Groups and collections
Synonyms for pack
Synonyms for pack: ring, compact, multitude, tamp and wad. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 5 synonyms for pack
Interchangeable with pack, one per sense
Audited under pack's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one pack carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name pack as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under pack's own senses. The second reach pack from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
an association of criminals
A pack of thieves.
pack in 2 more sentences, same sense
- Detectives traced the forged passports back to a pack of smugglers operating out of the docks.
- The whole street feared the pack of vandals who broke into shops after dark.
How it behaves: In this sense pack usually appears in the construction "a pack of" followed by a plural noun naming the criminals, and favors informal or journalistic prose.
The true synonym
ring
Same sentence, swapped: A ring of thieves.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- battalion
- pool
- conference
have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
Such odd-shaped items do not pack well.
The true synonym
compact
Same sentence, swapped: Such odd-shaped items do not compact well.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot pack is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- carry
- pile
- belong
Where pack turns up in the game
pack is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where pack is the trap
- carryverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is hold, in the sense "drink alcohol without showing ill effects", and pack is one of the three tiles that lose.
- sightnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is ken, in the sense "the range of vision", and pack is on the board beside it.
- sightverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is spy, in the sense "catch sight of", and pack is on the board beside it.
- societynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is order, in the sense "a formal association of people with similar interests", so pack is there to be ruled out.
Play pack
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pack reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because groups and collections is the company pack keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pack carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.