nag

The word “nag” has 1 syllable: nag

It's pronounced as /næɡ/


What is synonym and antonym for nag?

In the thesaurus, “nag” has 153 synonyms and 32 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for nag

  • annoy
  • badger
  • bait
  • bay
  • beef
  • beg
  • bellyache
  • bemoan
  • berate
  • bewail
  • bitch
  • black
  • blandish
  • bleat
  • blubber
  • bother
  • bronco
  • buckskin
  • bug
  • cajole
  • carp
  • carp at
  • caterwaul
  • cavil
  • charger
  • chestnut
  • chivvy
  • chivy
  • coax
  • cob
  • colt
  • complain
  • courser
  • cow pony
  • crab
  • croak
  • cry
  • cutting horse
  • deplore
  • dobbin
  • dog
  • dun
  • eat
  • egg
  • equid
  • equine
  • exhort
  • filly
  • find fault
  • foal
  • fret
  • fuss
  • galloper
  • gelding
  • give a hard time
  • goad
  • gripe
  • grizzle
  • grouch
  • grouse
  • growl
  • grumble
  • grump
  • hack
  • hackney
  • harass
  • harry
  • hassle
  • heckle
  • hector
  • henpeck
  • holler
  • horse
  • hound
  • importune
  • incite
  • insist
  • inveigh
  • irk
  • irritate
  • jade
  • keen
  • kick
  • kick up a fuss
  • kick up a stink
  • kvetch
  • lament
  • mare
  • maunder
  • moan
  • mount
  • murmur
  • mustang
  • mutter
  • needle
  • nitpick
  • nudge
  • packhorse
  • palomino
  • pester
  • pick at
  • pinto
  • plague
  • plead
  • plug
  • pony
  • prancer
  • press
  • pressure
  • prod
  • prompt
  • protest
  • provoke
  • push
  • quarter horse
  • quibble
  • racehorse
  • repine
  • ride
  • roan
  • saddle horse
  • scold
  • scream
  • skate
  • skewbald
  • sob
  • sorrel
  • spur
  • squawk
  • squeal
  • stallion
  • steed
  • stew
  • take it out on
  • tease
  • torment
  • trotter
  • upbraid
  • urge
  • vex
  • wail
  • warhorse
  • wheedle
  • whimper
  • whine
  • whinge
  • work on
  • workhorse
  • worry
  • yammer
  • yaup
  • yawp
  • yowl

Antonyms for nag

  • accept
  • acclaim
  • aid
  • applaud
  • assist
  • assuage
  • bear
  • build up
  • cheer
  • commend
  • compliment
  • countenance
  • crow
  • delight
  • discourage
  • dissuade
  • endure
  • eulogize
  • extol
  • extoll
  • help
  • laud
  • make happy
  • please
  • praise
  • recommend
  • rejoice
  • soothe
  • support
  • take
  • tolerate
  • tout

Meanings of nag

  • noun
    1. A small horse; a pony.
    2. An old useless horse.
    3. A paramour.
    4. Someone or something that nags.
    5. A repeated complaint or reminder.
    6. A persistent, bothersome thought or worry.
  • verb
    1. To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
    2. To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
    3. To bother or disturb persistently in any way.

Example Sentences

  • The persistent mosquito continued to nag the hikers, making the trek less enjoyable.
  • Her constant nag about the unfinished chores became a point of contention in their relationship.
  • The software update notification on the computer would not stop to nag the user.
  • During the meeting, the boss couldn't help but nag about the upcoming deadlines.
  • The dripping faucet seemed to nag with each rhythmic sound, demanding attention.

On this page you'll find 185 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to nag, such as: accept, acclaim, aid, annoy, applaud, assist, assuage.

