Synonyms of rags

rags 1 of 2

noun

plural of rag

as in clothes

covering for the human body

the girls showed up at the prom wearing their most elegant rags

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clothes
• clothing
• attire
• garments
• dress
• apparel
• wear
• threads
• garb
• raiment
• vestments
• weeds
• toggery
• costume
• duds
• vesture
• gear
• livery
• togs
• rigging
• costumery
• clobber
• rig
• wearables
• habit
• finery
• wardrobe
• vestiary
• outfit
• tatters
• habiliment(s)
• underwear
• regalia
• gayety
• guise
• couture
• trumpery
• pretties
• ensemble
• tawdry
• glad rags
• frippery
• frock
• trim
• underclothes
• civies
• bravery
• foofaraw
• caparison
• tailoring
• civvies
• garderobe
• getup
• smallclothes
• nightclothes
• sportswear
• gaiety
• haberdashery
• outerwear
• mufti
• ready-to-wear
• array
• gaudery
• sleepwear
• loungewear
• menswear
• playwear
• activewear
• prêt-à-porter
• pret-a-porter

rags

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rag

as in scolds

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

several readers called in to rag the editor for his paper's repeated grammatical lapses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scolds
• lectures
• reprimands
• jaws
• blames
• criticizes
• upbraids
• scores
• lambasts
• bawls out
• hammers
• flays
• berates
• calls down
• bastes
• faults
• reproaches
• reams (out)
• admonishes
• rails (at or against)
• lays into
• dresses down
• castigates
• chastises
• rants (at)
• mocks
• rebukes
• attacks
• reads the riot act (to)
• rates
• takes to task
• tongue-lashes
• lambastes
• keelhauls
• pans
• chews out
• scourges
• harangues
• reviles
• crucifies
• lashes
• excoriates
• abuses
• chides
• slams
• remonstrates (with)
• knocks
• disparages
• vituperates
• condemns
• reproves
• ridicules
• reprehends
• denounces
• blasts
• bad-mouths
• laces (into)
• assails
• scoffs
• scorns
• censures
• belittles
• disses
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approves
• indorses
• endorses
• sanctions
• praises
• extols
• lauds
• extolls

Phrases Containing rags

• glad rags