Synonyms of flags

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noun

plural of flag

1

as in banners

a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling

the flags of both countries were prominently displayed at the treaty signing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• banners
• colors
• ensigns
• pennants
• streamers
• standards
• pennons
• insignia
• guidons
• badges
• pendants
• signalers
• jacks
• banderoles
• buntings
• white flags
• crests
• black flags
• semaphores
• tricolors
• coats of arms
• burgees
• wafts
• gonfalons
• Jolly Rogers
• union jacks

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as in signals

an object intended to give public notice or warning

road crews using handheld stop signs as flags at both ends of the highway construction zone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• signals
• red lights
• tocsins
• knells

flags

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of flag

1

as in droops

to be limp from lack of water or vigor

flowers flagging in the summer heat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• droops
• hangs
• sags
• swags
• falls
• lolls
• wilts
• subsides
• collapses
• slumps
• sinks
• drops
• slouches
• crumples
• yields
• caves (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stiffens
• rises
• distends
• straightens
• uncurls
• unbends

2

as in fades

to lose bodily strength or vigor

we flagged as we neared the end of the long mountain trail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fades
• weakens
• sags
• sinks
• goes
• fails
• droops
• lags
• decays
• wastes (away)
• languishes
• deteriorates
• withers
• wilts
• emaciates
• wears out
• breaks down
• yields
• runs down
• degenerates
• rots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rallies
• recovers
• rebounds
• recuperates
• gains
• convalesces

flags

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of flag

as in waves

to direct or notify by a movement or gesture

flagged the cars into the other parking lot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waves
• motions
• signals
• gestures
• beckons
• signs
• tells
• nods
• informs
• mimes
• shrugs
• pantomimes
• gesticulates
• advises
• signalizes
• flourishes
• relates
• acquaints

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flags

Noun

Barely an hour from the famed Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap, deminers with South Korean, Swiss and American flags on their uniforms and helmets, recently inched through a minefield, clearing the land one painstaking step at a time. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

When other Columbia students staged a counter- protest outside the encampment, holding Israeli flags, people threatened them with violence. — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Celebrations under tight security In Kabul, Afghans took to the squares carrying Taliban flags and chanting slogans in support of the government. — Abdul Qahar Afghan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Iranian pro-government demonstrators wave flags in Tehran on Tuesday. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026

There could even be different skin tones or national flags to represent San Jose’s diversity. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

For weeks before Arbeen, pilgrims set off on foot for Karbala, some carrying flags with images of Imam Hussein in the searing heat. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

In northwest parts of the borough, with Colombian restaurants and flags on street corners and storefronts, the South American pride is hard to miss. — Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

The assistant is told to check before making claims, never make up flags or APIs, automate anything that can be checked and separate evidence from belief. — Brian Greenberg, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Verb

The tool flags abnormal search behavior, such as an officer repeatedly searching the same license plate daily, or clusters of searches late at night. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Other warning signs most people miss Moffitt Cancer Center flags several presentations that get mistaken for everyday skin issues. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2026

And this is one of those things that flags my lack of comprehension of most things happening in my midst. — John Ramos, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

The tool flags abnormal search behavior — for example, by an individual officer. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Specifically, those Red Friday flags the Chiefs sell each year, which have become wildly popular. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Security flags it, legal wants a data review, IT says it's not approved, etc. — Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Her company, Mantis Biotech, makes a consumer software product called Parva that quietly reads how a person types and clicks, then flags cognitive change against that person's own history. — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Interestingly, Nielsen also flags an annual tradition might be forming. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 July 2026