fag

The word “fag” has 1 syllable: fag

It's pronounced as /fæɡ/


What is synonym and antonym for fag?

In the thesaurus, “fag” has 196 synonyms and 81 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for fag

  • annoy
  • attack
  • back
  • bang away
  • bankrupt
  • be disregarded
  • be neglected
  • bear down
  • bedraggle
  • biri
  • bore
  • break
  • brood
  • burden
  • burn out
  • bush
  • bust
  • butt
  • cancer stick
  • cause ennui
  • cig
  • cloy
  • coffin nail
  • collapse
  • conk out
  • crawl
  • cubeb
  • cultivate
  • debilitate
  • decline
  • deject
  • deplete
  • depress
  • desire
  • despond
  • deteriorate
  • die on vine
  • dig in
  • disable
  • disgust
  • dishearten
  • dispirit
  • displease
  • distress
  • do in
  • do up
  • drain
  • draw
  • drive
  • droop
  • drop
  • drowse
  • drudge
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • eke out
  • endeavor
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • ennui
  • essay
  • exasperate
  • exercise
  • exert
  • exert oneself
  • exhaust
  • fade
  • fag out
  • fail
  • faint
  • fall off
  • fatigue
  • fizzle
  • fizzle out
  • flag
  • fold
  • frazzle
  • gasper
  • give out
  • glut
  • go soft
  • go stale
  • go to pieces
  • grieve
  • grind
  • grow tired
  • grow weary
  • grub
  • hanker
  • harass
  • have had enough
  • hump
  • hunger
  • hustle
  • impoverish
  • irk
  • irritate
  • jade
  • kill
  • knock out
  • knuckle down
  • labor
  • languish
  • leave one cold
  • long
  • lose interest
  • make discontented
  • moil
  • nauseate
  • oppress
  • outwear
  • overburden
  • overdo
  • overexert
  • overextend
  • overfatigue
  • overstrain
  • overtax
  • overtire
  • overwork
  • pain
  • pall
  • peter out
  • pine
  • pitch in
  • plague
  • plod
  • plow
  • plug
  • plug away
  • poop
  • poop out
  • pour it on
  • prostrate
  • puff
  • put out
  • put to sleep
  • reefer
  • repine
  • rot
  • run ragged
  • sag
  • sap
  • scrabble
  • scratch
  • sicken
  • sigh
  • sink
  • slave
  • slog
  • smoke
  • snivel
  • sorrow
  • strain
  • strive
  • struggle
  • succumb
  • suck dry
  • suffer
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • take
  • take it out of
  • tax
  • tend
  • tire
  • tire out
  • tobacco
  • toil
  • travail
  • trudge
  • try
  • try the patience of
  • tucker
  • tucker out
  • tug
  • use up
  • vex
  • wade
  • wash out
  • waste
  • waste away
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear down
  • wear out
  • wear to a frazzle
  • weary
  • weigh
  • wilt
  • wither
  • work
  • work oneself to the bone
  • worry
  • yawn
  • yearn

Antonyms for fag

  • activate
  • add
  • aid
  • animate
  • assist
  • assuage
  • bask
  • be happy
  • be lazy
  • break
  • build
  • bum
  • calm
  • cheer
  • chill
  • comfort
  • cure
  • dabble
  • dally
  • delight
  • despise
  • destroy
  • develop
  • dillydally
  • discourage
  • dislike
  • dissuade
  • doodle
  • enable
  • encourage
  • energize
  • enliven
  • envigorate
  • excite
  • fill
  • fire up
  • flourish
  • fool around
  • footle
  • fribble
  • give
  • goldbrick
  • grow
  • hang
  • hang about
  • hate
  • help
  • idle
  • ignore
  • improve
  • increase
  • invigorate
  • laze
  • let up
  • loaf
  • loll
  • lounge
  • make happy
  • mend
  • mess around
  • neglect
  • play
  • please
  • pour
  • refresh
  • refuse
  • reject
  • rejuvenate
  • relax
  • replenish
  • repose
  • rest
  • rise
  • shirk
  • slacken
  • soothe
  • strengthen
  • trifle
  • unwind
  • veg out
  • vitalize

Meanings of fag

  • noun
    1. In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
    2. (dated in US and Canada) A cigarette.
    3. The worst part or end of a thing.
    4. A chore: an arduous and tiresome task.
    5. A younger student acting as a servant for senior students.
    6. (usually offensive, sometimes affectionate) A homosexual man, especially (usually derogatory) an especially effeminate or unusual one.
    7. An annoying person.
  • verb
    1. (used mainly in passive form) To make exhausted, tired out.
    2. To droop; to tire.
    3. For a younger student to act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
    4. To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
    5. To work hard, especially on menial chores.

Example Sentences

  • After a long day of hiking, I always fag out by the time we reach the summit.
  • Working overtime at the office tends to make me fag out quickly in the evenings.
  • The intense heat during the marathon caused many runners to fag out before reaching the finish line.
  • Don't expect me to go clubbing tonight, I'll probably just fag out after work.
  • The kids tend to fag out after a day of playing in the park, so we plan for some quiet time in the evening.

On this page you'll find 277 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fag, such as: activate, add, aid, animate, annoy, assist, assuage.

