Synonyms for cram

Synonyms for (verb) cram

Synonyms: cram

Definition: prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam

Similar words: set, set up, gear up, fix, prepare, ready

Definition: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

Usage: Get the children ready for school!; prepare for war; I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill


Synonyms: bone, bone up, grind away, get up, drum, cram, swot, swot up, mug up

Definition: study intensively, as before an exam

Usage: I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam

Similar words: hit the books, study

Definition: learn by reading books

Usage: He is studying geology in his room; I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now


Synonyms: chock up, ram, cram, jam, jampack, wad

Definition: crowd or pack to capacity

Usage: the theater was jampacked

Similar words: stuff

Definition: cram into a cavity

Usage: The child stuffed candy into his pockets


Synonyms: cram

Definition: put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled

Usage: cram books into the suitcase

Similar words: put, place, pose, position, set, lay

Definition: put into a certain place or abstract location

Usage: Put your things here; Set the tray down; Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children; Place emphasis on a certain point


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