1
a
: a manufactured covering of natural or synthetic hair for the head
b
2
: an act of wigging : rebuke
wigged; wigging
: to scold severely
slang
: to lose one's composure or reason : freak
—usually used with out
Synonyms of wig
Examples of wig in a Sentence
Noun
She was wearing a blonde wig.
the cancer patient started wearing a wig after losing all of her hair from chemotherapy
Verb
with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine
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Hua Hsu, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Davis wore makeup and a wig once, a wig a second time and a do-rag style head covering on a third call, according to prosecutors.
—Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Androgenic also gained attention earlier this year when a clip of his livestream went viral, depicting a man approaching him from behind and suddenly pulling the hat off of his head, revealing that there was a wig attached to it.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
And then there’s Bourzgui, whose vampire gang leader David is fashioned as something between the film’s Kiefer Sutherland and classic Billy Idol (Ryan Park’s costume design, along with the hair and wig stylings of David Brian Brown, are on point throughout).
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Plastic trinkets and graffiti, television sets and bumper stickers, road signs and wigs—many might describe these items as disposable culture, signs of America’s crass habit of regarding anything as art.
—Hua Hsu, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Davis wore makeup and a wig once, a wig a second time and a do-rag style head covering on a third call, according to prosecutors.
—Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Androgenic also gained attention earlier this year when a clip of his livestream went viral, depicting a man approaching him from behind and suddenly pulling the hat off of his head, revealing that there was a wig attached to it.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
And then there’s Bourzgui, whose vampire gang leader David is fashioned as something between the film’s Kiefer Sutherland and classic Billy Idol (Ryan Park’s costume design, along with the hair and wig stylings of David Brian Brown, are on point throughout).
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Wig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wig. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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