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plug

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of plug

1 to close up so that no empty spaces remain

  • plugged the hole in the wall with putty
Synonyms of plug

block, bung, dam, fill, pack, stop, stuff
Words Related to plug

choke, clog, close (off), clot, congest, jam, obstruct, occlude

caulk, chink, seal

repack, restuff
Near Antonyms of plug

excavate, hollow (out), scoop (out), shovel

2 to devote serious and sustained effort

  • plugged away at solving the math problem
Synonyms of plug

bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work
Words Related to plug

apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch in

attack, drive

essay, try

exercise, exert, overexert, overwork

eke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratch

trudge, wade
Phrases Synonymous with plug

sweat blood
Near Antonyms of plug

break, ease (up), let up, slacken

bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out

bask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwind

dabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about [British], mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

3 to provide publicity for

  • the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie
Synonyms of plug

ballyhoo, boost, hype, pitch, promote, publicize, talk up, tout
Words Related to plug

advertise, bark, merchandise (also merchandize), sell

push

acclaim, hail, laud, praise

endorse (also indorse), plump (for), plunk (for) or plonk (for)

recommend, review

announce, broadcast, publish
Phrases Synonymous with plug

beat the drum (for)

4 to strike with a missile from a gun

  • the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk
Synonyms of plug

drill, gun, pop, shoot
Words Related to plug

blow away, bring down, drop, pick off, shoot down

blaze, pepper, potshot, snipe (at)

blast (at), fire (at)

pistol, shotgun

machine-gun, tommy-gun

croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, ice [slang], kill, slay

annihilate, blot out, butcher, decimate, massacre, slaughter, wipe out

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