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
• gangsters
• bandits
• gorillas
• thieves
• assassins
• hooligans
• ruffians
• hoodlums
• yobboes
• rowdies
• mobsters
• plug-uglies
• toughs
• gangbangers
• roughnecks
• bullies
• toughies
• punks
• goons
• perpetrators
• yobs
• scoundrels
• yobbos
• desperados
• gangstas
• felons
• lawbreakers
• outlaws
• cutthroats
• robbers
• brigands
• desperadoes
• bravoes
• vandals
• perps
• highwaymen
• crooks
• swindlers
• racketeers
• mafiosi
• juvenile delinquents
• 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
• pie holes
• pieholes
• traps
• faces
• jaws
• kissers
• yaps
• muzzles
• visages
• countenances
• pusses
• mandibles
• maxillas
• maxillae
• maws
• gullets

5

as in grimaces

a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval

an involuntary mug at the revolting sight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grimaces
• scowls
• mouths
• frowns
• faces
• pouts
• lours
• looks
• smirks
• moues
• snoots
• lowers
• mows
• growls
• stares
• 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
• idiots
• geese
• turkeys
• lunatics
• morons
• schlemiels
• shlemiels
• dumbbells
• laughingstocks
• dopes
• dodos
• nincompoops
• cat's-paws
• mockeries
• ninnies
• jackasses
• mocks
• blockheads
• imbeciles
• simpletons
• dummies
• half-wits
• dolts
• nitwits
• simps
• marks
• derisions
• schnooks
• yo-yos
• shlubs
• dunces
• schlumps
• dodoes
• 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
• donkeys
• losers
• noodles
• dumbbells
• lunatics
• numskulls
• prats
• dopes
• chowderheads
• knuckleheads
• fatheads
• clodpoles
• numbskulls
• turkeys
• dips
• stocks
• noddies
• blockheads
• imbeciles
• sapheads
• fools
• woodenheads
• golems
• stupes
• boneheads
• cretins
• bubbleheads
• lunkheads
• pinheads
• dolts
• dumbheads
• meatheads
• dunderheads
• naturals
• dodos
• deadheads
• hardheads
• airheads
• yahoos
• dullards
• oafs
• lumps
• schnooks
• loons
• dimwits
• goons
• cuddies
• shlubs
• dim bulbs
• chuckleheads
• nincompoops
• goofs
• thickheads
• nuts
• ignoramuses
• ninnies
• hammerheads
• dunces
• ganders
• dumb clucks
• villains
• dorks
• dum-dums
• jerks
• jackasses
• clowns
• momes
• ratbags
• clunks
• simpletons
• doofuses
• dufuses
• birdbrains
• geese
• ignorami
• dummkopfs
• half-wits
• know-nothings
• lunks
• clucks
• ninnyhammers
• clodpolls
• loggerheads
• nitwits
• schlubs
• yo-yos
• nimrods
• lamebrains
• boobies
• buffoons
• dodoes
• clots
• skunks
• skunk
• nits
• loonies
• zanies
• madmen
• snakes
• heels
• gawks
• scatterbrains
• cads
• beasts
• featherbrains
• creeps
• stinkers
• boors
• churls
• curs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• genii
• 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 scowls

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 faces
• smirks
• makes a face
• sneers
• glares
• pulls a face
• growls
• gazes
• pouts
• lours
• 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