bag

The word “bag” has 1 syllable: bag

It's pronounced as /bæɡ/


What is synonym and antonym for bag?

In the thesaurus, “bag” has 193 synonyms and 25 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for bag along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for bag

Antonyms for bag

  • accord
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • discharge
  • drop
  • forfeit
  • free
  • give
  • give up
  • grant
  • hand over
  • let go
  • liberate
  • loosen
  • lose
  • miss
  • pay
  • release
  • relinquish
  • shrink
  • surrender
  • unhand
  • yield

Meanings of bag

  • noun
    1. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
    2. A handbag.
    3. A suitcase.
    4. A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
    5. One’s preference.
    6. An ugly woman.
    7. The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
    8. First, second, or third base.
    9. (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
    10. A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
    11. A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
    12. A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
    13. The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
    14. A scrotum.
    15. A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
    16. (chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
    17. A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
    18. £1000, a grand.
    19. A large number or amount.
  • verb
    1. To put into a bag.
    2. To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
    3. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
    4. To furnish or load with a bag.
    5. (African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
    6. (African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
    7. To criticise sarcastically.
    8. To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
    9. To fit with a bag to collect urine.
    10. To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.
    11. To hang like an empty bag.
    12. To drop away from the correct course.
    13. To swell with arrogance.
    14. To become pregnant.

Example Sentences

  • She grabbed her bag and rushed out the door.
  • The grocery store cashier placed the items into a paper bag.
  • He forgot his lunch bag on the kitchen counter.
  • The fashionista always carries a designer bag with her.
  • The hiker packed a lightweight bag for the weekend camping trip.

On this page you'll find 218 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to bag, such as: abandon, abduct, accomplish, accord, accumulate, achieve, acquire.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

nab

  • abduct
  • apprehend
  • arrest
  • bag
  • bay
  • bind
  • bust
  • capture
  • catch
  • clasp
  • clutch
  • collar
  • commit
  • confine
  • cop
  • corner
  • corral
  • detain
  • enchain
  • enmesh
  • ensnare
  • entangle
  • entrap
  • fetter
  • fist
  • get
  • glom
  • glove
  • grab
  • grapple
  • grasp
  • grip
  • halter
  • handcuff
  • hold
  • hook
  • immesh
  • immure
  • imprison
  • incarcerate
  • intern
  • jail
  • jug
  • kidnap
  • land
  • lasso
  • manacle
  • mesh
  • nail
  • net
  • nick
  • nobble
  • pick up
  • pinch
  • pull in
  • rap
  • rearrest
  • remand
  • rend
  • restrain
  • rope
  • run in
  • run-in
  • secure
  • seize
  • shackle
  • snag
  • snare
  • snatch
  • take
  • take into custody
  • trammel
  • trap
  • wrest

earn

gaff

  • accommodation
  • accoutrement
  • appliance
  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • appropriation
  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • beguile
  • betray
  • bilk
  • bitch
  • black box
  • bleed
  • bloomer
  • blooper
  • bluff
  • blunder
  • bobble
  • boner
  • boo boo
  • boo-boo
  • boob
  • booby trap
  • book
  • brace
  • breach
  • brick
  • buffalo
  • bungle
  • burn
  • bust
  • captivity
  • capture
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • chouse
  • clanger
  • clinker
  • clip
  • collar
  • commitment
  • con
  • confinement
  • constraint
  • contraption
  • cozen
  • crime
  • crimp
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • detain
  • detention
  • device
  • diddle
  • dingbat
  • discourtesy
  • do
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • doodad
  • doohickey
  • double-cross
  • drop
  • dupe
  • error
  • euchre
  • exploit
  • extort
  • failing
  • failure
  • fake out
  • fall
  • false step
  • familiarity
  • fast-talk
  • fault
  • faux pas
  • fiddle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • flub
  • fluff
  • foible
  • fool
  • foul-up
  • frailty
  • fumble
  • furnishings
  • gaffe
  • gammon
  • gear
  • get
  • gimcrack
  • gimmick
  • gizmo
  • glom
  • goof
  • goof-up
  • gouge
  • grab
  • grabber
  • gull
  • habiliments
  • have
  • have on
  • heat
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hook
  • hornswoggle
  • hose
  • howler
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • idiot box
  • implement
  • imprison
  • imprisonment
  • improperness
  • impropriety
  • imprudence
  • inaccuracy
  • incarcerate
  • incarceration
  • incivility
  • indecorum
  • indelicacy
  • indiscretion
  • infraction
  • jail
  • jailing
  • jigger
  • job
  • juggle
  • kick
  • kid
  • lapse
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • machine
  • machinery
  • means
  • mechanism
  • milk
  • misapprehension
  • miscalculation
  • miscomprehension
  • misconception
  • misconstruction
  • miscue
  • misdescription
  • misfire
  • misguide
  • misimpression
  • misinform
  • misinterpretation
  • misjudgment
  • mislead
  • misreading
  • misstatement
  • misstep
  • mistake
  • misunderstanding
  • mitt
  • muff
  • mulct
  • nab
  • nail
  • negligence
  • net
  • nick
  • nip
  • nobble
  • offence
  • offense
  • omission
  • outfit
  • overcharge
  • oversight
  • paraphernalia
  • pick up
  • pickle
  • pinch
  • pluck
  • pratfall
  • preventive custody
  • protective custody
  • provisions
  • pull
  • pull in
  • put on
  • put the arm on
  • put the cuffs on
  • ream
  • restraining
  • rip off
  • rook
  • round up
  • roust
  • run-in
  • screw
  • screwup
  • secure
  • seize
  • sell a bill of goods to
  • sequestering
  • setup
  • shake down
  • short
  • shortchange
  • sidetrack
  • sin
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slip
  • slip of the tongue
  • slipup
  • snafu
  • snag
  • snare
  • snooker
  • snow
  • soak
  • solecism
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • stiff
  • sting
  • string along
  • stuff
  • stumble
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • supplies
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • tab
  • tackle
  • tag
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • take prisoner
  • take to the cleaners
  • tease
  • thimblerig
  • thingamajig
  • tools
  • toss in jail
  • transgression
  • trespass
  • trick
  • trip
  • utensils
  • venial sin
  • vice
  • victimize
  • violation
  • whatchamacallit
  • whatsis
  • whosis
  • widget
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • wring

