Synonyms of pack (up or in)

pack (up or in) 1 of 2

verb (1)

1

as in to cease

to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end

the auto company is downsizing and will be packing up operations at the local plant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cease
• end
• stop
• halt
• quit
• cut off
• shut off
• cut out
• lay off
• delay
• leave off
• break off
• have done with
• suspend
• break up
• give over
• drop
• desist (from)
• discontinue
• conclude
• finish
• close (down)
• can
• knock off
• break
• put the kibosh on
• hold back
• check
• complete
• clamp down
• block
• rein (in)
• stem
• turn back
• deactivate
• pause
• brake
• hinder
• abort
• dam
• ruin
• stamp
• impede
• stay
• obstruct
• blockade
• hold
• suppress
• arrest
• detain
• scuttle
• squelch
• stunt
• destroy
• abolish
• squash
• dissolve
• call
• annul
• kill
• demolish
• staunch
• kibosh
• stanch
• snuff

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continue
• run on
• carry on
• keep up
• proceed
• advance
• follow through (with)
• progress
• stir
• drive
• propel
• actuate
• impel

2

as in to abandon

to stop doing (something) permanently

after two years of college, he decided to pack in that academic stuff and join the army

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abandon
• quit
• discontinue
• have done (with)
• drop
• end
• lay off (of)
• finish
• give up
• shut off
• cease
• hang it up
• conclude
• break off
• close
• taper off
• knock off
• halt
• wind up
• break up
• expire
• leave off
• pause
• round (off or out)
• terminate
• throw up
• wrap up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continue
• carry on
• maintain
• keep
• run on
• keep up
• go
• hold on
• persist
• hang on
• resume
• stay
• hang in
• renew
• preserve
• reopen
• begin
• start
• persevere
• follow through (with)
• commence
• restart

pack (up or off)

2 of 2

verb (2)

as in to exit

to leave a place often for another

with the dinner conversation becoming more and more desultory, the time had clearly come to pack off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exit
• move
• depart
• bail out
• get
• go
• pike (out or off)
• sally (forth)
• dig out
• walk out
• run along
• evacuate
• peel off
• cut out
• part
• escape
• bail
• start
• pull out
• bugger off
• get off
• flee
• step (along)
• take a walk
• clear out
• go off
• push off
• take off
• quit
• bug out
• push on
• fly
• clear off
• buzz (off)
• book
• take a powder
• shove (off)
• beat it
• bug off
• pull up stakes
• withdraw
• run away
• retire
• begone
• hit the road
• set out
• pull stakes
• strike out
• take a hike
• retreat
• emigrate
• vamoose
• scarper
• go out
• skip
• get out
• step out
• light out
• abandon
• abscond
• remove
• desert
• vacate
• forsake
• decamp
• scram
• adjourn
• scat
• mizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come
• show up
• arrive
• remain
• stay
• turn up
• settle
• dwell
• abide
• approach
• close
• reach
• lodge
• hit
• tarry
• land
• near