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Related Words

eat

  • absorb
  • affront
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • antagonize
  • attack
  • badger
  • bait
  • ballyrag
  • banquet
  • bite
  • board
  • bolt
  • bother
  • break bread
  • break down
  • break up
  • breakfast
  • bug
  • bullyrag
  • chafe
  • chew
  • chow down
  • condense
  • consume
  • corrode
  • cram
  • crumble
  • decay
  • decimate
  • decompose
  • destroy
  • devastate
  • devil
  • devour
  • dig in
  • digest
  • dine
  • dine out
  • disappear
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disintegrate
  • dispatch
  • dispose of
  • disquiet
  • dissipate
  • dissolve
  • distress
  • down
  • drain
  • enflame
  • enrage
  • erode
  • exasperate
  • exercise
  • exhaust
  • fall to
  • fare
  • feast
  • feast upon
  • feed
  • fret
  • frost
  • gall
  • get
  • get to
  • glut
  • gnaw
  • gobble up
  • gorge
  • gormandize
  • grate
  • graze
  • gripe
  • gulp
  • gum
  • hagride
  • harass
  • harry
  • hassle
  • have a bite
  • have a meal
  • have for
  • heckle
  • incense
  • inflame
  • infuriate
  • ingest
  • inhale
  • insult
  • irk
  • irritate
  • itch
  • lap
  • lick
  • liquefy
  • lunch
  • madden
  • make pig of oneself
  • masticate
  • melt
  • mess
  • miff
  • munch
  • nag
  • nark
  • nettle
  • nibble
  • nosh
  • nurse
  • offend
  • outrage
  • overeat
  • overfeed
  • partake
  • partake of
  • peck at
  • peeve
  • persecute
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pick
  • picnic
  • pig out
  • pique
  • plague
  • polish off
  • pork out
  • provoke
  • put away
  • put down
  • put out
  • rankle
  • rasp
  • refresh
  • regale
  • relish
  • repast
  • rile
  • roil
  • rot
  • rouse
  • rub the wrong way
  • ruffle
  • ruin
  • ruminate
  • run through
  • rust
  • savor
  • savour
  • scarf
  • scoff
  • slop
  • snack
  • spill
  • spite
  • squander
  • sup
  • swallow
  • swill
  • take food
  • take in
  • take nourishment
  • taste
  • tease
  • undo
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vanish
  • vex
  • victual
  • waste
  • waste away
  • wear on
  • wolf
  • worry
  • wreck

gall

  • abrade
  • acrimony
  • affront
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • alienation
  • anger
  • animosity
  • animus
  • annoy
  • antagonism
  • antagonize
  • antipathy
  • arrogance
  • assurance
  • audaciousness
  • audacity
  • back talk
  • bad blood
  • badger
  • bait
  • ballyrag
  • bark
  • bedevil
  • bite
  • bitterness
  • blood feud
  • bother
  • brashness
  • brass
  • brassiness
  • brazenness
  • break down
  • break up
  • bug
  • bullyrag
  • burn
  • chafe
  • cheek
  • cheekiness
  • chew
  • chide
  • chutzpa
  • chutzpah
  • cockiness
  • conceit
  • confidence
  • conflict
  • coolness
  • corrade
  • corrode
  • crust
  • crust cynicism
  • decompose
  • devil
  • disaffection
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • discord
  • discourteousness
  • disintegrate
  • disquiet
  • disrespect
  • dissolve
  • distress
  • disturb
  • eat
  • effrontery
  • enflame
  • enmity
  • enrage
  • erase
  • erode
  • estrangement
  • exasperate
  • excoriate
  • exercise
  • face
  • feud
  • file
  • flay
  • fray
  • frazzle
  • fret
  • friction
  • frost
  • get
  • get to
  • gnaw
  • grate
  • graze
  • grind
  • gripe
  • grudge
  • guts
  • hagride
  • harass
  • hardihood
  • harry
  • hassle
  • hate
  • hatred
  • haughtiness
  • heckle
  • hone
  • hostility
  • hutzpa
  • hutzpah
  • impertinence
  • impoliteness
  • impudence
  • incense
  • incivility
  • inconsiderateness
  • inconsideration
  • inflame
  • infuriate
  • inhospitableness
  • insolence
  • insult
  • irk
  • irritate
  • itch
  • jaundice
  • loathing
  • madden
  • malevolence
  • malice
  • malignancy
  • malignity
  • miff
  • nag
  • nark
  • nerve
  • nerviness
  • nettle
  • nibble
  • offend
  • outrage
  • overbearance
  • overconfidence
  • peel
  • peeve
  • persecute
  • pertness
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pique
  • plague
  • pomposity
  • presumption
  • presumptuousness
  • provoke
  • put out
  • rancor
  • rankle
  • rasp
  • reduce
  • rile
  • roil
  • rouse
  • rub
  • rub out
  • rub the wrong way
  • rudeness
  • ruffle
  • sandblast
  • sandpaper
  • sanguinity
  • sass
  • sauce
  • sauciness
  • score
  • scour
  • scrape
  • scratch
  • scuff
  • self-assurance
  • self-confidence
  • self-importance
  • sharpen
  • shave
  • skin
  • spite
  • spitefulness
  • strain
  • swagger
  • swash
  • tease
  • temerity
  • tension
  • torment
  • trouble
  • undo
  • unfriendliness
  • ungraciousness
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vendetta
  • venom
  • vex
  • vindictiveness
  • virulence
  • vitriol
  • wear
  • wear on
  • wear out
  • whet
  • worry

