Antonyms of verb pack

1 of 13 senses of pack

Sense 1
pack -- (arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes")
       Antonym of unpack (Sense 1)
      => unpack, take out -- (remove from its packing; "unpack the presents")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pack

13 senses of pack

Sense 1
pack -- (arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes")
       => encase, incase, case -- (enclose in, or as if in, a case; "my feet were encased in mud")

Sense 2
pack -- (fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "The murder trial packed the court house")
       => fill, fill up, make full -- (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")

Sense 3
pack, bundle, wad, compact -- (compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box")
       => arrange, set up -- (put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order")

Sense 4
pack -- (carry, as on one's back; "Pack your tents to the top of the mountain")
       => transport, carry -- (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river")

Sense 5
pack -- (set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome; "pack a jury")
       => appoint, name, nominate, constitute -- (create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee")

Sense 6
carry, pack, take -- (have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains")
       => have, feature -- (have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France")

Sense 7
throng, mob, pack, pile, jam -- (press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium")
       => crowd, crowd together -- (to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah")

Sense 8
backpack, pack -- (hike with a backpack; "Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies")
       => hike -- (walk a long way, as for pleasure or physical exercise; "We were hiking in Colorado"; "hike the Rockies")

Sense 9
tamp down, tamp, pack -- (press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso")
       => compress, compact, pack together -- (make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data")

Sense 10
pack -- (seal with packing; "pack the faucet")
       => seal, seal off -- (make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows")

Sense 11
compact, pack -- (have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")

Sense 12
pack, load down -- (load with a pack)
       => load, lade, laden, load up -- (fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay")

Sense 13
pack -- (treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice")
       => treat, care for -- (provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics")

Antonyms of adj packed

2 senses of packed

Sense 1
jammed, jam-packed, packed -- (filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater")

INDIRECT (VIA crowded) -> uncrowded -- (having or allowing sufficient room; "an uncrowded train"; "an uncrowded view")

Sense 2
packed -- (pressed together or compressed; "packed snow")

INDIRECT (VIA compact) -> loose -- (not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel")

Similarity of adj packed

2 senses of packed

Sense 1
jammed, jam-packed, packed -- (filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes"; "stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater")
       => crowded (vs. uncrowded) -- (overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days")

Sense 2
packed -- (pressed together or compressed; "packed snow")
       => compact (vs. loose) -- (closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers")

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