Synonyms of mugs

mugs 1 of 2

noun

plural of mug

1

as in cups

a round vessel equipped with a handle and designed for drinking

a coffee mug

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cups
• goblets
• tankards
• beakers
• steins
• chalices
• teacups
• blackjacks
• noggins
• demitasses

2

as in thugs

a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang

just a bunch of mugs with no respect for anyone, not even themselves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thugs
• villains
• criminals
• pirates
• hoods
• offenders
• bandits
• gangsters
• gorillas
• thieves
• assassins
• hooligans
• ruffians
• hoodlums
• rowdies
• mobsters
• plug-uglies
• toughs
• roughnecks
• bullies
• punks
• toughies
• goons
• yobs
• perpetrators
• scoundrels
• gangbangers
• yobbos
• gangstas
• felons
• outlaws
• lawbreakers
• cutthroats
• robbers
• brigands
• desperadoes
• vandals
• highwaymen
• crooks
• swindlers
• racketeers
• juvenile delinquents
• mafiosi
• perps
• pickpockets
• malefactors
• bravos
• gunmen
• tearaways

3

as in faces

the front part of the head

she joked about not having to see his ugly mug anymore

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faces
• pans
• visages
• countenances
• features
• pusses
• looks
• appearances
• kissers
• presences
• lineaments
• aspects
• expressions
• miens
• physiognomies

4

as in mouths

the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal

keep your mug shut and listen up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mouths
• chops
• gobs
• pieholes
• traps
• kissers
• yaps
• jaws
• faces
• muzzles
• visages
• countenances
• pusses
• mandibles
• maxillae
• maws
• gullets

5

as in scowls

a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval

an involuntary mug at the revolting sight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scowls
• frowns
• grimaces
• mouths
• faces
• pouts
• smirks
• looks
• moues
• snoots
• lowers
• mows
• stares
• growls
• snarls
• winces
• sneers
• glares
• squinches
• flinches
• glowers
• rictuses
• scoffs
• simpers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• smiles
• laughs
• grins

6

as in suckers

chiefly British one who is easily deceived or cheated

the cardsharp was always on the lookout for a new mug

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suckers
• tools
• victims
• patsies
• pigeons
• chumps
• gulls
• targets
• dupes
• soft touches
• saps
• losers
• pushovers
• fools
• monkeys
• butts
• boobies
• lunatics
• idiots
• geese
• turkeys
• morons
• schlemiels
• dumbbells
• laughingstocks
• dopes
• cat's-paws
• nincompoops
• mockeries
• ninnies
• jackasses
• mocks
• blockheads
• imbeciles
• simpletons
• dummies
• half-wits
• dolts
• nitwits
• simps
• marks
• derisions
• schnooks
• yo-yos
• dunces
• dodoes
• schlumps
• schlubs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sharks
• dodgers
• cheaters
• swindlers
• tricksters
• slickers
• sharpers
• cheats
• confidence men
• cozeners
• defrauders
• hoaxers

7

as in idiots

chiefly British a stupid person

what kind of mug goes out in the rain without his brolly or a mackintosh?

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• intellectuals
• thinkers
• geniuses
• sages
• intellects
• wizards
• whizzes
• sharpies
• polymaths
• Renaissance men

mugs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mug

1

as in grimaces

to distort one's face

every time their picture was snapped, both children mugged by sticking out their tongues or scrunching up their faces

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grimaces
• mouths
• scowls
• frowns
• stares
• makes a face
• smirks
• sneers
• glares
• pulls a face
• growls
• gazes
• pouts
• snarls
• glowers
• deforms
• warps
• ogles
• contorts
• twists
• gapes
• glooms
• lowers
• simpers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• smiles
• beams
• grins

2

as in photographs

to take a photograph of

mugging captured criminals for the police records

Synonyms & Similar Words

• photographs
• photos
• pictures
• films
• snaps
• images
• shoots
• rephotographs
• retakes
• videotapes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mugs

Noun

One of them is NikNax, an online thrifting marketplace that now has over 5,000 sellers listing all sorts of resale items from mugs to trading cards, according to a report from CNBC Make It. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 22 July 2026

Wire cutters, car starters, broken coffee mugs—anything at hand became a weapon. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026

Most of our interviews would take place in his front room while Jean brought through endless supplies of hot, buttered toast, bacon sandwiches and mugs of tea. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 20 July 2026

The 1871 store has all sorts of teas, mugs, and totes, and the cinnamon rolls in its tearoom are worth the trip alone. — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026

The Hoosiers won a national football championship this year, and shops were displaying commemorative IU mugs and sweatshirts. — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2026

The existing Illy Art Collection of cups and mugs, by his account, is the largest of its kind in the world. — Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Besides the classic drinking glasses, Anthropologie’s Halloween and fall designs are also available on other products from the Icon collection, such as drinking tumblers, glass mugs, and wine glass charms. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 July 2026

Babies can lie on their backs and reach for rings and toys, plus admire their adorable little mugs in the mirror. — Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 July 2026

Verb

The video never provides an answer for this question, even as Kennedy plays pickleball, then mugs for the camera, then soaks in a Jacuzzi with a glass of milk, all while still in jeans. — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026