packed (up or in)
verb
1
as in ceased
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end the auto company is downsizing and will be packing up operations at the local plant Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- ceased
- ended
- stopped
- halted
- cut off
- cut out
- shut off
- quit
- left off
- laid off
- quitted
- knocked off
- broke off
- broke up
- delayed
- suspended
- concluded
- discontinued
- suspended
- finished
- gave over
- had done with
- put the kibosh on
- dropped
- canned
- desisted (from)
- called
- completed
- clamped down
- closed (down)
- broke
- turned back
- held back
- paused
- deactivated
- blocked
- held
- ruined
- hindered
- stemmed
- stamped
- stayed
- obstructed
- impeded
- aborted
- arrested
- detained
- reined (in)
- checked
- suppressed
- blockaded
- destroyed
- braked
- stunted
- squashed
- abolished
- scuttled
- dissolved
- killed
- squelched
- dammed
- demolished
- annulled
- kiboshed
- snuffed
- stanched
- staunched
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- continued
- ran on
- followed through (with)
- carried on
- kept up
- proceeded
- advanced
- progressed
- propelled
- actuated
- stirred
- drove
- impelled
2
as in abandoned
to stop doing (something) permanently after two years of college, he decided to pack in that academic stuff and join the army Synonyms & Similar Words
- abandoned
- discontinued
- quit
- quitted
- dropped
- knocked off
- shut off
- ended
- had done (with)
- hung it up
- left off
- laid off (of)
- finished
- tapered off
- gave up
- broke off
- concluded
- ceased
- broke up
- wrapped up
- closed
- wound up
- halted
- winded up
- expired
- paused
- threw up
- rounded (off or out)
- terminated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- continued
- maintained
- hung on
- kept
- hung in
- held on
- carried on
- went
- kept up
- ran on
- persisted
- persevered
- followed through (with)
- renewed
- resumed
- reopened
- preserved
- stayed
- restarted
- began
- started
- commenced
- in the event
- in the event of
- in the extreme
- in the face of
- in the final analysis
- in the final/last analysis
- in the firing line
- in the first degree
- in the first flush of
- in the first instance
- in the first place
- in the flesh
- in the flower of one's youth
- in the flush of
- in the forefront
- in the foreseeable future
- in the frame
- in the front rank
- in the fullness of time
- in the grease
- in the guise of
- in the heat of battle
- in the heat of the battle
- in the hell
- in the hole