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. Lindsey Graham:

   Before he pulls the plug on the legislative option, and I think we are almost there, I would urge them to open up the government for a short period of time, like three weeks, before he pulls the plug (to) see if we can get a deal.

2. Chase Taylor:

   Afroman was about five songs into his set when the incident occurred. We pulled the plug on him, and security met him at the bottom of the stage to escort him outside, where he was taken into custody.

3. Volvo Cars:

   These five cars will be supplemented by a range of petrol and diesel plug in hybrid and mild hybrid 48-volt options on all models, this means that there will in future be no Volvo cars without an electric motor.

4. Daniel Robinson:

   Innovation is happening in small, agile startups such as Red 6 that are going at the speed of heat, then you have these companies that are so disruptive, making technology so quickly trying to mesh with the behemoth that is the Department of Defense that doesn't know how to fully plug these technologies into a largely bureaucratic system, and that leads to … conflict and to difficulty in terms of taking innovative technologies and getting them to the war fighter very, very quickly.

5. Jean Kalilani:

   The Fund has asked us to repay $6.4 million for buying vehicles which were not budgeted for and they have also pulled the plug on $574 million funding for the next two years because of allegations of financial mismanagement and political abuse.