Synonyms of plugged

plugged 1 of 2

adjective

as in stopped

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stopped
• blocked
• clogged
• shut
• obstructed
• jammed
• closed
• stuffed
• uncleared
• impassable
• hampered
• hindered
• impassible
• constricted
• trammelled
• encumbered
• dammed
• cramped
• impeded
• blockaded
• barricaded
• trammeled
• gated
• interfered (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleared
• open
• clear
• free
• unobstructed
• unclogged
• navigable
• unstopped
• unclosed
• passable
• empty
• unoccupied
• vacant
• emptied
• enterable

plugged

2 of 2

verb

past tense of plug

1

as in filled

to close up so that no empty spaces remain

plugged the hole in the wall with putty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• stuffed
• sealed
• blocked
• bunged
• dammed
• stopped
• jammed
• clogged
• occluded
• obstructed
• closed (off)
• congested
• calked
• caulked
• choked
• clotted
• repacked
• chinked
• restuffed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excavated
• shoveled
• scooped (out)
• hollowed (out)
• shovelled

2

as in wrought

to devote serious and sustained effort

plugged away at solving the math problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wrought
• labored
• struggled
• worked
• sweated
• tried
• tugged
• plowed
• strived
• hustled
• dug (away)
• slaved
• grubbed
• toiled
• endeavored
• humped
• sweat
• drudged
• pegged (away)
• fagged
• plodded
• strained
• slogged
• strove
• sweated blood
• travailed
• banged away
• attacked
• moiled
• sweat blood
• applied (oneself)
• scratched
• drove
• beavered (away)
• dug in
• pitched in
• hammered (away)
• buckled (down)
• exerted
• waded
• essayed
• exercised
• eked out
• overworked
• trudged
• knuckled down
• ground (out)
• scrabbled
• overexerted
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• broke
• slackened
• eased (up)
• idled
• chilled
• let up
• lounged
• rested
• hung (around or out)
• loafed
• shirked
• bummed
• lazed
• hanged (around or out)
• dallied
• played
• hacked (around)
• slacked (off)
• relaxed
• hung
• basked
• goofed (off)
• unwound
• reposed
• lolled
• hanged
• dabbled
• goldbricked
• dillydallied
• footled
• trifled
• doodled
• vegged out
• fooled around
• messed around
• puttered (around)
• hung about
• pottered (around)
• goofed (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

3

as in promoted

to provide publicity for

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promoted
• sold
• announced
• publicized
• advertised
• pushed
• touted
• hyped
• pitched
• boosted
• beat the drum (for)
• barked
• ballyhooed
• talked up
• published
• reviewed
• praised
• hailed
• endorsed
• recommended
• broadcasted
• indorsed
• lauded
• merchandized
• merchandised
• acclaimed
• broadcast
• plonked (for)
• plumped (for)
• plunked (for)

4

as in drilled

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 & Similar Words

• drilled
• popped
• gunned
• shot
• dropped
• destroyed
• killed
• slaughtered
• butchered
• brought down
• picked off
• blazed
• blew away
• fired (at)
• blasted (at)
• peppered
• shot down
• dispatched
• sniped (at)
• massacred
• shotgunned
• wiped out
• felled
• pistoled
• decimated
• slew
• croaked
• pistolled
• annihilated
• iced
• blotted out
• machine-gunned
• tommy-gunned
• potshot
• did in

Examples of plugged in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

No one was seated in the immediate two seats — 26 A and B — nearest the plugged door, Homendy said. —Danny Lee, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2024

Advertisement Best sketch of the night: The ‘American Girl’ movie trailer nobody asked for Someone on the writing staff is very plugged into the American Girl universe, as evidenced by a previous sketch this season about a cafe themed to the popular dolls. —Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023

When Salas couldn’t convert a 20-foot uphill birdie putt on the 18th and Castren recovered from a plugged approach shot in the bunker to pour her par putt into the heart of the cup, Europe had its fourth Solheim Cup win in its last six meetings with the Americans. —BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2021

Want to stay plugged in? —Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2022