Synonyms of plugs

plugs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of plug

1

as in fills

to close up so that no empty spaces remain

plugged the hole in the wall with putty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fills
• packs
• blocks
• seals
• stuffs
• bungs
• dams
• stops
• clogs
• jams
• caulks
• occludes
• chokes
• congests
• obstructs
• clots
• calks
• closes (off)
• chinks
• repacks
• restuffs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• scoops (out)
• excavates
• shovels
• hollows (out)

2

as in struggles

to devote serious and sustained effort

plugged away at solving the math problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggles
• strives
• works
• labors
• tugs
• plows
• tries
• endeavors
• humps
• slaves
• pegs (away)
• sweats
• grubs
• digs (away)
• hustles
• toils
• fags
• strains
• bangs away
• sweats blood
• beavers (away)
• travails
• plods
• drudges
• slogs
• applies (oneself)
• hammers (away)
• attacks
• moils
• knuckles down
• buckles (down)
• drives
• scratches
• pitches in
• grinds (out)
• exercises
• digs in
• exerts
• essays
• ekes out
• overworks
• wades
• overexerts
• scrabbles
• trudges
• puts out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaks
• slackens
• eases (up)
• loafs
• hangs (around or out)
• lounges
• slacks (off)
• idles
• bums
• lets up
• goldbricks
• dallies
• chills
• lazes
• rests
• dillydallies
• goofs (off)
• hacks (around)
• plays
• shirks
• lolls
• relaxes
• reposes
• unwinds
• basks
• footles
• hangs
• fribbles
• doodles
• veges out
• dabbles
• trifles
• vegges out
• fools around
• hangs about
• potters (around)
• putters (around)
• monkeys (around)
• messes around
• goofs (around)

3

as in promotes

to provide publicity for

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promotes
• sells
• announces
• advertises
• publicizes
• pitches
• touts
• pushes
• beats the drum (for)
• boosts
• hypes
• ballyhoos
• barks
• talks up
• merchandises
• merchandizes
• praises
• hails
• reviews
• publishes
• broadcasts
• recommends
• endorses
• indorses
• lauds
• plumps (for)
• acclaims
• plunks (for)
• plonks (for)

4

as in shoots

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

• shoots
• drills
• pops
• guns
• drops
• kills
• destroys
• slays
• brings down
• slaughters
• pistols
• peppers
• picks off
• blazes
• fires (at)
• blows away
• shoots down
• shotguns
• machine-guns
• blasts (at)
• dispatches
• tommy-guns
• butchers
• snipes (at)
• wipes out
• blots out
• massacres
• croaks
• ices
• potshots
• fells
• decimates
• annihilates
• does in

plugs

2 of 2

noun

plural of plug

1

as in cobs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cobs
• skates
• steeds
• nags
• equines
• dobbins
• bronchos
• mares
• mounts
• foals
• stallions
• jades
• equids
• geldings
• ponies
• colts
• bays
• blacks
• fillies
• chargers
• mustangs
• chestnuts
• trotters
• cow ponies
• quarter horses
• saddle horses
• pintoes
• cutting horses
• hacks
• broncos
• packhorses
• warhorses
• racehorses
• roans
• sorrels
• pintos
• palominos
• prancers
• workhorses
• duns
• gallopers
• hackneys
• buckskins
• coursers
• skewbalds

2

as in buildups

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buildups
• ads
• promos
• campaigns
• promotions
• advertisements
• bulletins
• announcements
• notifications
• postings
• publicities
• adverts
• propagandas
• fly sheets
• brochures
• boosts
• signs
• ballyhoos
• communiqués
• releases
• notices
• flyers
• posters
• placards
• circulars
• billboards
• broadcasts
• cablecasts
• gazettes
• handbills
• show bills
• fliers
• handouts
• playbills
• messages
• communications
• commercials
• telecasts
• blurbs
• pitches
• newscasts
• spots
• bills
• broadsides
• reports
• dispatches
• billings
• declarations
• plugolas
• advertisings
• words
• proclamations
• pronouncements
• come-ons
• pronunciamentoes
• promulgations
• pronunciamentos
• annunciations
• significations
• rescripts
• edicts

3

as in hooks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hooks
• stool pigeons
• spinners
• scents
• snares
• incentives
• pulls
• trolls
• appeals
• draws
• attractions
• nets
• traps
• ambushes
• calls
• baits
• seductions
• lures
• decoys
• enticements
• temptations
• entanglements
• seducements
• entrapments

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repellants
• repellents