Synonyms for drag

noun

1. Anything that is drawn

   harrow, scraper, bar, dragnet, seine, clog, brake, shoe, anchor, grapnel, dragrope, floater; see also net.

2. The influence of air on an airplane

   resistance, curb, pull, suction, friction, suck, tow, vacuum action; see also resistance 3.

3. A restraint

   hindrance, burden, encumbrance; see impediment 1.

4. *A dull or annoying person, thing, or situation

   bore, bother, annoyance; see nuisance 3, trouble 2.

verb

1. To go slowly; said of animate beings

   lag, straggle, dawdle; see lag, loiter, pause.

2. To go slowly; said of an activity

   slow down, slacken, encounter difficulties, be delayed, be prolonged, be drawn out, be tedious, wear on, fail to show progress, creep, crawl, stagnate, mark time, suffer delays, suffer from a slowdown, be off-season, be quiet; see also delay 1.

   Antonyms improve*, progress, pick up.

3. To pull an object

   pull, haul, move, transport; see draw 1.

4. *To race

   compete in speed, drag-race, hot-rod*; see race 2.

5. *To smoke

   puff, inhale deeply, draw; see smoke 2. See syn. study at pull.