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

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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

Pitman waited as the debtor, a construction worker, transferred a reflective vest, a jug of water, a pair of shoes, a backpack, and a sack of nine-millimetre bullets to the garage. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 And while carrying grocery bags or water jugs can do the trick, the surest way to get stronger is gradually using heavier dumbbells to preserve the practical power needed for everyday life. — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 18 June 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

Five pitchers — Paul Derringer, Bucky Walters, Whit Wyatt, Larry French, and Carl Hubbell — held the AL to three hits.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
With two on and two outs in the first, Benge tapped a ball between the pitcher’s mound and the third-base line.

— Tim Britton, New York Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of pitcher

Verb

Jackson said that made his relationship to his country more complicated, especially after he was convicted on drug and weapons charges as a 21-year-old and imprisoned for over a year.

— Susan Bence, NPR, 4 July 2026
She was imprisoned multiple times between 2018 and 2020 during the investigation, spending nearly a year and a half in jail.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 July 2026

Definition of imprison

Noun

Trust her to direct you to the right bottle on her concise, personal list, or to pour you a glass of something exciting from a nightly-changing selection.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
An amazing summer essential and handbag must-have, this refreshing body mist smells like sunshine in a bottle.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Definition of bottle

Noun

Two years ago, a judge freed Anthony Bailey after 27 years in the federal penitentiary, giving him a second chance at life.

— Carrie Johnson, NPR, 23 June 2026
After a federal jury voted to convict him in early 2024, Hernández was sent to a notorious high-security penitentiary in West Virginia to serve his time.

— Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 11 June 2026

Definition of penitentiary

Noun

Messi beat Balenziaga twice, as well as three other Athletic players, during a crazy dribble that belonged in a school playground, not a cup final.

— Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026
The existing Illy Art Collection of cups and mugs, by his account, is the largest of its kind in the world.

— Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of cup

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The data, compiled by ICE and processed by a UC Berkeley Law School initiative, sheds light on how the agency has operated in Sacramento, where dozens of arrests have taken place downtown and through administrative transfers at prisons.

— Mathew Miranda July 9, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
One of them, a 25-year-old Antioch man, is serving a prison sentence in an unrelated Walnut Creek shooting.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 10 July 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