Synonyms of lugs

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noun

plural of lug

1

as in hulks

a big clumsy often slow-witted person

get off of my feet, you big lug!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hulks
• lumps
• losers
• nuts
• mutts
• clods
• heels
• villains
• idiots
• morons
• turkeys
• snakes
• clodhoppers
• palookas
• skunks
• brutes
• geese
• gawks
• lunatics
• beasts
• creeps
• clowns
• stocks
• louts
• stupids
• Neanderthals
• oafs
• lubbers
• fools
• dumbbells
• donkeys
• dummies
• prats
• noodles
• dips
• hammerheads
• deadheads
• blunderers
• dopes
• chumps
• clunks
• cads
• anthropoids
• pinheads
• airheads
• sapheads
• slouches
• stupes
• apes
• galoots
• noddies
• rogues
• golems
• dullards
• dolts
• dim bulbs
• knuckleheads
• hardheads
• numskulls
• lunkheads
• blockheads
• boobies
• boors
• simps
• clucks
• dunces
• schlemiels
• imbeciles
• goofs
• yahoos
• bubbleheads
• boneheads
• loons
• mugs
• ignoramuses
• nincompoops
• goons
• ganders
• fatheads
• dunderheads
• louses
• meatheads
• chuckleheads
• churls
• dimwits
• ninnies
• tykes
• curs
• momes
• nits
• loonies
• cretins
• loggerheads
• schnooks
• cuddies
• jackasses
• stinkers
• madmen
• dorks
• chowderheads
• rascals
• simpletons
• nimrods
• doofuses
• thickheads
• schlubs
• woodenheads
• scamps
• ratbags
• clots
• clodpolls
• nitwits
• birdbrains
• dumbheads
• dum-dums
• ninnyhammers
• scatterbrains
• yo-yos
• know-nothings
• half-wits
• dodoes
• dummkopfs
• lamebrains
• featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• intellectuals
• thinkers
• sages
• geniuses
• wizards
• whizzes
• brainiacs

2

as in workers

an average or ordinary man

the billionaire industrialist was totally clueless about the concerns of the blue-collar lugs that worked for him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• workers
• little guys
• men in the street
• Joe Blows
• little men
• everymen
• Joe Six-Packs
• laborers
• John Does
• plebeians
• slobs
• proles
• commoners
• plebs
• proletarians
• plain Janes
• peons
• everywomen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• big shots
• VIPs
• big wheels
• bigwigs
• fat cats
• movers and shakers
• big cheeses

lugs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lug

1

as in pulls

to cause to follow by applying steady force on

lugged the lawn mower out into the backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulls
• hauls
• drags
• tugs
• tows
• draws
• hales
• carries
• attracts
• heaves
• jerks
• yanks
• moves
• transports
• conveys
• ferries

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pushes
• drives
• propels
• thrusts
• shoves

2

as in carries

to support and take from one place to another

I don't understand why he's always lugging all of his books around when his locker is right over there

Synonyms & Similar Words

• carries
• hauls
• ferries
• transports
• packs
• brings
• sends
• totes
• conveys
• carts
• bears
• ships
• delivers
• transfers
• takes
• transmits
• moves
• hands over
• shifts
• forwards
• removes
• fetches

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lugs

Noun

Great for hiking, everyday wear, and travel days, these shoes will support you from dusk to dawn thanks to their cushy arch-supporting midsole, secure and adjustable heel lock strap, and additional lugs for even better traction. — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026

The 60-part, 45 mm case combines a titanium body with pink gold lugs, bezel and pushers. — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026

For the most part, road-running sneakers have outsoles marked by smooth, flat rubber or shallow grooves, while their trail-running counterparts flaunt lugs that can most effectively grip dirt, mud, and rocks. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

The collar includes a thumb screw to lock it into place and two strap lugs. — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 13 May 2026

The slip-on boasts a comfy EVA footbed, grippy lugs, and a water-resistant upper. — Lisa Jhung, Outside, 26 Mar. 2026

Verb

The show could have montaged its way to a shorter version of the sequence where Carol lugs heavy stone tiles from a home-building depot to her house and places them one by one over the grave site. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2025