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labor

  • abortion
  • accouchement
  • activity
  • affair
  • aftereffect
  • aftermath
  • apprentice
  • article
  • attack
  • attempt
  • bang away
  • bear
  • beast
  • birth
  • birth pang
  • birth pangs
  • blue-collar worker
  • bother
  • breadwinner
  • burden
  • by-product
  • caesarean section
  • cesarean section
  • childbearing
  • childbed
  • childbirth
  • chore
  • commodity
  • conclusion
  • confinement
  • consequence
  • contraction
  • contractions
  • corollary
  • cultivate
  • daily grind
  • delivery
  • derivative
  • development
  • dig in
  • diligence
  • dint
  • donkeywork
  • drive
  • drudge
  • drudgery
  • duty
  • effect
  • effort
  • eke out
  • elbow grease
  • employee
  • employment
  • endeavor
  • energy
  • entry
  • essay
  • exercise
  • exert
  • exert oneself
  • exertion
  • expenditure
  • fag
  • fatigue
  • fling
  • force
  • fruit
  • giving birth
  • go
  • goods
  • grind
  • grind away
  • grub
  • gruntwork
  • hand
  • handcraft
  • handicraft
  • handiwork
  • hard hat
  • headache
  • heavy lifting
  • help
  • helper
  • hireling
  • hump
  • hustle
  • industry
  • issue
  • job
  • killer
  • knuckle down
  • laborer
  • learner
  • line
  • load
  • lucubration
  • lying-in
  • merchandise
  • might
  • miscarriage
  • moil
  • moonlight
  • muscle
  • natural childbirth
  • nuisance
  • object
  • obligation
  • offshoot
  • offspring
  • operation
  • outcome
  • outgrowth
  • output
  • overexert
  • overwork
  • pains
  • parturition
  • pass
  • pitch in
  • plod
  • plow
  • plug
  • plug away
  • pour it on
  • power
  • pregnancy
  • prentice
  • produce
  • product
  • production
  • proletarian
  • puissance
  • pull
  • push
  • put out
  • rank and file
  • residual
  • responsibility
  • result
  • resultant
  • routine
  • scrabble
  • scratch
  • sequel
  • sequence
  • shot
  • side effect
  • side reaction
  • slave
  • slavery
  • slog
  • spadework
  • spin-off
  • stab
  • strain
  • stress
  • strive
  • struggle
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • tedium
  • tend
  • thing
  • throes
  • toil
  • toiler
  • travail
  • treadmill
  • trial
  • trouble
  • trudge
  • try
  • tug
  • upshot
  • wade
  • wares
  • weight
  • whack
  • while
  • work
  • work force
  • work oneself to the bone
  • worker
  • working people
  • yield

wade

  • attack
  • attempt
  • bang away
  • bathe
  • dig in
  • drive
  • drudge
  • eke out
  • endeavor
  • essay
  • exercise
  • exert
  • fag
  • fall to
  • ford
  • get feet wet
  • get stuck in
  • go for
  • grub
  • hump
  • hustle
  • initiate
  • jump in
  • knuckle down
  • labor
  • launch
  • light into
  • moil
  • overexert
  • overwork
  • paddle
  • pitch in
  • plod
  • plow
  • plug
  • put out
  • scrabble
  • scratch
  • set about
  • set to
  • slave
  • slog
  • splash
  • start
  • strain
  • strive
  • struggle
  • stumble
  • sweat
  • tackle
  • tear into
  • toil
  • travail
  • trek
  • trudge
  • try
  • tug
  • walk
  • work
  • work through

languish

  • be disregarded
  • be neglected
  • break down
  • brood
  • conk out
  • decay
  • decline
  • degenerate
  • desire
  • despond
  • deteriorate
  • die on vine
  • droop
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • emaciate
  • fade
  • fag
  • fag out
  • fail
  • faint
  • fizzle out
  • flag
  • go
  • go soft
  • go to pieces
  • grieve
  • hanker
  • hunger
  • knock out
  • lag
  • long
  • pine
  • repine
  • rot
  • run down
  • sag
  • sicken
  • sigh
  • sink
  • snivel
  • sorrow
  • suffer
  • tucker
  • waste
  • waste away
  • weaken
  • wear out
  • wilt
  • wither
  • yearn
  • yield

languished

  • be disregarded
  • be neglected
  • broke down
  • brood
  • conk out
  • decayed
  • decline
  • degenerated
  • desire
  • despond
  • deteriorate
  • deteriorated
  • die on vine
  • drooped
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • emaciated
  • fade
  • faded
  • fag
  • fag out
  • fail
  • failed
  • faint
  • fizzle out
  • flag
  • flagged
  • go soft
  • go to pieces
  • grieve
  • hanker
  • hunger
  • knock out
  • lagged
  • long
  • pine
  • ran down
  • repine
  • rot
  • rotted
  • sagged
  • sank
  • sicken
  • sigh
  • snivel
  • sorrow
  • suffer
  • sunk
  • tucker
  • waste
  • waste away
  • weaken
  • weakened
  • went
  • wilt
  • wilted
  • wither
  • withered
  • wore out
  • yearn
  • yielded

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