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

2

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

More broadly, struggling to name specific contributions by others even when specifically prompted to do so or remaining vague about developing subordinates are flags that the candidate may engage in toxic patterns. — Harvard Business Review, 24 Aug. 2026

The counter protesters came in force wielding massive flags, signs and automatic bubble blowers. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Santosh Kumar, 76, waved at the crowd from a float decked out with flags and white, orange and green streamers. — Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Johnson was most proud last week of the Bears drawing only two flags, unheard of in a preseason game. — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Veiled pro-government supporters carrying flags take part in a ceremony commemorating the memory of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in downtown Tehran, Iran, on August 18, 2026. — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

No potted flowers, no beloved little items outside our front door, no garden flags and even no doormats! — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

Up the hillside there ever pours in reinforcements, clutching cans of beer and occasionally flags…There is something about it all of a children’s crusade, the young people look so innocent and take their pleasure so gravely. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

This means that a student who uses Claude to rework a few clunky sentences in their prose is likely to raise the same detection flags as one who used the bot to write their entire essay from scratch. — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 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