Flag synonyms
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A long narrow banner or streamer borne upon a lance.
(Proper) The flag of the United States
A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
A national flag displayed on ships and aircraft, often with the special insignia of a branch or unit of the armed forces.
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A distinctive badge, design, or device:
gonfalon
A standard or ensign, consisting of a pole with a crosspiece from which a banner is suspended, especially as used in church processions, but also for civic and military display.
The red or orange-red flag of the Abbey of Saint Denis in France, used as a standard by the early kings of France.
An ensign, or flag
(Proper) The flag of the United States, with seven horizontal red stripes and six white ones, the colors alternating, and in the upper left corner a blue field with white stars (now 50), one for each state
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(Proper) The national flag of the United Kingdom
A black flag bearing the emblematic white skull and crossbones of a pirate ship.
blue-flag
A quality award given to European beaches, based on cleanliness and water quality.
(--- Heraldry) A device consisting of a stylized three-petaled iris flower, used as the armorial emblem of the kings of France.
A similar plant (Acorus americanus) native to North America.
To signal (something) by doing this
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Precipitation in the form of rounded pellets of ice and hard snow that usually falls during thunderstorms. Hail forms when raindrops are blown up and down within a cloud, passing repeatedly through layers of warm and freezing air and collecting layers of ice until they are too heavy for the winds to keep them from falling.
give a sign to
To signal
To suffer with longing; pine
To lessen; to bring low.
To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity:
iris (related)
The iris is defined as the colored part of the eye around the pupil, the name of a woman, or a three-petal flower with sword-shaped leaves.
signal (related)
To cause an effect in a cell by the activation of a receptor, as by a neurotransmitter or hormone.
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weaken (related)
To make or become weak or weaker
vexillary
(Biol.) Of a vexillum
A representation of a ribbon or scroll bearing an inscription.
bannerol
A small distinguishing flag displayed by a yacht.
fleur-de-luce. associated words:furl
Fabric used especially as a symbol
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guidon
The identification flag of a military unit or the soldier carrying it
pencel
A narrow flag, streamer, or pennon, especially one carried at the top of a lance or spear.
pennoncel
(Archaic) pencel
Fabric used especially as a symbol
vexillum
A company of soldiers serving under one standard
An odor, sound, etc. carried through the air
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Something found and unclaimed, as an object cast up by the sea.
blue-peter
cattail
To parade, display with ostentation.
To roll up tightly and make secure, as a flag to a staff or a sail to a spar
To make or use a gesture or gestures
To send (a sailor) to the masthead as a punishment
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Motion is defined as to signal with a movement.
To achieve (a balance, for example) by careful consideration.
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rise (antonym)
To cause to rise:
do well (antonym)
decline, fall off
strengthen (antonym)
To send (a message) or to signal by semaphore.
To lose vitality or strength; become weakened; languish
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To lose courage; quail
(Gram.) To inflect (a noun, pronoun, or adjective) systematically, giving its different forms according to case, number, and gender
(Intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
To fade is defined as to become less bright, to grow more faint, less popular, or less strong, or to begin to wither away and disappear.
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To become lower in value or amount; lessen, as prices, funds, etc.
To use up or spend without real need, gain, or purpose; squander
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To lose strength or power
go-downhill
hit-the-skids
substitute (related)
(Sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
express (related)
To set forth in words; state:
words (related)
To communicate by means of such devices as lights or signs
better (related)
To a greater extent or degree:
strong (related)
In a strong manner; greatly, severely, vigorously, etc.
Any hard stone that splits into flat pieces
An ornament, badge, or emblem having a pin or clasp with which it is fastened to the clothing
signal-flag
a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
To do (something) less intensely
To decorate with swags
union-flag (related)
tricolour (related)
national-flag (related)
arrow (related)
flagpole (related)
Find another word for flag. In this page you can discover 93 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for flag, like: pennon, old-glory, banner, pennant, streamer, colors, ensign, emblem, bunting, gonfalon and oriflamme.
