The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

of, drive off or away, order off or away or out, send (someone)
about his or her business: At the beginning of the war, Sally's
mother packed her off to America to stay with her aunt. 8 pack
up. a get or gather together, put away, store: Pack up your
troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile. b quit,
stop, break down, fail, give out, stall, die, give up the ghost,
Colloq conk out, have had it: After three days crossing the
desert, the engine finally packed up.
package n. 1 packet, parcel, box, container, case, carton, bundle: I
am donating a package of clothing to the relief fund. 2
combination, unit, package deal: Included in the package from
the car dealer are several luxury features.
--v. 3 wrap, pack, containerize, carton, case, encase, enclose,
include; combine, unite, coupled, incorporate: More and more
merchandise comes packaged in plastic these days. A special
sponge is packaged with the cleaning liquid.
packed adj. filled, full, loaded, crowded, stuffed, jammed, crammed,
brim-full, chock-a-block, chock-full, jam-packed, overloaded,
overflowing, loaded or filled to the gunwales, up to there,
bursting, groaning, swollen, replete, Colloq wall-to-wall: The
gallery was packed with the soprano's relatives, who cheered
every note. The publicity for the show promised a packed
programme of mirth and merriment.
packet n. 1 package, parcel, pack, batch: We found a packet of your
old love-letters in a trunk in the lumber room. 2 loads, lot(s),
great deal, fortune, mint, Colloq bundle, pretty penny, pile(s),
tidy sum, king's ransom, Brit bomb: He lost a packet on that
property when they built a sewage plant alongside it.
pact n. agreement, treaty, bargain, alliance, contract, compact,
concord, covenant, concordat, entente, understanding,
arrangement, deal: The companies entered into an illegal pact
not to compete in the same markets.
pad n. 1 cushion, pillow, wad, wadding, stuffing, padding, filling,
filler: Wrap a soft cotton pad over the wound to protect it. 2
writing-pad, note-pad, memo pad, block (of paper), jotter, US
filler: You'd best take a pad with you to make notes at the
lecture. 3 flat, apartment, room(s), home, place, quarters,