PACKAGES Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

packages

noun

plural of package

as in bundles

a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items got a job sorting packages in the mail room

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as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit ate a whole package of cookies at once

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Recent Examples of packages Parking is free, and there will be shuttles to take you and your packages to your car. — Tracy Trobridge, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2026 Beehive Chief Product Officer Gordie Follin said Frenzy 6 packages Frenzy 8’s core capabilities into a smaller design. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026 Anthony said the percentages aren’t quite that skewed, but more ticket packages were sold to Villanova fans. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 Major policy swings — and big spending packages — become less likely as a divided government is unlikely to agree on issues. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026 No country seems to illustrate this better than Turkey, which now performs a large share of the world’s hair transplants each year, a position built on competitive pricing, all-inclusive travel packages and a high-volume delivery model. — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026 When in nickel packages, the Dolphins have options to enter between cornerbacks Jaylin Simpson, Reese Taylor and Marcellas Dial, along with safety Julius Wood. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 Peanut brittle in individual packages lack the name of producer and ingredients. — Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026 That more than three hundred thousand packages are delivered somewhere in the world every minute of every day is a monument to his accomplishments. — Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Though the company is still throwing off bundles of cash, the profits aren’t good enough for a ravenous Wall Street, and the blood of 1,000 staff has been let as Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters attempt to change the record.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026
Buildup was also found inside the microwave in the kitchen, and bundles of cilantro were sitting on top of a wiping cloth on the prep table in the kitchen.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of bundles

Noun

Industrial parks, logistics hubs, and technology clusters are springing up.

— Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said earlier this month that two supercomputing clusters powered by Nvidia technologies had already been launched in the country.

— Jenny Lee,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of clusters

Noun

Cardboard boxes and paper bags of food items being stored directly on floor of walk-in cooler and dry storage area.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Outside Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, people filled plastic bags with sand to try to prevent further flooding inside.

— Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of bags

Noun

Waiting for the last batches of mail-in ballots Many mail-in votes won’t arrive until days after Election Day.

— Philip Wang, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
Carpenter and King have preferred to keep their batches small and their marketing limited to word of mouth, but that word is spreading, especially across their ravenous genre-loving fan base.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of batches

Noun

Caffeine pouches, small packets placed in the mouth between the lip and gum, are marketed as a portable and discreet way to boost energy and focus.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
There are six packets of seaweed snacks that are very lightly coated in a sweet and spicy barbecue sauce.

— Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of packets

Noun

Meanwhile, airborne early-warning aircraft often use large radar arrays mounted above the fuselage to provide surveillance over a broad area.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
The millimeter-wide arrangements of around 10,000 nerves and supporting cells sat on microelectrode arrays that let researchers stimulate the tissue and record its activity.

— Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrays

Noun

Gallery-goers are perhaps more accustomed to seeing paintings of private menageries or packs of hunting hounds—both status symbols for the nobility—but there was also a trend for portraits of large groups of little dogs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
The company will also add Mōmi’s assortment of baby bottles and pacifiers to its website, with pacifiers priced around $14 each and two-packs of Mōmi’s 5-ounce bottles in both glass and plastic around $28.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of packs

Noun

Opponents argue the tax will chase billionaires out of the state, endangering the state’s economy and future tax collections.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
The pattern repeats in healthcare, parks and botanical collections, where sensory planting doubles as therapy and education.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026

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