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

Sipping tea from beer mugs with his co-workers, Kyle Bos listed the ways his life is changing. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Waiters weave through packed aisles carrying foaming one-liter mugs, and strangers at long wooden tables quickly become friends. — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Sipping tea from beer mugs with his coworkers, Kyle Bos listed the ways his life is changing. — Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026

From ghostly needlepoint pillows to pumpkin patch candles, cozy throw blankets, outdoor decor, coffee mugs, serving bowls, and more, these Halloween picks are perfect for welcoming the new season in style. — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2026

Today, their Traverse City store, M22, is a big business selling clothing, coffee mugs, car decals, and even bottles of wine branded with the highway logo. — Mike Norton, Midwest Living, 26 Sep. 2026

The studio provides large and small premade ceramics, from coffee mugs and trivets to vases, bowls and plates, animals and other shapes. — Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

Marred mugs and glassware can be recycled or used for storage receptacles elsewhere and replaced. — Melissa Breyer, Martha Stewart, 15 Sep. 2026

Our favorite mugs and cups collected from Denmark, Portugal, and Japan and the set custom-made by my sister have gone into storage with our Le Creuset salt and pepper shakers. — The Spruce, 14 Sep. 2026

Verb

Llínas mugs the camera for laugh lines in the narration, rattles off a comically long list of Borges’ lovers, reveals halfway through that the score has been played, in part, off a toy xylophone. — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

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