packing

The word “packing” has 2 syllables: pack-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈpækɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for packing?

In the thesaurus, “packing” has 93 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for packing along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for packing

  • Styrofoam
  • bearing
  • bloating
  • blocking
  • brimming
  • bringing
  • buffer
  • bulking
  • bumper
  • bunging
  • calking
  • carrying
  • carting
  • caulking
  • charging
  • chinking
  • choking
  • clogging
  • clotting
  • congesting
  • conveying
  • cramming
  • crowding
  • crushing
  • cushion
  • damming
  • delivering
  • displaying
  • drenching
  • exhibiting
  • fender
  • ferrying
  • fetching
  • fill
  • filler
  • filling
  • flaunting
  • flooding
  • forwarding
  • glutting
  • handing over
  • hauling
  • heaping
  • honeycombing
  • interlining
  • jam-packing
  • jamming
  • lining
  • loading
  • lugging
  • matting
  • moving
  • obstructing
  • occluding
  • overcharging
  • overfilling
  • overflowing
  • pad
  • padding
  • parading
  • peanuts
  • penetrating
  • plugging
  • pressing
  • quilting
  • ramming
  • refilling
  • refreshing
  • reloading
  • removing
  • repacking
  • replenishing
  • restuffing
  • saturating
  • sealing
  • sending
  • shifting
  • shipping
  • shoving
  • showing
  • showing off
  • sporting
  • squashing
  • squeezing
  • stopping
  • stuffing
  • swamping
  • taking
  • toting
  • transferring
  • transmitting
  • transporting
  • wadding

Antonyms for packing

  • bleeding
  • cleaning
  • clearing
  • depleting
  • draining
  • eliminating
  • emptying
  • evacuating
  • excavating
  • exhausting
  • flushing
  • lightening
  • purging
  • scouring
  • shoveling
  • shovelling
  • sweeping
  • vacating
  • voiding

Meanings of packing

  • verb
    1. (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
    2. (social) To cheat.
    3. To load with a pack.
    4. To load; to encumber.
    5. To move, send or carry.
    6. To block a shot, especially in basketball.
    7. (of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
    8. (of a drag king, transman, etc.) To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.
  • noun
    1. The action of the verb.
    2. As a concrete noun.

Example Sentences

  • Before the journey, he focused on packing essentials for the long adventure.
  • The bustling market echoed with the sounds of vendors packing and unpacking goods.
  • Swiftly, she began packing her suitcase for the spontaneous weekend getaway.
  • In the kitchen, the chef was busy packing flavors into the exquisite dish.
  • The moving crew efficiently went about packing fragile items for the relocation.

On this page you'll find 112 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to packing, such as: Styrofoam, bearing, bleeding, bloating, blocking, brimming, bringing.

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Related Words

accoutered

  • allocated
  • allotted
  • appareled
  • appointed
  • apportioned
  • armed
  • arrayed
  • assembled
  • assigned
  • bedecked
  • bestowed
  • clothed
  • completed
  • contributed
  • decked
  • dispensed
  • distributed
  • doled out
  • donated
  • dressed
  • equipped
  • fitted
  • fitted out
  • fortified
  • furnished
  • gave
  • girded
  • girt
  • handed out
  • harnessed
  • implemented
  • loaded
  • outfitted
  • packing
  • portioned
  • prepared
  • presented
  • prorated
  • provided
  • provisioned
  • re-equipped
  • readied
  • reequipped
  • refitted
  • refurnished
  • reoutfitted
  • rigged
  • rigged out
  • set up
  • steeled
  • stocked
  • stored
  • supplied

