Synonyms of plugging

plugging 1 of 2

noun

as in filling

Related Words

• filling
• closing
• repair
• sealing
• connecting
• healing
• sewing
• patching
• knitting
• joining
• linking
• combining
• stitching
• mending
• merging
• suturing
• consolidation
• coupling
• combination
• merger
• darning
• implosion
• union
• junction
• unification
• connection
• uniting
• swelling
• tumor
• rise
• hill
• projection
• swell
• bump
• mound
• protrusion
• hump
• bulge
• bunch
• lump
• pimple
• convexity
• jut
• protuberance
• camber

Dissimilar Words

• break
• fracture
• rupture
• split
• tear
• crack
• fissure
• cut
• rift
• opening
• rent
• incision
• slit
• slash
• notch
• laceration
• gap
• breach
• gash
• rip

plugging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of plug

1

as in packing

to close up so that no empty spaces remain

plugged the hole in the wall with putty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filling
• packing
• blocking
• sealing
• bunging
• stopping
• damming
• stuffing
• jamming
• clogging
• obstructing
• occluding
• closing (off)
• choking
• congesting
• clotting
• caulking
• repacking
• chinking
• restuffing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excavating
• shoveling
• scooping (out)
• hollowing (out)

2

as in laboring

to devote serious and sustained effort

plugged away at solving the math problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laboring
• struggling
• working
• striving
• trying
• endeavoring
• tugging
• plowing
• toiling
• slaving
• sweating
• grubbing
• hustling
• humping
• digging (away)
• slogging
• straining
• plodding
• pegging (away)
• drudging
• banging away
• travailing
• attacking
• applying (oneself)
• fagging
• sweating blood
• beavering (away)
• moiling
• driving
• scratching
• buckling (down)
• exerting
• hammering (away)
• exercising
• wading
• pitching in
• digging in
• overworking
• essaying
• grinding (out)
• trudging
• eking out
• scrabbling
• knuckling down
• overexerting
• putting out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaking
• slackening
• easing (up)
• idling
• lounging
• chilling
• hanging (around or out)
• loafing
• resting
• shirking
• letting up
• bumming
• lazing
• playing
• dallying
• hacking (around)
• unwinding
• relaxing
• basking
• hanging
• slacking (off)
• goofing (off)
• lolling
• reposing
• dabbling
• goldbricking
• footling
• dillydallying
• trifling
• doodling
• fooling around
• vegging out
• messing around
• puttering (around)
• goofing (around)
• pottering (around)
• hanging about
• monkeying (around)
• fribbling

3

as in promoting

to provide publicity for

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promoting
• selling
• publicizing
• announcing
• hyping
• pushing
• touting
• boosting
• advertising
• ballyhooing
• pitching
• reviewing
• praising
• beating the drum (for)
• endorsing
• talking up
• publishing
• barking
• merchandising
• hailing
• recommending
• lauding
• broadcasting
• acclaiming
• plonking (for)
• plumping (for)
• plunking (for)

4

as in shooting

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

• shooting
• drilling
• popping
• gunning
• dropping
• killing
• destroying
• slaughtering
• slaying
• bringing down
• blazing
• picking off
• peppering
• firing (at)
• blowing away
• shooting down
• blasting (at)
• butchering
• sniping (at)
• dispatching
• massacring
• potshotting
• decimating
• annihilating
• shotgunning
• wiping out
• pistoling
• machine-gunning
• icing
• felling
• blotting out
• doing in
• croaking
• tommy-gunning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plugging

Noun

There is also an interesting opportunity at mixed full-serve/self-serve stations to reward self-serve customers for doing the plugging, so an attendant is not needed. — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

In addition, most of the money dedicated to well plugging is expended through contractors. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026

Changes in estrogen and androgen levels can increase keratin production, promoting follicular plugging, while also affecting oil and sweat gland activity. — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 11 May 2026

The framework also showed high precision in tasks like charger plugging, where millimeter-level accuracy is critical. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026

To address the issue, the Center for Biological Diversity is pushing for faster plugging of idle wells, prioritizing the effort near sensitive locations and making oil and gas companies pay for it. — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026

Continue reading … RATTLED HOST — CNN's Jake Tapper 'very unhappy' after network tightens book plugging. — FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026

Oil companies are required to set aside funds, called bonds, that the state can call on to pay for well plugging and environmental cleanup. — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2026

These items often need daily recharging, necessitating regular plugging and unplugging. — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025

Verb

Meanwhile, plugging the case in for 10 minutes will give it and the buds 10 hours of juice in total. — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

The other was plugging the sewer, which could be done for around $2,500 and would also cut off the Kingdom’s water supply. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

If there is regular flow of self-serve customers to the station, they can be rewarded for plugging and unplugging full-serve cars. — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The apprentices worked in an assembly line fashion, taking each computer out of the box and plugging it into a charging station. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026

Gray has spent most of his short senior career plugging gaps and at some stage needs to settle in one position. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Whatever the Padres do, Monday’s trade deadline will be about plugging holes. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

In May, Beijing rolled out new rules specifically for new biomedical technologies, plugging what observers said was a gap in how the development of advanced therapies, including personalized treatments, are controlled. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

The authorities are focused on plugging holes to prevent money fleeing the country and, potentially, crashing the renminbi. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 21 July 2026