THESAURUS
Pack
a mass of, a world of, abound with, accumulation, ace, adulterate, age group, amassment, amount, army, assemblage, assembly, backing, backpack, bag, baggage, bale, band, bar, barrel, barricade, basket, batch, battalion, battery, be alive with, bear, bed, best bower, bestow, bevy, bibliofilm, bind, bind up, bindle, bipack, black-and-white film, block, block up, blockade, body, bolt, bottle, bouquet, bower, box, box up, break down, brigade, brim, bristle with, brolly, buck, budget, bunch, bundle, bundle off, bundle up, bung, burden, burst with, burthen, cabal, can, capsule, cards, cargo, carry, carton, cartridge, case, cask, cast, caulk, cease, ceil, charge, chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up, chuck, chunk, chute, circle, clique, clog, clog up, close, close off, close tight, close up, cloud, clubs, clutch, clutter, cohort, collection, colony, color film, color negative film, compact, company, complement, conduct, confirm, congest, congregation, conk out, considerable, consignment, constipate, constrict, contingent, convey, cook, cook up, cork, corps, coterie, count, cover, covey, cram, crate, crawl with, creep with, crew, cross, crowd, cumbrance, dam, dam up, deadweight, deal, debar, deck, deep-dye, define, detachment, detail, deuce, diamonds, die, difficulty, disadvantage, dismiss, division, do up, doctor, dog, dope, dose, drench, drift, drive, drive away, drive off, drogue chute, drove, dry plate, duffel bag, dummy, embarrassment, embed, embox, embrace, emulsion, encapsulate, encase, encumbrance, encyst, end, enfold, engraft, engrave, enshroud, entrench, envelop, enwrap, establish, etch, face, face cards, faction, fagot, fail, fake, fardel, fasces, fascine, feather, ferry, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, film, finish, fix, fleet, flight, flock, flocks, flush, fly, foul, found, frame, frame up, freight, freightage, full house, fur, gam, gang, gather together, gathering, get rid of, get together, give out, give up, glut, gluttonize, gob, gobs, good deal, goods, gorge, great deal, ground, group, grouping, groupment, hail, hamper, hand, handicap, harness, have had it, haversack, heap, heap up, heaps, hearts, herd, hive, horde, host, hump, hunk, impact, impediment, impedimenta, implant, imposition, impress, imprint, in-group, inconvenience, infix, ingrain, inlay, inscribe, interline, invest, jack, jam, jam-pack, jar, joker, juggle, junta, kennel, king, kit, knapsack, knave, lade, lading, lap, large amount, lashings, left bower, legion, lift, line, litter, load, loads, lock, lodge, lot, lots, lug, luggage, lumber, lump, manhandle, manipulate, many, mass, masses of, measure, mess, microfilm, mint, mob, monochromatic film, motion-picture film, movement, much, muchness, multiplicity, multiply, multitude, negative, nest, nosegay, number, numbers, obstipate, obstruct, occlude, onus, oodles, orthochromatic film, out-group, outfit, overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overflow with, overlade, overload, overstuff, overweight, pack away, pack in, pack off, pack the deal, pack up, package, packet, pad, pair, panchromatic film, parachute, parachute jump, parcel, part, party, payload, peck, peer group, penalty, phalanx, photographic paper, picture cards, pile, piles, plan, plant, plate, platoon, playing cards, plot, plug, plug up, plurality, pocket, pod, portion, posse, posy, pot, prearrange, preconcert, precontrive, predesign, premeditate, preorder, press, pride, print, printing paper, pullulate with, put away, quantities, quantity, queen, quit, quite a few, quite a little, quiver, raft, rafts, ram, ram in, rate, ration, regiment, retouch, rig, roll, roll up, root, rouleau, round, rout, royal flush, rubber, ruck, rucksack, ruff, sack, salon, salt, satiate, saturate, scads, scheme, school, scores, seat, send away, send off, series, set, set in, set up, settle, sew up, sheaf, sheathe, ship, shipment, shoal, shroud, shroud lines, shut off, shut out, shut tight, sight, singleton, skulk, sky dive, slew, slews, sloth, small amount, smother, soak, sophisticate, sound film, sound track, sound-on-film, soundstripe, spades, spate, spile, squad, squeeze, squeeze shut, stable, stack, stack the cards, stacks, stall, stamp, stanch, stay, stench, stereotype, stifle, stop, stop up, stopper, stopple, store, stow, straight, strangle, strangulate, string, stuff, stuff up, suffocate, suit, suite, sum, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, surround, swaddle, swarm, swarm with, swathe, take, tamp, tamper with, tank, team, teem with, terminate, throng, throng with, tidy sum, tie up, tin, top off, tote, transport, trey, tribe, trick, trip, tripack, troop, trouble, troupe, trump, truss, truss up, umbrella, vehicle, vent, wad, wads, waft, wainscot, warehouse, wedge, weight, whisk, white elephant, whole slew, wind up, wing, worlds of, wrap, wrap about, wrap up
ROGET THESAURUS
Pack
Preparation
VB
prepare, get ready, make ready, make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation, set in order, put in order, forecast, prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground, till the soil, cultivate the soil, predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine, lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations, dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding, lay the first stone, roughhew, cut out work, block out, hammer out, lick into shape, elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity, nurture, hatch, cook, brew, temper, anneal, smelt, barbecue, infumate, maturate, equip, arm, man, fit-out, fit up, furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge, dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up, refurbish, sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune, whet the knife, whet the sword, wind up, screw up, adjust, put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness, pack, train, inure, breed, prepare for, rehearse, make provision for, take steps, take measures, take precautions, provide, provide against, beat up for recruits, open the door to, set one's house in order, make all snug, clear the decks, clear for action, close one's ranks, shuffle the cards, prepare oneself, serve an apprenticeship, lay oneself out for, get into harness, gird up one's loins, buckle on one's armor, reculer pour mieux sauter, prime and load, shoulder arms, get the steam up, put the horses to, guard against, make sure against, forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest, lay in provisions, make investments, keep on foot, be prepared, be ready, hold oneself in readiness, keep one's powder dry, lie in wait for, anticipate, principiis obstare, veniente occurrere morbo.
Arrangement
VB
reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze.
Assemblage
N
assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.
VB
assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.
Hindrance
N
hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.
Location
VB
place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.
Contraction
VB
become small, become smaller, lessen, decrease, grow less, dwindle, shrink, contract, narrow, shrivel, collapse, wither, lose flesh, wizen, fall away, waste, wane, ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller, lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow, coarctate, boil down, constrict, constringe, condense, compress, squeeze, corrugate, crimp, crunch, crush, crumple up, warp, purse up, pack, squeeze, stow, pinch, tighten, strangle, cramp, dwarf, bedwarf, shorten, circumscribe, restrain, (subtraction) 38 abrade, pare, reduce, attenuate, rub down, scrape, file, file down, grind, grind down, chip, shave, shear, wear down.