PLUGS Synonyms: 301 Similar and Opposite Words

plugs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of plug

as in fills

to close up so that no empty spaces remain plugged the hole in the wall with putty

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as in struggles

to devote serious and sustained effort plugged away at solving the math problem

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as in promotes

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

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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

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plugs

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noun

plural of plug

as in cobs

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Recent Examples of plugs

Verb

Wilson plugs a creative gap in the Leeds line-up off that inside-right channel. — Aston Villa, New York Times, 13 July 2026 The discovery also plugs a gap in our understanding of Venus's dense atmosphere. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 May 2026 Another distinction is its saddle and seatpost, which form a unit that plugs into a corner of the square motor/battery assembly. — ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026 For older systems, travelers can purchase additional accessories like AirFly, which plugs into the headphone jack and connects to wireless headphones via Bluetooth. — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026 Her lending company plugs those sorts of details — student transcripts and internship experiences, for example— into an algorithm that determines the likelihood applicants will complete college, get a job and make enough money to pay back the loan. — James Pollard, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025 When Jonah plugs his drive into the server, the drones immediately lock onto him. — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025 The closest Grocery Outlets are in Point Loma and Mira Mesa, so this location plugs a gap for San Diego’s central coastal neighborhoods. — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025 The tree plugs into a standard outlet and features a 60-foot cord. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plugs

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Desperation fills their lives, amplified by physicians who dismiss their complaints as psychosomatic—in their heads—and then prescribe medications for mental health conditions, such as Prozac or Valium.

— Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
The appointment fills a key leadership vacancy atop the nation's largest military branch.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of fills

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In the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, Maya struggles to maintain the beauty and optimism Charlie’s presence brought into her life.

— Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Ukraine struggles to stop them, and its engineers are working on the issue 24/7 as a matter of life and death.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of struggles

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If the ad promotes transparent evaluation rules, those rules should be easy to find before payment.

— David Ispiryan, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
The honor, announced today, promotes the practice of investigative journalism exemplifying compassion, courage and integrity.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of promotes

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As rehearsals move forward, Eisenberg repeats key scenes in the play and shoots them differently each time, his camera coming to represent Mona’s shifting perspective.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
Salaün relishes a contest on her 3-pointer and shoots better with a defender in her face.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of shoots

Noun

Korchinski is back in Chicago again and has been joining his teammates for informal skates.

— Scott Powers, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Celebrini has been at Sharks Ice this week, taking part in informal skates with a handful of his teammates, including new defensemen Darnell Nurse and Jacob Trouba.

— Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of skates

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Aflac initially gained a bigger profile after introducing its duck mascot in 1999, in ads crafted by Kaplan Thaler Group, an independent agency that was eventually acquired by Publicis Groupe of France.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
People waiting for trains seemed not quite sure how to take the ads.

— Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of ads

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Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis exploited them in their April 2023 meeting, blocking a couple of early left hooks in the Las Vegas fight and waiting for his opportunity.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The eight top picks below span single hooks, double hooks, multi-hook racks, and one shelf-and-hook combination.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of hooks

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Crucially, the reactor core runs on TRISO particle fuel, which packs uranium inside four concentric isotropic layers of carbon and silicon carbide.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
The Pro Max packs a 10,000-mAh silicon-carbon battery (with 16% silicon content), while certain markets get a 9,210-mAh variant engineered for the same long-term battery performance.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026