Synonyms of jugs

jugs 1 of 2

noun

plural of jug

1

as in jails

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

• jails
• prisons
• penitentiaries
• coolers
• pens
• brigs
• cans
• coops
• hocks
• tanks
• clinks
• stockades
• cages
• big houses
• bastilles
• pokeys
• joints
• guardrooms
• tolbooths
• nicks
• lockups
• quods
• jailhouses
• slammers
• bridewells
• stirs
• dungeons
• holes
• slams
• calabooses
• hoosegows
• cells
• holds
• bull pens
• hulks
• wards
• concentration camps
• blocks
• glasshouses
• prison camps
• labor camps
• work camps
• guardhouses
• keeps
• gulags
• stalags
• reformatories
• training schools
• reform schools
• oubliettes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• outsides

2

as in bottles

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

• bottles
• pitchers
• cups
• flagons
• ewers
• flasks
• buckets
• pails
• pots
• carafes
• decanters
• tankards
• kettles
• steins
• mugs
• beakers
• teakettles
• canteens
• fiascoes
• vessels
• stoups
• watering cans
• jorums
• watering pots
• cruses

jugs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of jug

as in interns

to put in or as if in prison

the luckless crooks got jugged before they knew what hit them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interns
• jails
• imprisons
• confines
• locks (up)
• arrests
• incarcerates
• detains
• immures
• commits
• gates
• catches
• limits
• bars
• restrains
• shuts
• pinches
• captures
• restricts
• busts
• constrains
• apprehends
• holds
• impounds
• seizes
• binds
• impresses
• shackles
• keeps
• handcuffs
• picks up
• enchains
• fetters
• nabs
• shanghais
• trammels
• manacles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• releases
• discharges
• liberates
• frees
• unbinds
• unchains
• emancipates
• enfranchises
• manumits
• unfetters
• uncages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jugs

Noun

Filling buckets, keeping jugs by the door, checking the faucet each morning – for many Puerto Ricans, that routine was in place long before now. — Ivis García, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Officials on the island have deployed portable water tankers to communities, allowing residents to fill up containers and plastic jugs while their service is cut off. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Some of the jugs were the type used in North Africa and one is an older, Neo-Punic amphora, according to the Culture Ministry. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

Collectors can discover vintage ceramic jugs, mugs and teapots. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The traditional category, in which the San Jose nonprofit group competed, featured the use of different props such as tables, benches and wine jugs to combine technical skill with storytelling. — Yu Wang, Mercury News, 26 July 2026

Household items like gallon jugs or a suitcase loaded with books work in a pinch. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026

Meyer suggested gallon jugs of water or a suitcase loaded with books. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

It's applied like a traditional weed spray and is usually sold in large jugs. — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 24 June 2026