hackney

  • arid
  • banal
  • barouche
  • barren
  • bay
  • black
  • bore
  • boring
  • bromidic
  • bronco
  • brougham
  • buckboard
  • buckskin
  • buggy
  • cab
  • cabriolet
  • calash
  • caleche
  • canned
  • cardboard
  • caroche
  • carriage
  • carryall
  • chaise
  • charger
  • chariot
  • chestnut
  • cliche
  • coach
  • coarsen
  • cob
  • cobwebby
  • colorless
  • colt
  • commonplace
  • conventional
  • cookie-cutter
  • coupe
  • courser
  • cow pony
  • curricle
  • cutting horse
  • deplete
  • derivative
  • diligence
  • dobbin
  • dogcart
  • drab
  • dreary
  • droshky
  • drosky
  • drudging
  • dry
  • dull
  • dun
  • dusty
  • equid
  • equine
  • equipage
  • exhaust
  • filly
  • flat
  • foal
  • four-in-hand
  • galloper
  • gelding
  • gig
  • go-cart
  • hack
  • hackneyed
  • hansom
  • hansom cab
  • heavy
  • ho-hum
  • horse
  • humdrum
  • imitative
  • jade
  • jading
  • jaunting car
  • jejune
  • jitney
  • landau
  • leaden
  • mare
  • mind-numbing
  • monotonous
  • moth-eaten
  • mount
  • mustang
  • musty
  • nag
  • normal
  • numbing
  • obligatory
  • old
  • old hat
  • old-fashioned
  • ordinary
  • overdo
  • overexpose
  • overuse
  • packhorse
  • palomino
  • pedantic
  • pedestrian
  • phaeton
  • pinto
  • platitudinal
  • platitudinous
  • plug
  • ponderous
  • pony
  • popularize
  • post chaise
  • prancer
  • prosaic
  • quarter horse
  • racehorse
  • ready-made
  • rig
  • roadster
  • roan
  • rockaway
  • rote
  • routine
  • saddle horse
  • shopworn
  • skate
  • skewbald
  • sorrel
  • stage
  • stagecoach
  • stale
  • stallion
  • standard
  • stanhope
  • steed
  • stereotype
  • stereotyped
  • stock
  • stodgy
  • stuffy
  • surrey
  • tame
  • tandem
  • taxi
  • taxicab
  • tedious
  • threadbare
  • tilbury
  • timeworn
  • tire
  • tired
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • tonga
  • tourist car
  • trap
  • tried-and-true
  • trite
  • troika
  • trotter
  • turnout
  • twice-told
  • typical
  • undramatic
  • unimaginative
  • uninspired
  • uninteresting
  • unoriginal
  • usual
  • vapid
  • vehicle
  • victoria
  • vulgarize
  • warhorse
  • wear out
  • wearisome
  • weary
  • wearying
  • well-worn
  • workhorse

