TAGS Synonyms: 194 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of tag

as in labels

a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it read the tag on the shirt to find out if I could wash it or if it had to be dry-cleaned

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of tag

as in marks

to attach an identifying slip to tagged all the dresses with sale stickers before putting them on the rack

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as in tracks

to go after or on the track of wildlife experts surreptitiously tagged the timber wolf, carefully keeping a safe distance so the wolf wouldn't catch their scent and run

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of tag

as in clips

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner he tagged me with a right hook and blackened my eye

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as in picks

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission

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Recent Examples of tags

Noun

Her client’s closet filled with new items, the tags still attached. —

Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 21 June 2026 And the graffiti artists have discovered the old Brager-Gutman department store and managed to fill the upper stories with tags. —

Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026 Nourse said safety tags are used to mark an animal that may be set for euthanasia so a nonprofit has time to line up transport, a foster, or an adopter. —

Nina Burns, CBS News, 19 June 2026 The team used 14 satellite tags to monitor whales’ dives. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 June 2026 So will the three-letter International Air Transport Association airport code, which is used in flight bookings and on baggage tags. —

Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026 Look for bedbug shed skin, eggs and dot-like feces around the mattress and box spring seams, piping and tags. —

Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 18 June 2026 Every week, the store offers 50% on different colored tags. —

Amelia Espinales, Florida Times-Union, 18 June 2026 Read seed packets, catalogs, and plant tags carefully to select disease-resistant tomato varieties. —

Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 17 June 2026

Verb

McDonnell, who focuses on predatory fish and impacts from climate change and fishing, typically tags fish with sensors for studies. —

Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2026 Gerth gets notified every time a neighbor tags her on Facebook. —

Noel Brennan, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026 Reece Atwood tags her with an RBI single off the left-field wall that scores Kayden Henry, MaTaia Lawson follows with a 2-RBI single into right, and Jaycie Nichols bounces another single up the middle. —

Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026 William Contreras #24 of the Milwaukee Brewers tags out Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers at home plate during the sixth inning at American Family Field on July 08, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. —

Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 Behind the scenes, Billo tags your videos, tracks what elements perform best—things like hooks, calls to action, and formats—and shares that info with brands. —

Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tags

Noun

When added up, all the trims that go into a garment—threads, elastics, labels, drawstrings and more—comprise roughly 40 percent of its bill of materials.

— Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 18 June 2026
Yan and his colleagues used sound waves to encode a stream of data, including images and labels that identified those images.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 18 June 2026