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

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

If a boater gets stranded, Barreto carries 5-gallon jugs of gas for emergency responses. — Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 24 May 2026

Additional videos also showed several boxes lining part of the pool as workers poured the liquid from the gallon jugs into the pool. — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 16 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

Empty Soda Cans and Plastic Bottles Filling the bottom of your large planter with empty soca cans, plastic bottles, or milk jugs takes up a surprising amount of space. — Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 10 May 2026

Right now, Prime members can score exclusive savings and summer deals on YETI tumblers, coolers, jugs, backpacks and more when shopping on Amazon. — ABC News, 23 June 2026

The volume of crystalline API needed to dose 450 million patients with the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine would fill just two milk gallon jugs, Asparouhov said. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 June 2026

Just last week, Kiki’s—a Greek spot known for its platters and $25 jugs of wine—was seized by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, which says the restaurant’s LLC and one of its owners owe more than $1 million in taxes. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026