Synonyms of plugging

plugging 1 of 2

noun

as in filling

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

2

as in working

to devote serious and sustained effort

plugged away at solving the math problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

4

as in drilling

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

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