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

The rubber outsole is super grippy, with three-millimeter lugs. — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026

There are some minor signs of aging from the environment, but all of the beautiful floral engravings on the side of the case and the lugs are perfectly crisp and intact. — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 10 June 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

Rendered entirely in black, the shoe gets a thick outsole with lugs. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 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