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sags

verb , present tense third-person singular of sag

Synonyms and Antonyms of sags

1 to be limp from lack of water or vigor

the plant's leaves were sagging feebly in the intense heat

Synonyms of sags

droops, flags, hangs, lolls, swags, wilts

Words Related to sags

slouches, slumps

caves (in), collapses, crumples, drops, falls, sinks, subsides, yields

Near Antonyms of sags

distends, stiffens

rises, straightens, unbends, uncurls

2 to decline gradually from a standard level

sales figures have sagged slightly over the past six months

Synonyms of sags

slips

Words Related to sags

drops, falls, slumps

flags, sinks, slackens, slows (down), weakens

abates, contracts, decreases, de-escalates, dies (down), diminishes, dwindles, ebbs, lessens, lets up, lowers, moderates, recedes, relents, shrinks, subsides, tapers, tapers off, wanes

Near Antonyms of sags

rockets, shoots (up), soars

balloons, burgeons (also bourgeons), enlarges, escalates, expands, increases, mounts, multiplies, mushrooms, proliferates, snowballs, swells, waxes

crests, peaks, surges

3 to lose bodily strength or vigor

after a whole day of working in the hot sun, he began to sag

Synonyms of sags

decays, droops, emaciates, fades, fails, flags, goes, lags, languishes, sinks, wastes (away), weakens, wilts, withers

Words Related to sags

breaks down, wears out

yields

degenerates, deteriorates, rots, runs down

Near Antonyms of sags

convalesces, rallies, rebounds, recovers, recuperates

gains

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