowd and tell the truth.
Synonyms of pack

abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sight, slew, spate, stack, store, ton, volume, wad, wealth, yard
Words Related to pack

epidemic, plague, rash

bonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

deluge, flood, overflow

army, bevy, cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, score, sea, swarm, throng
Phrases Synonymous with pack

all kinds (of), quite a bit
Near Antonyms of pack

atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whit

smatter, smattering
Antonyms of pack

ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen (also smidgeon), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, tad, touch, trace
4 a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
  • had run with a pack of hot-rodders when he was in high school
Synonyms of pack

body, bunch, circle, clan, clique, community, coterie, coven, crowd, fold, gang, lot, network, ring, set
Words Related to pack

charmed circle, elite, in-group

club, college, fellowship, guild (also gild), league, organization, society

camp, faction, sect, side, tribe

mess, squad

brotherhood, fraternity, order, sisterhood, sodality, sorority

commune

alliance, bloc, coalition, confederation, congress, council, federation, union

pack

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pack

1 to close up so that no empty spaces remain
  • Carefully pack the food containers so we'll have as much as possible for the picnic.
Synonyms of pack

block, bung, dam, fill, plug, stop, stuff
Words Related to pack

choke, clog, close (off), clot, congest, jam, obstruct, occlude

caulk, chink, seal

repack, restuff
Near Antonyms of pack

excavate, hollow (out), scoop (out), shovel
2 to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
  • I had packed the suitcase so tightly that it wouldn't close.
Synonyms of pack

brim, charge, cram, fill, heap, jam, jam-pack, load, stuff
Words Related to pack

drench, flood, glut, swamp

bloat, bulk

crowd, crush, mat, press, ram, shove, squash, squeeze

refill, refresh, reload, repack, replenish

overcharge, overfill, overflow, saturate

honeycomb, penetrate
Near Antonyms of pack

lighten

deplete, drain, eliminate, exhaust

bleed, draw (off)

clean, flush, purge, scour, sweep
Antonyms of pack

clear, empty, evacuate, vacate, void
3 to support and take from one place to another
  • Remember to pack several changes of clothing.
Synonyms of pack

bear, carry, cart, convey, ferry, haul, lug, tote, transport
Words Related to pack

deliver, hand over, transfer

forward, send, ship, transmit

bring, fetch, take

move, remove, shift
4 to wear or have on one's person
  • a private detective packing a weapon
Synonyms of pack

bear, carry
Words Related to pack

flaunt, show off, sport

display, exhibit, parade, show

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