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

However, Fed officials fear that the longer the war drags on, the higher the likelihood that the spike will make its way through the broader economy and become embedded in consumer and business expectations. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 As the comet rotates, fresh ice enters the sunlight and sublimates; the escaping gas then drags entrained dust particles away from the nucleus. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Main drags like Balboa Boulevard in Newport Beach and numerous adjacent streets have been drenched in floodwaters. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 Sales of electric vehicles there have risen dramatically, according to the International Energy Agency, as the energy crisis drags on. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 At the very least, Cathy said in her December affidavit, the couple shouldn’t be living there for free as litigation drags on. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026 Ukraine always has been outmanned by Russia, but as the war drags through its fifth year, the need for personnel is increasingly acute, commanders and analysts say, with some units at only half strength. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Republicans have expressed growing pessimism about their chances in the election, which will determine control of Congress, as the president has repeatedly dismissed concerns about high costs and gas prices as his unpopular war in Iran drags on. — Michelle L. Price, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026 In it, a botched secret mission drags Eken Babu into a mystery in Kerala. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

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Monday was a perfect example, when the two biggest drags on the S&P 500 were Nvidia and Micron, but were offset almost to the penny by gains in Apple and Meta, helping the index itself to finish a whisper from unchanged. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 Returns are one of the biggest drags on fashion retailer margins, and virtual fitting kiosks are designed to reduce the number of items shoppers bring back. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drags

Verb

Napoleon is in his head guiding him, and partway through, another voice joins that pulls him somewhere else entirely.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Stoliker also points out that there’s evidence that giving someone a task mid-trip pulls them out of the state—a phenomenon researchers sometimes call grounding.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of pulls

Verb

Lingering at the ventanita the way Malik Willis lingers in the pocket before taking a sack?

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Corduroy’s dusty reputation still lingers, but the material itself has become more supple, richer, and far more sophisticated in recent years.

— John Vorwald, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of lingers

Verb

There’s also a less than 10% chance of showers, if one of the hurricanes crawls farther up the coast, according to Wofford.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of crawls

Noun

Caldecott Tunnel was first opened in 1937 with two bores containing two lanes each going opposite directions.

— Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of bores

Noun

The force, which rose to a peak of about 5,000 troops over the summer, has supported arrest operations, patrolled city streets and neighborhoods, and participated in cleanup efforts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Video from the scene obtained by CNN showed ambulances rushing through narrow streets and crowds gathered outside the school building.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of streets

Noun

Furthermore, the whiskers are in front, preventing the drone from detecting sideways obstacles like random jagged branches in a forest.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
The legal and political obstacles to taking custody of those assets for onward transfer to Ukraine may be too formidable to resolve in time to help Kyiv in the coming year.

— Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of obstacles

Noun

The hotel’s second-floor reception area has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the beach, a pool table that is perpetually in play, and couches for gathering over morning coffee and evening sips.

— Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026
Tasting wristbands are required for Taste of Los Gatos bites and sips.

— Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of sips

Noun

Purdue University told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the crabs have not caused any additional challenges for the crew.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
That contact was evident during the AP’s trip aboard the F/V Progress, when Tanner crabs and basket stars — animals that live on the seafloor — came up in the net.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026