DRAGS Synonyms: 357 Similar and Opposite Words

drags 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of drag

as in pulls

to cause to follow by applying steady force on the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall

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as in lingers

to move or act slowly one of the climbers was beginning to drag

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as in crawls

to move slowly the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion

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drags

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noun

plural of drag

as in bores

someone or something boring that lecture was such a drag that half of the audience fell asleep

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as in streets

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel the main drag in town

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as in obstacles

something that makes movement or progress difficult the drag of stagnating wages on bringing the economy out of the recession

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as in sips

the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time took a deep drag of tequila before speaking his piece

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as in crabs

a person who spoils the pleasure of others the teenager was mortified to be seen in public with such drags—her parents

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as in clothes

clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation they attended the Renaissance fair in medieval drag

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Recent Examples of drags

Verb

Burkhart added that if the trade war drags on, businesses will face far greater risks and consumers — already facing difficulties keeping up with inflation and higher fuel prices — will face a greater challenge with the cost of living. — Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2026 The move drags romance into spaces once reserved for a workout or a self-care Sunday. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026 People familiar with the situation raised the specter of retaliation from Congress or the White House, including potentially additional tariffs on South Korea, if the dispute drags on. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 As the crisis drags on, many Cubans are also trying to leave the country. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 Simply put, acknowledging the reality—even if the administration won’t state it in these terms—of avoiding a further, major military campaign as the conflict drags on. — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026 As the conflict drags on, damage to the Middle East will extend far beyond infrastructure. — Dina Esfandiary, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026 And while American and Israeli strikes have battered Iran for months, the conflict has also taken a toll on Pentagon resources and American lives as the war drags on. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 Investor uncertainty will grow the longer the deal drags on, with Asahi and Diageo having earlier said the deal was expected to close in the second half of 2026. — Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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Alphabet was the worst-performing of the hyperscalers and one of the biggest drags on the market, with shares falling about 6%. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 June 2026 Although that’s right on par with the Amalfi, Ferrari’s new V-8 grand tourer, the latest Porsche 911 Turbo S will still lay down the law at the stoplight drags. — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 8 May 2026 It's left Richard Lapsoey and his neighbors at the more than 220 units at Walnut Ridge Townhomes above the bridge, with few options to get to the main drags, adding possibly five to 10 minutes to their drives. — Lauren Linder, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026 People nod, but execution drags. — Amy Eliza Wong, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026 Clear tail drags are extremely rare in the fossil record and often disputed, because of how open to interpretation partial marks are – unlike here. — New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025 There are no serious drags anymore. — The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025 Another hot, humid half hour of window-shopping drags by. — R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025 Poor governance, misguided acquisitions, or self-serving buybacks are structural drags. — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drags

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Studios build best picture runs around a face and a narrative, and Focus is betting that a breakout turn is the engine that pulls the rest of the slate into the race.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
One of these women is a Stanford chemist whose fertilizer pulls carbon out of the sky.

— Lisa Curtis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of pulls

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Inside Fort Worth's Cowboy Coliseum, a historic 1908 indoor rodeo venue in the heart of the city's famous Stockyards, the gunpowdery smell of pyrotechnics lingers in the air.

— Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
Sorsby eventually withdrew from college and gave up the fight, but the lawsuit lingers on — triggered by a state court order that had temporarily allowed Sorsby to play despite the NCAA longtime ban of players who gamble.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of lingers

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Hairy-nosed wombat births are hard to spot, as after about a 30-day pregnancy, the joey crawls into its mother’s pouch.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 2026
Researchers have developed a new control framework that enables humanoid robots to perform agile movements, including army crawls, breakdancing and backflips.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of crawls

Noun

Some resorts in the Mamanuca Islands are set to lose entire wings to the sea in the coming years, and drinking water in villages is already being infiltrated by salt from seawater seeping into ground bores.

— MIchelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.

— Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

Definition of bores

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The Basij run a nationwide network of volunteers who maintain a presence in the streets, government offices and cultural centers, seeking to ensure loyalty and ideological purity for Iran’s theocracy.

— Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
This location is more residential, with quieter streets and approachable local trattorias, but offers several architecturally significant palaces and one of the city's oldest churches, the 11th-century San Zan Degola.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of streets

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Both of them agreed that the American dream is more alive now than ever before, despite some obstacles that younger Latinos are currently facing.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
The obstacles to the transformation of Taiwan’s navy are more institutional than technical.

— HOLMES LIAO, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of obstacles

Noun

Zago now pulls up cages full of crabs from his traditional fishing cabin built on stilts over the Scardovari lagoon in the Veneto region.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Zebra sharks tend to rest on reef floors, regulating bottom-dwelling prey such as snails, clams, crabs, shrimp and small fish, an important part of maintaining thriving ecosystems.

— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026