jig
The word “jig” has 1 syllable: jig
It's pronounced as /dʒɪɡ/
What is synonym and antonym for jig?
In the thesaurus, “jig” has 12 synonyms and 2 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for jig along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for jig
- device
- fiddle
- fidget
- jerk
- ruse
- scheme
- squirm
- toss
- trick
- twist
- twitch
- wiggle
Antonyms for jig
- relax
- rest
Meanings of jig
- noun
- A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- (traditional English Morris dancing) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
- A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- A light, humorous piece of writing, especially in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad.
- A trick; a prank.
- A black person.
- verb
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
- To fish with a jig.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
Example Sentences
- He danced a lively jig at the celebration.
- The fisherman used a colorful jig to catch trout.
- She sang along to the cheerful jig played by the band.
- The carpenter used a jig to cut precise angles in the wood.
- They performed a traditional Irish jig at the festival.
On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jig, such as: device, fiddle, fidget, jerk, relax, rest, ruse.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
jiggling
- doddering
- fiddling
- fidget
- fidgeting
- infirm
- jerking
- jiggly
- precarious
- quivering
- rickety
- shaking
- shimmy
- shivering
- shuddering
- squirming
- teetering
- tossing
- tottering
- tottery
- trembling
- twisting
- twitch
- twitching
- vibrating
- vibration
- wiggle
- wiggling
jiggly
- bumpy
- crushing
- disconcerting
- doddering
- infirm
- insecure
- jiggling
- precarious
- rickety
- teetering
- tottering
- tottery
- unsettling
- wobbly
jitterbug
jitterbugged
- boogeyed
- boogied
- bopped
- jigged
- jived
- mamboed
- pranced
- shagged
- shimmied
- shuffled
- strutted
- tangoed
- tap-danced
- waltzed