prep Synonyms
Another word for prep
• noun (Context 1)
The action or process of making something ready for use, service, or a specific event, such as cooking or medical surgery.
"Meal preparation on Sunday evenings saves our family hours of cooking during the busy workweek."
• verb (Context 2)
To prepare something or someone for a particular purpose, event, or medical procedure.
"The surgical nurses prepped the patient before wheeling him into the operating room."
• verb (Context 3)
To make oneself ready for an examination, performance, or upcoming event.
"She spent the entire weekend prepping for her final chemistry exam."
• adjective (Context 4)
Relating to or denoting a preparatory school or preliminary preparation for an activity, task, or examination.
"The restaurant hired extra staff to handle the morning preparatory work in the kitchen."
• noun (Context 5)
A private preparatory school that prepares students for higher education or entry into a secondary school, or a student attending such a school.
"After graduating from a prestigious New England preppy, she enrolled at an Ivy League university."
• noun (Context 6)
Schoolwork done by pupils outside of regular classroom lessons, especially in a boarding or independent school.
"The boarding students had two hours of supervised evening homework in the library."