JUG Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈjəg

Definition of jug

as in pitcher

a handled container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or a spout put a jug of milk on the table

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as in jail

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody some no-good fellow who had spent most of his life in and out of the county jug

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outside

jug

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verb

as in to jail

to put in or as if in prison the luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them

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Recent Examples of jug

Noun

Michigan leads the series 78-25-3, including a 74-23-2 mark when the jug has been at stake. — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Use seedbeds, plug trays, or milk jugs for better seedling management; transplant seedlings in spring. — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026

Verb

In 2022, authorities charged Carlos Rusi and three other Houston men with a bank jugging case in Burbank, California, according to FOX 26. — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 10 Dec. 2025 Bank jugging occurs when suspects watch ATMs and banks and then follow people who withdraw cash to other places and then try to rob them. — Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 13 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for jug

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jug

Noun

Not exactly the most famous names in Major League Baseball, sure, but an example of the Rays' depth and ability to create tough matchups for opposing pitchers up and down the lineup.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
His head hits the table, a pitcher drops to the floor and explodes.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of pitcher

Noun

The report examined publicly available FBI and immigration arrest data and does not include details about whether charges were dropped or if people served any time in jail or prison.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
Look, the Kansas Bill of Rights clearly says you cannot be arrested or thrown in jail because of indebtedness.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of jail

Verb

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Monday that 2,513 people had been taken into custody amid the recent protests, with 67 people imprisoned.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Otero Alcántara, who was released into exile three months ago after five years in prison, said he had been arrested several times before he was imprisoned in 2021.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of imprison

Noun

Suddenly, Smith herself was beside me, raising her own bottle of ginger juice.

— Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026
Carrying a large pump spray bottle and a small, sturdy brush, Caitlin Abrams stood before two starkly contrasting graves in a modest cemetery in western Vermont.

— Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of bottle

Noun

Beyond the towering brick walls of the Tarrant County Jail, and every other county jail and state penitentiary in the country, lies an out-of-sight-out-of-mind world that most never see, let alone experience.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
Mexico has 276 prisons, including 14 federal penitentiaries and 249 state prisons.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of penitentiary

Noun

For Japanese-style short-grain white rice, a rough stovetop starting point is 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups of water per cup of rice.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Tents are set up along the river for everyone to have a place to warm up, get a cup of coffee or a change of clothes.

— Anna Meiler, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of cup

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She was sentenced to just over 11 years in prison, and she and her former boyfriend and business partner Sunny Balwani were ordered to pay $452 million in restitution.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Miranda Orozco, 50, was sentenced to 30 years in prison after admitting to arranging travel and accommodations for two people who died and another who was seriously injured.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of prison

Noun

After helping one of the Dutchmen lug a keg of liquor to the game, Rip drinks several flagons, passes out, and wakes up two decades later.

— John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Under a vaulted ceiling, academics, museum workers, and the octopus-curious passed around a flagon of Kraken Rum.

— Pearse Anderson, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2023