accumulating

  • accelerating
  • accreting
  • accretion
  • accrual
  • accumulation
  • acquiring
  • acquisition
  • addition
  • agglomeration
  • agglutinating
  • aggregating
  • amassing
  • amassment
  • amplification
  • anthology
  • appreciating
  • archiving
  • arranging
  • assemblage
  • assembling
  • assembly
  • assortment
  • augmentation
  • augmenting
  • balling
  • ballooning
  • banding
  • banking
  • batch
  • batching
  • blowing up
  • booming
  • boost
  • bourgeoning
  • brigading
  • bringing together
  • broadening
  • building up
  • bulking
  • bunching
  • burgeoning
  • caboodle
  • climbing
  • clump
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  • cluster
  • clustering
  • collating
  • collation
  • collecting
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  • combination
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  • company
  • compilation
  • compiling
  • concentrating
  • congeries
  • conglomerating
  • congregating
  • congregation
  • connecting
  • consolidating
  • constellating
  • convocation
  • corralling
  • creep
  • crescendoing
  • cresting
  • crowd
  • cumulation
  • developing
  • digest
  • distending
  • distension
  • distention
  • doubling
  • drifting
  • enlargement
  • enlarging
  • escalating
  • escalation
  • expanding
  • expansion
  • extension
  • flocking
  • flourishing
  • gain
  • gaining
  • garner
  • garnering
  • gathering
  • getting big
  • getting together
  • grouping
  • growing
  • growth
  • heap
  • heaping
  • heightening
  • herding
  • hike
  • hiving
  • hoard
  • huddling
  • incorporating
  • increase
  • increasing
  • increment
  • inflating
  • inflation
  • intensifying
  • joining
  • jumping
  • kit
  • lengthening
  • levy
  • linking
  • lot
  • lumping
  • mass
  • massing
  • maturing
  • medley
  • merging
  • mess
  • miscellany
  • mobilization
  • mounting
  • multiplication
  • multiplying
  • mushrooming
  • muster
  • mustering
  • number
  • obtaining
  • omnibus
  • organizing
  • packing
  • peaking
  • picking up
  • pile
  • piling
  • piling up
  • pooling
  • pressing
  • proliferating
  • proliferation
  • quadrupling
  • quantity
  • raising
  • rallying
  • re-collecting
  • redoubling
  • regathering
  • regrouping
  • ridging
  • rise
  • rising
  • rocketing
  • rolling up
  • rounding up
  • securing
  • selection
  • set
  • skyrocketing
  • snowballing
  • spread
  • spreading
  • sprouting
  • stack
  • stacking
  • stock
  • stockpile
  • store
  • surging
  • swarming
  • swelling
  • systematizing
  • thronging
  • treasury
  • tripling
  • unifying
  • uniting
  • waxing
  • widening

banish

  • ax
  • axe
  • ban
  • bounce
  • can
  • cashier
  • cast out
  • chase
  • defenestrate
  • deforce
  • deport
  • discard
  • discharge
  • dislodge
  • dismiss
  • dispel
  • displace
  • dispossess
  • drive away
  • eject
  • eliminate
  • eradicate
  • evict
  • exclude
  • excommunicate
  • exile
  • expatriate
  • expel
  • expulse
  • extradict
  • extrude
  • fire
  • get rid of
  • give one the gate
  • isolate
  • kick out
  • muster out
  • ostracize
  • oust
  • out
  • outlaw
  • pink-slip
  • proscribe
  • read out
  • reject
  • release
  • relegate
  • remove
  • repudiate
  • retire
  • rout
  • run off
  • run out
  • rusticate
  • sack
  • send packing
  • sequester
  • shake off
  • shut out
  • spurn
  • terminate
  • throw out
  • transport
  • turn out

banished

  • abandoned
  • axed
  • bounced
  • canned
  • cashiered
  • cast out
  • chased
  • defenestrated
  • deforced
  • deported
  • derelict
  • desolate
  • destitute
  • discharged
  • disinherited
  • dismissed
  • displaced
  • dispossessed
  • down-and-out
  • ejected
  • eliminated
  • evicted
  • excluded
  • excommunicated
  • exiled
  • expatriated
  • expelled
  • expulsed
  • extruded
  • fired
  • forlorn
  • forsaken
  • friendless
  • gave one the gate
  • houseless
  • itinerant
  • kicked out
  • mustered out
  • ostracized
  • ousted
  • outcast
  • outed
  • pink-slipped
  • ran off
  • ran out
  • read out
  • rejected
  • released
  • relegated
  • removed
  • repudiated
  • retired
  • routed
  • sacked
  • sent packing
  • shut out
  • spurned
  • terminated
  • threw out
  • transported
  • turned out
  • uncared-for
  • unhoused
  • unsettled
  • unsheltered
  • vagabond
  • vagrant
  • wandering
  • without a roof

banishes

  • axes
  • ban
  • bounces
  • cans
  • cashiers
  • cast out
  • casts out
  • chases
  • defenestrates
  • deforces
  • deport
  • deports
  • discard
  • discharge
  • discharges
  • dislodge
  • dismiss
  • dismisses
  • dispel
  • displaces
  • dispossesses
  • drive away
  • eject
  • ejects
  • eliminate
  • eliminates
  • eradicate
  • evict
  • evicts
  • exclude
  • excludes
  • excommunicate
  • excommunicates
  • exile
  • exiles
  • expatriate
  • expatriates
  • expels
  • expulse
  • expulses
  • extradict
  • extrudes
  • fires
  • get rid of
  • gives one the gate
  • isolate
  • kicks out
  • musters out
  • ostracize
  • ostracizes
  • oust
  • ousts
  • outlaw
  • outs
  • pink-slips
  • proscribe
  • reads out
  • rejects
  • releases
  • relegate
  • relegates
  • remove
  • removes
  • repudiates
  • retires
  • routs
  • runs off
  • runs out
  • rusticate
  • sacks
  • sends packing
  • sequester
  • shake off
  • shut out
  • shuts out
  • spurns
  • terminates
  • throws out
  • transport
  • transports
  • turns out

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