RIGS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

rigs 1 of 2

noun

plural of rig

as in carriages

a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers romantic couples enjoy being driven in the old-fashioned rig through the park

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rigs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rig

as in supplies

to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity carefully rigged each diver with the required equipment before starting out

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Recent Examples of rigs

Noun

Other truck drivers will also begin sharing lanes with autonomous rigs. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Charter boats trolling big bucktails or even umbrella rigs have targeted large, post-spawn fish for decades. — Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 These rigs provide unparalleled fishing for myriad gamefish species. — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 29 July 2026 As miners switch off rigs, the network's hashrate has slid, and some say the security cost is being waved away. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 The more costly and time-consuming methods involve humans wearing teleoperation rigs to directly guide a robot’s physical motions in training or running many experimental trials with robots in labs or other environments. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026 The internet is full of guides to retrofitting an existing canoe with sailing rigs, but most of them require you to drill into the hull—a risky alteration for less crafty owners. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026 But, where other big Benz luxury rigs go up or down in the name of ground clearance, the VLE is more about aerodynamics and ease of entry and exit. — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 19 June 2026 This year, country music — or at least a few of its leading men — is moving up from fishing rigs and pontoons to the easy listening waters of yacht rock. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2026

Verb

There’s infectious joy and wonder as the Eridian who will come to be known as Rocky begins communicating with Ryland, at first with rudimentary signals and then with more complex language once Ryland rigs a translation device. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigs

Noun

The kids enjoyed jaywalking, but having to dodge bicyclists and horse carriages.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The annual review noted that visitors dropped to Windsor Castle and the Royal Mews, a working stables that houses the coaches and carriages used by the royal family.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of carriages

Verb

Two of the power plant’s eight turbines are now producing electricity again, Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said via social media on Monday, offering some relief to a facility that supplies nearly half the country’s electricity.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
Nvidia supplies the computing platform; the investors decide what to fund.

— Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of supplies

Noun

In the same way that London is more than just red buses, black cabs, and a rather large parliamentary clock, England is more than just the vigor of London.

— Katie Silcox, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
They, like so many other performance pickups—including the Shelby F-150 Baja Raptor from last month—have double (or, as they’re sometimes known, extended) cabs.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 July 2026

Definition of cabs

Verb

Across the aisle on the entry side, the compact kitchen block equips trailer cooks with a dual-burner gas stove with hard lid, rectangular sink, 59-L fridge and two wing-like worktops - one that folds down and one that removes and stores away.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 July 2026
Digital transformation succeeds when technology complements people and equips them with new skills, rather than creating uncertainty or resistance to change.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of equips

Noun

But, that could be accomplished with portable palanquins and chariots, Namboothiri said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Suddenly, the servant saw that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around them – representing spiritual forces of divine protection.

— Liesl Ehmke, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026

Definition of chariots

Verb

For example, the female carpenter bee provisions her nest with nectar and pollen, lays the eggs, and then the eggs hatch in late summer to fall.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
Inside, the wasp provisions its offspring with paralyzed spiders or insects.

— Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025