Plug Synonyms and Antonyms

plŭg
An implement to stop an opening
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. stopper
  2. stopple
  3. cork
  4. bung
  5. spigot
  6. choke
  7. filling
  8. adapter
  9. stoppage
  10. embolus
  11. fill
  12. fireplug
  13. occlusion
  14. pledget
  15. river
  16. stop
  17. spile
  18. wedge
  19. tampion
  20. tampon
  21. tampoon
  22. fire-hydrant
Antonyms:
  1. opening
  2. mouth
An electrical fitting
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. attachment plug
  2. fitting
  3. connection
  4. wall-plug
  5. male plug
  6. spark-plug
  7. floor plug
  8. plug fuse
  9. sparking-plug
A systematic effort or part of this effort to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ballyhoo
  2. hype
  3. advertisement
  4. buildup
  5. promotion
  6. publicity
  7. puffery
  8. pitch
  9. hoopla
A large pipe with a discharge valve
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. water plug
  2. fire-hydrant
  3. fire plug
Tobacco prepared for chewing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chew
  2. chaw
  3. cake of tobacco
  4. chewing-tobacco
  5. twist
  6. cut
  7. baccy
  8. chawin'
  9. chewin
  10. pack of scrap
  11. cud
  12. quid
  13. wad
To wound or kill with a firearm
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. gun
  2. pick off
  3. shoot
Antonyms:
  1. unplug
  2. unstopper
  3. uncork
*An inferior horse
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hack
  2. nag
  3. plowhorse
  4. scrub
  5. jade
To make known vigorously the positive features of (a product)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. advertise
  2. ballyhoo
  3. build up
  4. cry
  5. popularize
  6. promote
  7. publicize
  8. talk up
  9. pitch
  10. push
To increase or seek to increase the importance or reputation of by favorable publicity
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. ballyhoo
  2. boost
  3. build up
  4. enhance
  5. promote
  6. publicize
  7. puff
  8. talk up
  9. tout
  10. hype
Persist in working hard
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. plug-away

Words Related to Plug

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Plug Sentence Examples

  • She jerked the plug out of the sink and dried her hands.

  • The only thing we might be able to do is plug the holes.

  • When a plug was inserted in the spring-jack the connexion between the springs was opened, disconnecting the calling-drop from the line.

  • If it is a treadmill or some other piece of electrical equipment, ask to plug it in and then hop on the equipment and try it out.

  • The ovaries are solid bodies, of which the outer layer becomes separated from the plug of cells lying within; thus a cavity is formed which is clearly coelom.

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