Synonyms for plug
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1. plug, stopper, stopplenoun

   blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

   Synonyms:
   chew, wad, showstopper, hype, conversation stopper, nag, spark plug, sparking plug, quid, hack, stopple, show-stopper, fireplug, ballyhoo, jade, chaw, cud, stopper, male plug, hoopla, fire hydrant

2. chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wadnoun

   a wad of something chewable as tobacco

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, pot, peck, quid, mastication, hype, lot, quid pro quo, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, hack, fire hydrant, chewing, pile, muckle, stack, rechewed food, mass, spark plug, good deal, male plug, mountain, sight, stopple, plenty, deal, mess, jade, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, fireplug, heap, great deal, pound, chaw, ballyhoo, mint, stopper, sparking plug, spate, chew, cud, pound sterling, nag, hoopla, manduction

3. ballyhoo, hoopla, hype, plugnoun

   blatant or sensational promotion

   Synonyms:
   chew, wad, hype, nag, spark plug, sparking plug, quid, hack, stopple, fireplug, ballyhoo, jade, chaw, cud, stopper, male plug, hoopla, fire hydrant

4. spark plug, sparking plug, plugnoun

   electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark

   Synonyms:
   chew, wad, cud, hype, nag, spark plug, sparking plug, hack, stopple, fireplug, ballyhoo, jade, chaw, quid, stopper, male plug, hoopla, fire hydrant

5. plug, male plugnoun

   an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection

   Synonyms:
   chew, wad, hype, nag, spark plug, sparking plug, quid, hack, stopple, fireplug, ballyhoo, jade, chaw, cud, stopper, male plug, hoopla, fire hydrant

6. fireplug, fire hydrant, plugnoun

   an upright hydrant for drawing water to use in fighting a fire

   Synonyms:
   chew, wad, cud, hype, nag, spark plug, sparking plug, hack, stopple, fireplug, ballyhoo, jade, chaw, quid, stopper, male plug, hoopla, fire hydrant

7. hack, jade, nag, plugverb

   an old or over-worked horse

   Synonyms:
   common scold, quid, ballyhoo, hype, fornicatress, trollop, machine politician, drudge, hack, jadestone, fire hydrant, political hack, slut, taxicab, loose woman, adulteress, nagger, spark plug, cab, male plug, jade green, ward-heeler, stopple, hacker, jade, literary hack, fireplug, hack writer, strumpet, scolder, hussy, taxi, stopper, scold, sparking plug, wad, chaw, chew, cud, nag, hoopla

8. plug, stop up, secureverb

   fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

   "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"

   Synonyms:
   fasten, stop up, plug away, batten down, fix, procure, guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, batten, punch, secure

9. plug, plug awayverb

   persist in working hard

   "Students must plug away at this problem"

   Synonyms:
   stop up, plug away, slog, peg away, keep one's shoulder to the wheel, punch, secure, keep one's nose to the grindstone

10. punch, plugverb

    deliver a quick blow to

    "he punched me in the stomach"

    Synonyms:
    secure, perforate, punch, plug away, stop up

11. plugverb

    make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

    Synonyms:
    stop up, secure, punch, plug away

12. plugverb

    insert a plug into

    "plug the wall"

    Synonyms:
    stop up, secure, punch, plug away

13. plugverb

    insert as a plug

    "She plugged a cork in the wine bottle"

    Synonyms:
    stop up, secure, punch, plug away

Matched Categories

1. • Advertize
   • Blockage
   • Electrical Device
   • Hit
   • Hydrant
   • Insert
   • Morsel
   • Persevere

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plugnoun

   Synonyms:
   stopple, stopper

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1. plugnoun

   Synonyms:
   stopper, stopple, bung, tampoon, spile, tampion, spigot

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1. List of paraphrases for "plug":

   socket, connect, cap, pluggable, stopper, pin, fill, shutter, outlet, plunger, connector, spina, cork

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1. Keith Richards:

   It's been about a year now, i pulled the plug on it. I got fed up with it.

2. Kristen Knapp:

   These aren't generators that you go to Home Depot and purchase and plug in.

3. Barry Williams:

   I thought Greg was going to go to college, i was looking forward to getting out of the house and maybe moving into my own show and things like that, because I had those kinds of ambitious. And we had been promised that it would go another year. And then they pulled the plug.

4. Nick Clegg:

   I would never recommend to the Liberal Democrats that we help establish a government which is basically on a life support system, where Alex Salmond could pull the plug any time he wants.

5. Special Agent Kimberley Whittle:

   It’s learning how to be more flexible, more adaptive, and to do more with the same amount of resources, it’s a plug-and-play concept. They all learn the same things in training so they can all work with each other.