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

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

Film canisters from Japanese Camera Hunter sit alongside T-shirts and skateboards by artist Geoff McFetridge’s streetwear label Acid Snow, and homey coffee mugs from Palace Diner in Biddeford, Maine. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

Suggestions include pots and pans, dishes, silverware, glass wear, mugs, cooking utensils, kitchen towels, kitchen supplies like dish soap, trash bags, cleaning supplies and reusable water bottles. — Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2026

The collection included mugs, trinket dishes, bud vases, a slow-feeder bowl and the pot Felix helped throw. — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

The event’s beer tent is large enough for 1,000 people, so grab your friends and plan to clink mugs with new ones, too. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 1 Sep. 2026

Though your home may have its share of appliances, mail, mugs, or anything else that lives on your countertops daily, they should be removed before listing. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2026

In the bustling Nyamirambo sector of Kigali, customers at Moses Sansiman's milk bar are spilling out into the street holding large glass mugs full of the creamy white drink. — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 27 Aug. 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