Synonyms of pegs

pegs 1 of 2

noun

plural of peg

as in stages

an individual part of a process, series, or ranking

took the arrogant student down a peg

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stages
• points
• steps
• chapters
• places
• phases
• inches
• notches
• cuts
• degrees
• grades
• sides
• angles
• amounts
• planes
• aspects
• measures
• facets
• increments
• decrements

pegs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of peg

1

as in ranks

to arrange or assign according to type

pegged her as a backstabber right from the beginning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ranks
• classifies
• groups
• types
• relegates
• sorts
• grades
• distinguishes
• places
• distributes
• lists
• separates
• categorizes
• files
• classes
• ranges
• identifies
• organizes
• compartments
• digests
• shelves
• codifies
• recognizes
• assorts
• compartmentalizes
• breaks down
• orders
• indexes
• refers
• catalogs
• alphabetizes
• disposes
• culls
• arrays
• systematizes
• clumps
• marshals
• clusters
• pigeonholes
• screens
• draws up
• sifts
• sets
• reclassifies
• sieves
• winnows
• colligates
• regroups
• subcategorizes
• recategorizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lumps
• jumbles
• mixes (up)
• scrambles
• confuses
• disarranges
• misclassifies
• missorts
• mistypes

2

as in throws

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

pegged the ball to the second baseman

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throws
• tosses
• hurls
• flings
• bowls
• fires
• slings
• casts
• launches
• pitches
• guns
• catapults
• heaves
• darts
• dashes
• lofts
• lobs
• chucks
• flips
• hooks
• hurtles
• lets fly
• pelts
• rifles
• rolls
• thrusts
• projects
• precipitates
• shoots
• passes
• propels
• ejects
• bucks
• impels

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pegs

Noun

After axemen cleared paths through the oaks, elms, and basswoods, the surveyors stretched a standardized measure called a Gunter’s chain—a hundred links to a chain, eighty chains to a mile—and marked the distances with tally pegs. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Anniversaries are ready pegs for journalists, sometimes reached for too automatically. — Kurt Shillinger, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

Along the way, Parton cultivated an international business reputation and a vast fortune that Forbes pegs at $450 million. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

The bass player plucked each of his instrument’s four strings, one at a time, while turning the corresponding tuning pegs. — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

The Zaporizhyan ecclesiastical design belonged to the Middle Dnieper architectural school and was built with wooden pegs instead of nails, using oak from a fortress. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

In the late 1990s, a multi‑year dollar climb made currency pegs and managed exchange rate regimes in Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand impossible to defend. — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

The long saddle, rear foot pegs and 350-pound payload capacity also make the Ranger suitable for riders who want to share parts of the journey. — New Atlas, 22 July 2026

Use some bike pant pegs to ensure the fabric doesn’t snag when cycling! — Alexandra Pereira, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026

Verb

City Hall projects the levy could raise as much as $500 million a year, though the comptroller’s office pegs the figure closer to $340 million to $380 million. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 July 2026

Hale Health pegs entry-level red light panels at $300 to $600 and full-body setups at $2,000 to $5,000 or more. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026

The paper pegs the total deal size at $6 billion, citing four people familiar with the matter, with the hope of closing the deal within the next month. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026

Goldman Sachs' Tony Pasquariello pegs client hedge funds' posture as +8 on a scale of -10 to +10. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 23 June 2026

While Carnival has not publicly stated how many people were compromised in the breach, a filing with the attorney general’s office in Maine pegs the number at nearly 6 million. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 2 June 2026

That might be conservative, as another outlet, Sportico, pegs the Dodgers at $9 billion today. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 27 May 2026

One analyst pegs it at about 10%, which would mean a staggering $3 trillion in loans that should be classified as past due are not. — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026

The federal government pegs the primary source as Mexican cartels using chemicals sourced from China. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 18 May 2026