Synonyms of drags

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verb

present tense third-person singular of drag

1

as in pulls

to cause to follow by applying steady force on

the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulls
• hauls
• tugs
• tows
• draws
• attracts
• carries
• lugs
• heaves
• hales
• moves
• yanks
• jerks
• conveys
• transports
• ferries

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pushes
• drives
• propels
• thrusts
• shoves

2

as in lingers

to move or act slowly

one of the climbers was beginning to drag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lingers
• crawls
• pokes
• delays
• strolls
• lags
• dawdles
• loiters
• shuffles
• creeps
• plays
• mopes
• marks time
• diddles
• falls behind
• staggers
• tarries
• stalls
• hangs fire
• dallies
• drops behind
• lollygags
• saunters
• idles
• drags one's feet
• ambles
• dillydallies
• lounges
• takes one's time
• decelerates
• inches
• shilly-shallies
• eases
• plods
• lolls
• putters (around)
• lumbers
• fiddles (around)
• loafs
• potters (around)
• fools around
• slows (down or up)
• hangs (around or out)
• procrastinates
• monkeys (around)
• messes around
• trifles
• temporizes
• filibusters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rushes
• runs
• rips
• flies
• hurries
• tears
• scurries
• hastens
• races
• barrels
• whisks
• scoots
• speeds
• whirls
• courses
• zips
• whizzes
• dashes
• careers
• hurtles
• scrambles
• runs
• bolts
• hustles
• rockets
• darts
• trots
• scuds
• jogs
• humps
• accelerates
• gallops
• bowls
• breezes
• stampedes
• sprints
• quickens
• speeds (up)
• hotfoots (it)
• overtakes
• outruns
• outstrips
• outpaces
• catches up
• fast-forwards

3

as in crawls

to move slowly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crawls
• shuffles
• creeps
• pokes
• limps
• slouches
• inches
• oozes
• plods
• creaks (along)
• trudges
• noses
• snails
• lumbers
• shambles
• tramps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• races
• flies
• speeds
• floats
• glides
• tears
• sails
• whizzes
• zips
• hurries

drags

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noun

plural of drag

1

as in bores

someone or something boring

that lecture was such a drag that half of the audience fell asleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bores
• yawns
• drips
• snoozes
• snoozers
• droners
• yawners
• nudniks
• dullsvilles
• downers
• pills
• bromides
• bummers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rushes
• kicks
• blasts
• gases
• uppers

2

as in streets

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

the main drag in town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• streets
• drives
• highways
• roads
• thoroughfares
• routes
• freeways
• expressways
• boulevards
• carriageways
• roadways
• passes
• arteries
• turnpikes
• arterials
• pike
• ways
• causeways
• rows
• avenues
• lanes
• traces
• interstates
• thruways
• high roads
• bypasses
• motorways
• corridors
• alleys
• trails
• parkways
• closes
• tracks
• crossroads
• switchbacks
• through streets
• ring roads
• Main Streets
• side streets
• superhighways
• branches
• dual carriageways
• dead ends
• autobahns
• circles
• secondary roads
• side roads
• alleyways
• autostradas
• beltways
• backstreets
• byways
• corniches
• high streets
• shunpikes
• places
• mews
• autoroutes
• bystreets
• laneways
• cul-de-sacs

3

as in obstacles

something that makes movement or progress difficult

the drag of stagnating wages on bringing the economy out of the recession

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obstacles
• hurdles
• lets
• obstructions
• embarrassments
• barriers
• stops
• chains
• burdens
• shackles
• loads
• blocks
• cramps
• interferences
• stumbling blocks
• clogs
• handicaps
• impediments
• balks
• inhibitions
• encumbrances
• constraints
• hindrances
• hitches
• manacles
• fetters
• trammels
• rubs
• deterrents
• catches
• snags
• crimps
• brakes
• bars
• delays
• restraints
• hobbles
• reins
• holdbacks
• curbs
• stone walls
• brick walls
• dangers
• disadvantages
• blockades
• arrests
• stalls
• stoppages
• hazards
• blockages
• difficulties
• embargoes
• checks
• hardships
• bits
• drawbacks
• perils
• reefs
• holdups
• cumbers
• adversities

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spurs
• stimuli
• incentives
• catalysts
• breaks
• stimulants
• goads
• edges
• advantages
• help
• benefits
• aids
• impetuses
• boosts
• handmaidens
• assistances

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sips
• gulps
• drinks
• swallows
• snorts
• nips
• drops
• belts
• swigs
• slugs
• drafts
• swills
• shots
• quaffs
• sups
• drams

5

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bores
• crabs
• wet blankets
• party poopers
• drips
• cynics
• spoilsports
• grinches
• killjoys
• complainers
• old maids
• defeatists
• grumps
• knockers
• Jeremiahs
• soreheads
• downers
• goody-goodies
• sourpusses
• stick-in-the-muds
• fuddy-duddies
• pessimists
• whiners
• grouches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• live wires
• jesters
• rakes
• revelers
• merrymakers
• celebrants
• roisterers
• celebrators
• cutups
• libertines
• carousers
• playboys
• rejoicers
• playgirls

6

as in clothes

clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation

they attended the Renaissance fair in medieval drag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clothes
• dresses
• costumes
• attires
• garbs
• outfits
• togs
• getups
• guises
• duds
• styles
• raiments
• modes
• habiliments
• apparels
• vestments
• fashions
• caparisons
• arrays

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drags

Verb

But if the situation drags on, higher energy prices could start to weigh more heavily on the global economy, hurting consumers, slowing growth, and keeping markets under pressure. —Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026

Travel expert Clint Henderson of The Points Guy website told Fox News Digital that as the shutdown drags on, flight passengers can expect the situation to only get worse. —Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026

And the longer the war drags on, the more likely that there will be shortages and price increases on a wide range of goods. —Sam McNeil, Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026

The road ahead is uncertain, and prices could worsen if the war drags on. —Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026

Mary Lattimore’s harp spangles the background, while Camille Getz drags her violin across the track, a clever acoustic rendering of a classic shoegaze guitar squeal. —Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2026

There’s a level of helplessness that drags up, being surrounded by AI tools and AI updates and AI jobs, only to be faced with an idiot parent or friend or casual acquaintance using AI to justify their shitty actions towards you. —Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026

But as the legislative budgeting process drags on for the second year in a row, and with the Florida Department of Health using emergency rules to push through its changes faster, patients risk going months without access to their medicine. —Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026

And if the war drags on, releasing SPR oil today will limit future options. —Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026

Noun

So far, the push into high-tech industries has not been able to offset the growth drags. —Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 6 Mar. 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