jade

keen

  • A-OK
  • A1
  • Einstein
  • OK
  • accentuated
  • acceptable
  • accurate
  • acid
  • acute
  • adequate
  • aggravated
  • agog
  • agonizing
  • alert
  • all right
  • almighty
  • ambitious
  • amenable
  • anguish
  • animate
  • animated
  • antsy
  • anxious
  • appetent
  • apt
  • ardent
  • astute
  • athirst
  • avid
  • awesome
  • bang-up
  • banner
  • bawl
  • bay
  • beautiful
  • beef
  • bellyache
  • bemoan
  • better
  • bewail
  • bitch
  • biting
  • bitter
  • bleat
  • blistering
  • blubber
  • blue-chip
  • blue-ribbon
  • boffo
  • bonnie
  • bonny
  • boss
  • brag
  • brainy
  • brave
  • breathless
  • bright
  • brilliant
  • brisk
  • bully
  • bumper
  • canny
  • capital
  • carp
  • caterwaul
  • caustic
  • cavil
  • cerebral
  • champing at the bit
  • choice
  • chomping at the bit
  • classic
  • classical
  • clawlike
  • clear
  • clever
  • complain
  • complaint
  • concentrated
  • cool
  • corking
  • corrosive
  • covetous
  • crab
  • crackerjack
  • cracking
  • crafty
  • craving
  • crazy
  • creative
  • cri de coeur
  • croak
  • cry
  • cunning
  • cutting
  • daggerlike
  • dandy
  • decent
  • deep
  • deepened
  • delicate
  • deplore
  • desirous
  • devoted
  • discerning
  • discriminating
  • disposed
  • divine
  • dolor
  • dope
  • down
  • dreadful
  • dying to
  • dynamite
  • eager
  • earnest
  • ebullient
  • edged
  • edgy
  • educated
  • emphasized
  • engaged
  • enhanced
  • enthused
  • enthusiastic
  • erudite
  • excellent
  • exceptional
  • excited
  • excruciating
  • exhaustive
  • explosive
  • exquisite
  • extreme
  • fab
  • fabulous
  • famous
  • fancy
  • fantabulous
  • fantastic
  • fast
  • fearful
  • fearsome
  • ferocious
  • fervent
  • fervid
  • fierce
  • fine
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • first-string
  • five-star
  • fond of
  • four-star
  • foxy
  • fret
  • frightful
  • frontline
  • furious
  • fuss
  • game
  • gangbuster
  • gangbusters
  • geeked
  • genial
  • ghastly
  • gilt-edge
  • gilt-edged
  • glad
  • gone
  • good
  • grand
  • great
  • greedy
  • grief
  • grieving
  • gripe
  • grizzle
  • groan
  • groovy
  • grouch
  • ground
  • grouse
  • growl
  • grumble
  • grump
  • gung ho
  • gung-ho
  • hair-trigger
  • hand-wringing
  • hankering
  • happy
  • hard
  • harsh
  • heady
  • heartache
  • heartbreak
  • heavenly
  • heavy
  • heavy-duty
  • heightened
  • hellacious
  • hepped up
  • high-class
  • high-grade
  • high-test
  • highbrow
  • holler
  • honed
  • hopped-up
  • hot
  • howl
  • hung up
  • hungry
  • hype
  • hyperacute
  • hyperintelligent
  • hypersensitive
  • immense
  • impassioned
  • impatient
  • incisive
  • inclined
  • informed
  • ingenious
  • insightful
  • intelligent
  • intense
  • intensified
  • intensive
  • intent
  • interested
  • inveigh
  • inventive
  • invigorating
  • jabbing
  • jagged
  • jim-dandy
  • judicious
  • juiced
  • kick
  • kick up a fuss
  • kick up a stink
  • knifelike
  • knowing
  • knowledgeable
  • kvetch
  • lacerating
  • lament
  • lamentation
  • learned
  • literate
  • lively
  • logical
  • longing
  • lovely
  • magnified
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • maunder
  • mean
  • moan
  • mourning
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • nag
  • neat
  • needlelike
  • nifty
  • nimble
  • nippy
  • noble
  • number one
  • numero uno
  • nuts
  • observant
  • obsessed
  • okay
  • out of this world
  • out-of-sight
  • outcry
  • oversensitive
  • par excellence
  • passable
  • peachy
  • peachy keen
  • penetrating
  • perceptive
  • percipient
  • perfervid
  • perspicacious
  • phat
  • piercing
  • pining
  • plaint
  • pointed
  • pointy
  • precise
  • premium
  • prickly
  • prime
  • primo
  • prize
  • prizewinning
  • profound
  • protest
  • prudent
  • pumped
  • quality
  • quibble
  • quick
  • quick-witted
  • radical
  • raring
  • rational
  • raw
  • razor-sharp
  • ready
  • reasonable
  • receptive
  • regret
  • repine
  • resourceful
  • restive
  • restless
  • righteous
  • rigorous
  • sagacious
  • sage
  • sane
  • sapient
  • sardonic
  • satirical
  • satisfactory
  • savvy
  • scholarly
  • schooled
  • scratching
  • scream
  • screech
  • select
  • sensational
  • sensible
  • sensitive
  • severe
  • sharp
  • sharp as a tack
  • sharp-witted
  • sharpened
  • shrewd
  • shriek
  • shrill
  • skilled
  • slick
  • smart
  • smarting
  • snappy
  • sob
  • solicitous
  • sorrow
  • sorrowing
  • sound
  • special
  • spikey
  • spiky
  • spirited
  • splendid
  • sprightly
  • squall
  • squawk
  • squeal
  • stabbing
  • standard
  • stellar
  • sterling
  • stew
  • stinging
  • stoked
  • stressed
  • strong
  • stropped
  • subtle
  • suffering
  • superb
  • superfine
  • superior
  • superlative
  • supernal
  • supersensitive
  • supersmart
  • swell
  • tart
  • tears
  • terrible
  • terrific
  • thirsty
  • thorough
  • tingling
  • tip-top
  • tolerable
  • too much
  • top
  • top-notch
  • top-of-the-line
  • top-shelf
  • topflight
  • topping
  • traditional
  • trained
  • trenchant
  • ultrasmart
  • ululate
  • unblunted
  • unreluctant
  • unsurpassed
  • vehement
  • vicious
  • violent
  • vivacious
  • voracious
  • wail
  • warm
  • weeping
  • well-read
  • whetted
  • whimper
  • whine
  • whinge
  • whiz
  • wild
  • willing
  • wily
  • wise
  • wizard
  • woe
  • wonderful
  • worry
  • yammer
  • yaup
  • yawp
  • yell
  • yelp
  • yowl
  • zealous

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