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

Distilled water can be purchased in gallon jugs, which should last you quite a while to keep one Venus flytrap hydrated. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2026

Milagros Pica Quiñones’ small concrete home is an untamed menagerie of bottles, paint buckets, bleach and laundry detergent jugs. — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

In 2017, internet trolls disrupted an anti-racist art installation with neo-Nazi chants and messily downed jugs of milk to accentuate their white identity. — Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

There will be a seminar with DawgNation’s Kaylee Mansell, take-home goodies and several activities, including a station for making spirit jugs. — Caitlyn Stroh-Page, AJC.com, 23 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

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