PACKET Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

packet

noun

ˈpa-kət

Definition of packet

as in bag

a wrapped or sealed case containing an item or set of items a packet of letters that her husband wrote while he was in the army

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as in salary

British the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services his monthly wage packet contained just enough to allow him to rent a one-bedroom flat

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as in bundle

chiefly British a very large amount of money that town house in Mayfair cost a packet

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Recent Examples of packet Boxes contain six instant packets that can be prepared with hot water or in the microwave. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 Seed packets give information about when to harvest your radish variety. — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 10 July 2026 That portability is the main selling point here, since a packet tucks into any bag without fuss. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026 The board packet included a resolution that would have set the county board chairman’s salary at $154,390 for fiscal year 2027. — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for packet

Recent Examples of Synonyms for packet

Noun

Also, the texture, shapes and colors of the candy make for a fun experience to sample, pick and mix up your own bag.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
Target is offering backpacks for as low as $5 and lunch bags starting at $3.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of bag

Noun

Inevitably, United will assess the market as the days go on, but Rashford would only want to play for a top team in Europe and his salary is only affordable to a few.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Major League Baseball is pushing for its first salary cap since 1994, citing competitive imbalance and payroll disparity.

— Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of salary

Noun

Futurama premieres Monday, August 3 with two new episodes on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers and Disney+ internationally.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 July 2026
As recently as July 20, Roku listed the bundle at $60 with a sale price of $25, according to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

Definition of bundle

Noun

Spokane’s Airport Board, which is run by both the city and county, awarded its CEO David Haring a hefty compensation package after he was named to the role last August.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 26 July 2026
Investigators also seized boxes that had been resealed and were ready to ship, packages containing modeling clay instead of fragrance products, additional modeling clay, a heat gun, glue and packaging materials, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

Definition of package

Noun

While productivity - how much economic value workers produce per hour - has continued to grow dramatically, wages at the bottom of the income ladder have not kept pace.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Though largely driven by surging housing prices, increases in food, transportation and childcare costs combined with stagnant local wages to propel Miami into cost-of-living notoriety.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

Definition of wage

Noun

But Sporting reversed its fortunes and earned its fourth win of the season, a 2-1 victory over the visitors from up north.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth, published in 1889, argued that any surplus fortune held past death represents a moral failure, not a legacy.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 July 2026

Definition of fortune

Noun

In May, Brink told Footwear News that the P400 Low was well-equipped for her style of play and that the 740 was one of her favorite off-duty shoes — perhaps foreshadowing the Malibu Melt pack that was to come.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 25 July 2026
Cam Young, the Sleepy Hollow kid, came from back in the pack at Royal Birkdale last Sunday, shot 64.

— Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

Definition of pack

Noun

Team executives would need to submit the first of those payments by noon Wednesday.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
This is an agency with a history of billing scandals, of union bosses bullying pushover pols, of robust pensions and sweetheart health and dental plans that require little or no payment by employees.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026