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

My tournament-field numbers suggest the concentration is meaningfully higher, and rising, at precisely the tier the white paper itself flags as most important. — Douglas Depeppe, Sportico.com, 27 July 2026

State Fair Pride Day Rainbow flags and community pride were on full display at the fair Saturday, as the Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual State Fair Pride Day for the first time. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026

As dancers ran across the stage carrying kites and flags of all the countries in the Americas, confetti fell from cannons onto the crowd. — Jessi Roti, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2026

The organization helped elevate Pride throughout the region, inspiring the Downtown Napa Association to hang Pride flags on light posts, eventually expanding the display to every municipality in Napa County. — Matt Kirouac, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026

Of those, 55,200 are docked in Miami-Dade, where they are joined by hundreds of yachts purchased oversees and registered under foreign flags. — Miami Herald, 25 July 2026

Current championship leader Kimi Antonelli has also been penalized with a three-place grid penalty for not slowing sufficiently for the yellow flags triggered by Verstappen’s spin at the final corner. — Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Over 35,000 are present in Cooperstown, NY to witness the ceremony, and Dominican flags and Boston Red Sox gear, in honor of Ortiz, are well in evidence in the crowd. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Activists in pink balaclavas led by Nadya Tolokonnikova and other members of Pussy Riot, together with the feminist dissent group FEMEN, shot smoke flares and waved Ukrainian flags outside the Russian pavilion, chanting anti-war slogans. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026

Verb

The Mayo Clinic flags multiple risks worth raising with your provider. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 29 July 2026

Consider a model that flags a patient as high risk for sepsis based on vital signs, lab values and clinical notes. — Subba Rao Katragadda, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Kalshi, the biggest prediction market company, is hoping to bar political staffers from trading on their own races with a new system that flags possible violations. — Luke Garrett, NPR, 9 July 2026

By doing so, the phototransistor flags changes and patterns of interest. — Tereza Pultarova, IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2026

If a trigger fails, a webhook times out, or a conditional branch breaks, the system flags the failure and enqueues it. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026

Ferdinand flags his interview with Casemiro, conducted at the Stretford End of United’s Old Trafford, as an example. — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 25 June 2026

When the same company both flags the problem and sells the fix, the recommendation deserves a hard look. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026

The report estimates roughly $300 million in meal program fraud and also flags potentially $9 billion more in questionable Medicaid payments. — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 8 June 2026