gain

  • accelerate
  • accession
  • accomplish
  • accretion
  • accrual
  • accrue
  • accumulate
  • accumulation
  • achieve
  • achievement
  • acquire
  • acquisition
  • addendum
  • addition
  • advance
  • advancement
  • advantage
  • allure
  • amass
  • ameliorate
  • annex
  • appendix
  • appreciate
  • approach
  • argue
  • assemblage
  • attain
  • attainment
  • attract
  • augment
  • augmentation
  • bag
  • balloon
  • bankroll
  • beat
  • beguile
  • benefit
  • blandish
  • blarney
  • blow up
  • boom
  • boost
  • bottom line
  • bourgeon
  • brainwash
  • bring
  • bring around
  • bring in
  • build up
  • buildup
  • bulk
  • burgeon
  • cajole
  • capital
  • capture
  • carry
  • catch
  • chalk up
  • chew over
  • cleanup
  • clear
  • climb
  • coax
  • coffers
  • collect
  • collection
  • come around
  • come back
  • come by
  • come round
  • come to
  • compensation
  • complement
  • complete
  • consummate
  • continuation
  • convalesce
  • converse
  • convert
  • convince
  • crescendo
  • crest
  • cut
  • debate
  • discuss
  • dispute
  • distend
  • dividend
  • draw
  • earn
  • earnings
  • elevate
  • emolument
  • enhance
  • enlarge
  • enlist
  • enrich
  • entice
  • entreat
  • equal
  • escalate
  • excel
  • exchequer
  • excite
  • exhort
  • expand
  • expansion
  • extend
  • extension
  • fast-talk
  • finances
  • fulfill
  • funds
  • garner
  • gather
  • gathering
  • get
  • glean
  • gravy
  • gross
  • grow
  • growth
  • harvest
  • have
  • headway
  • heal
  • heighten
  • hike
  • hit
  • improve
  • improvement
  • incline
  • income
  • increase
  • increment
  • induce
  • inflate
  • influence
  • intensify
  • interest
  • jump
  • killing
  • knock down
  • land
  • lead on
  • log
  • lucre
  • lure
  • make
  • make a killing
  • match
  • maximize
  • meet
  • mend
  • money
  • moot
  • more
  • mount
  • move
  • move forward
  • multiply
  • mushroom
  • net
  • obtain
  • occupy
  • outdo
  • overpersuade
  • overtake
  • parlay
  • pay
  • payment
  • payoff
  • peak
  • perfect
  • persuade
  • pick up
  • plus
  • pocket
  • pocketbook
  • proceeds
  • procure
  • produce
  • profit
  • progress
  • proliferate
  • proliferation
  • promote
  • prompt
  • pull down
  • pull round
  • pull through
  • rack up
  • raise
  • rally
  • reach
  • reacquire
  • realize
  • reap
  • reattain
  • recapture
  • receipts
  • recoup
  • recover
  • recruit
  • recuperate
  • redouble
  • regain
  • remake
  • remittal
  • requital
  • resources
  • return
  • revenue
  • revive
  • ring up
  • rise
  • rival
  • rocket
  • roll up
  • run-up
  • salary
  • sales
  • satisfy
  • score
  • secure
  • seduce
  • sell
  • share
  • skyrocket
  • snap back
  • snow
  • snowball
  • spike
  • spread
  • step up
  • step-up
  • stimulate
  • succeed
  • supplement
  • surge
  • surpass
  • survive
  • sway
  • swell
  • take
  • take over
  • take-home pay
  • tempt
  • tie
  • tips
  • top
  • touch
  • up
  • upping
  • uptick
  • uptrend
  • upturn
  • urge
  • velvet
  • wages
  • wax
  • wheedle
  • wherewithal
  • win
  • win over
  • windfall
  • winnings
  • yield

