Synonyms of jug

jug 1 of 2

noun

ˈjəg 

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pitcher
• bottle
• cup
• flagon
• flask
• ewer
• bucket
• carafe
• pail
• decanter
• pot
• kettle
• tankard
• beaker
• mug
• stein
• teakettle
• canteen
• fiasco
• stoup
• vessel
• jorum
• watering can
• watering pot
• cruse

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jail
• penitentiary
• prison
• pen
• brig
• cooler
• tank
• hock
• coop
• clink
• guardroom
• big house
• calaboose
• jailhouse
• cage
• stockade
• stir
• bastille
• bridewell
• slammer
• lockup
• tolbooth
• hoosegow
• joint
• pokey
• slam
• quod
• nick
• hold
• can
• dungeon
• cell
• hole
• bull pen
• ward
• concentration camp
• guardhouse
• glasshouse
• block
• prison camp
• labor camp
• stalag
• work camp
• hulk(s)
• keep
• gulag
• oubliette
• training school
• reform school
• reformatory

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outside

jug

2 of 2

verb

as in to jail

to put in or as if in prison

the luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jail
• intern
• imprison
• confine
• incarcerate
• commit
• detain
• gate
• immure
• arrest
• bar
• lock (up)
• catch
• restrain
• shut
• limit
• capture
• pinch
• restrict
• apprehend
• hold
• constrain
• bind
• bust
• seize
• keep
• impound
• pick up
• impress
• nab
• shackle
• manacle
• shanghai
• trammel
• enchain
• handcuff
• fetter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharge
• free
• release
• liberate
• manumit
• emancipate
• enfranchise
• unbind
• unchain
• unfetter
• uncage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jug

Noun

Over the last decade, the jug has become a staple in her life. — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

When a friend pointed out some weighted bags lining the path at the bottom of the staircase one day, the siblings quickly abandoned the water jug idea. — Jenna Belhumeur, Los Angeles Times, 3 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