prep

• POS: Noun

OXFORD DICTIONARY

prep, n. colloq.
1 Brit. a the preparation of school work by a pupil. b the period when this is done.
2 US a student in a preparatory school.

Etymology

abbr. of PREPARATION

THESAURUS

prep

arrange, arrangement, basic training, briefing, clear for action, clear the decks, clearing the decks, cure, deploy, dress, equipment, familiarization, fix, fix up, fixing, foundation, get ready, groundwork, make arrangements, make preparations, make ready, makeready, making ready, manufacture, marshal, mobilization, mobilize, plan, planning, prearrange, prearrangement, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, preparation, preparatory study, prepare, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, pretreat, pretreatment, process, processing, propaedeutic, provide, provision, put in shape, ready, ready up, readying, settle preliminaries, spadework, tan, training, treat, treatment, trial, trim, try out, tryout, warm-up