gaining

  • abduction
  • accelerating
  • accepting
  • accomplishing
  • accretion
  • accruing
  • accumulating
  • achievement
  • achieving
  • acknowledgment
  • acquiescence
  • acquirement
  • acquiring
  • acquisition
  • addition
  • admission
  • advancing
  • advantageous
  • affluent
  • afloat
  • afoot
  • agreement
  • alive
  • alluring
  • amassing
  • annexing
  • appreciating
  • apprehension
  • approaching
  • appropriating
  • appropriation
  • approval
  • arete
  • arguing
  • arrest
  • arrival
  • assent
  • assimilating
  • attaining
  • attainment
  • attracting
  • auspicious
  • bag
  • bagging
  • ballooning
  • beating
  • beguiling
  • blandishing
  • blarneying
  • blessed
  • blowing up
  • booming
  • boosting
  • born with a silver spoon
  • bourgeoning
  • brainwashing
  • bright
  • bringing
  • bringing around
  • bringing in
  • building up
  • bulking
  • burgeoning
  • bust
  • buy
  • cajoling
  • capturing
  • carrying
  • catch
  • catching
  • chalking up
  • charmed
  • chewing over
  • clearing
  • climbing
  • clutching
  • coaxing
  • collar
  • coming around
  • coming back
  • coming by
  • coming round
  • coming to
  • commandeering
  • completion
  • compliance
  • confiscating
  • confiscation
  • consent
  • continuing
  • convalescing
  • convenient
  • conversing
  • converting
  • convincing
  • cooperation
  • crescendoing
  • cresting
  • debating
  • discussing
  • disputing
  • distending
  • drawing
  • drop
  • earning
  • elevating
  • encouraging
  • enhancing
  • enlarging
  • enriching
  • ensnaring
  • enticing
  • entreating
  • equaling
  • equalling
  • escalating
  • excelling
  • exciting
  • exhorting
  • expanding
  • extending
  • fall
  • fast-talking
  • favorable
  • favored
  • feat
  • felicitous
  • finish
  • flourishing
  • fortuitous
  • fulfillment
  • functioning
  • gain
  • garnering
  • gathering
  • get a break
  • getting
  • go ahead
  • going
  • golden
  • grab
  • grasping
  • green light
  • grossing
  • happening
  • happy
  • healing
  • healthy
  • heightening
  • helpful
  • hit the jackpot
  • hitting
  • hook
  • hopeful
  • imprisonment
  • improving
  • in luck
  • in the gravy
  • inclining
  • increasing
  • inducing
  • inflating
  • influencing
  • inheriting
  • intensifying
  • interesting
  • jumping
  • knock off
  • knocking down
  • landing
  • laying hold of
  • leading on
  • learning
  • logging
  • lucky
  • luring
  • making
  • mastering
  • matching
  • maximizing
  • meeting
  • mending
  • mooting
  • mounting
  • moving
  • multiplying
  • mushrooming
  • nab
  • nail
  • netting
  • nod
  • obtaining
  • obtainment
  • occupation
  • occupying
  • okay
  • on a roll
  • ongoing
  • operating
  • opportune
  • outdoing
  • overcoming
  • overpersuading
  • peaking
  • permission
  • persuading
  • pick up
  • picking up
  • pinch
  • possession
  • prize
  • proceeding
  • procuration
  • procurement
  • procuring
  • profitable
  • proliferating
  • promising
  • prompting
  • property
  • propitious
  • prosperous
  • providential
  • pull
  • pulling down
  • pulling round
  • pulling through
  • purchase
  • pursuing
  • pursuit
  • racking up
  • rallying
  • reaching
  • reacquiring
  • realization
  • realizing
  • reaping
  • reattaining
  • recapturing
  • receipt
  • receiving
  • reception
  • recognition
  • recouping
  • recovering
  • recovery
  • recruiting
  • recuperating
  • redoubling
  • regaining
  • remaking
  • retrieval
  • reviving
  • ringing up
  • rising
  • rivaling
  • rivalling
  • rocketing
  • rolling up
  • rosy
  • run-in
  • salvage
  • satisfying
  • scoring
  • securing
  • seducing
  • seizing
  • seizure
  • selling
  • sitting pretty
  • skyrocketing
  • snapping back
  • snatching
  • snowballing
  • snowing
  • spreading
  • stepping up
  • stimulating
  • succeeding
  • successful
  • sunny side
  • surging
  • surpassing
  • surviving
  • swaying
  • sweep
  • swelling
  • taking
  • taking captive
  • taking in
  • taking into custody
  • taking on
  • taking over
  • tempting
  • thriving
  • tieing
  • timely
  • topping
  • touching
  • trapping
  • trip
  • triumphant
  • tying
  • undertaking
  • urging
  • victorious
  • waxing
  • wealthy
  • well-off
  • well-to-do
  • wheedling
  • winning
  • working
  • yes

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