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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Jeremy Hughes:

   Trying to to catch all the fraud that's going on here would like trying to plug all the holes in the Titanic, you fix one and another one bursts.

2. Dyan Cannon:

   I think we are all spiritual. We just need to plug in to realize that. The therapy, the spirituality, having wonderful friends around me. I’ve never felt so blessed.

3. James Holmes:

   We need to be able to plug up the straits.

4. Arabella Bowen:

   Noise-canceling headphones, an iPad loaded with a favorite TV series or recent documentaries and a window seat are essential ingredients to my remaining calm, i sit down, plug in and tune out.

5. Ashoka Mody:

   Pulling the plug on Greece would have potentially catastrophic consequences, the ECB's threats are completely empty. Despite all the bluster, it has no choice. The ECB has to ask itself how it can stabilize the financial system, not undermine it.