unpack

Other forms of unpack

past tense

unpacked·

present participle

unpacking·

third person

unpacks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about unpack

What does unpack mean?

unpack means "remove from its packing".

How many syllables are in unpack?

unpack has 2 syllables: un-pack. The stress falls on "pack". In IPA it is /ənˈpæk/.

What is another word for unpack?

Close synonyms include take out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of unpack?

The recorded antonyms are pack.

Is unpack a common word?

unpack is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unpack?

3 words rhyme with unpack. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.