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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abetment

  • advancement
  • advice
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  • attendance
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abetments

  • advancements
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  • legs up
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  • patronages
  • philanthropies
  • promotions
  • reliefs
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abjection

  • abasement
  • abjectness
  • affliction
  • agony
  • anguish
  • aridity
  • avarice
  • bankruptcy
  • barrenness
  • baseness
  • beastliness
  • beggary
  • blahs
  • bleakness
  • blue funk
  • bummer
  • cheerlessness
  • churlishness
  • closeness
  • contemptibleness
  • corruption
  • corruptness
  • covetousness
  • dearth
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  • debt
  • decadence
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  • deficiency
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  • degeneracy
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  • demoralization
  • depletion
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  • depression
  • desolation
  • despair
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  • destitution
  • difficulty
  • discomfort
  • disconsolation
  • discontent
  • discouragement
  • dispiritedness
  • disrepute
  • dissipatedness
  • dissipation
  • dissoluteness
  • distress
  • dole
  • dolefulness
  • dolor
  • downheartedness
  • dreariness
  • dullness
  • dumps
  • emptiness
  • ennui
  • evil
  • exiguity
  • famine
  • filth
  • frugality
  • gangrene
  • gloom
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  • greed
  • grief
  • hardship
  • heaviness of heart
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  • hopelessness
  • ill temper
  • immorality
  • impecuniosity
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  • impoverishment
  • inadequacy
  • indigence
  • infamy
  • iniquity
  • insolvency
  • insufficiency
  • knavishness
  • lack
  • libertinage
  • libertinism
  • lowness
  • lugubriosity
  • malice
  • malignity
  • meagerness
  • melancholia
  • melancholy
  • miserliness
  • misery
  • mortification
  • necessitousness
  • necessity
  • need
  • neediness
  • pain
  • parsimony
  • pass
  • paucity
  • pauperism
  • pennilessness
  • penuriousness
  • penury
  • perversion
  • pervertedness
  • pettiness
  • pinch
  • poorness
  • privation
  • qualm
  • rakishness
  • rapacity
  • reduction
  • rot
  • sadness
  • scarcity
  • shamelessness
  • shortage
  • sinfulness
  • smallmindedness
  • sordidness
  • sorrow
  • squalor
  • starvation
  • stinginess
  • straits
  • suffering
  • the blues
  • torment
  • trouble
  • turpitude
  • underdevelopment
  • unhappiness
  • unkindness
  • unscrupulousness
  • unworthiness
  • vacancy
  • vapors
  • villainy
  • want
  • wickedness
  • woe
  • woefulness
  • worry

abode

  • McMansion
  • RV
  • accommodations
  • address
  • apartment
  • apartment house
  • barracks
  • base
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  • hooch
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  • house
  • house trailer
  • houseboat
  • housing
  • hovel
  • hut
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  • lodging house
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  • manor
  • manor house
  • manse
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  • roof
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  • roost
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  • tenement
  • tenement house
  • town house
  • townhome
  • tract house
  • trailer
  • triplex
  • vicarage
  • villa
  • walk-up

abodes

  • McMansions
  • RVs
  • accommodations
  • apartment houses
  • apartments
  • barracks
  • billets
  • boardinghouses
  • bungalows
  • cabins
  • casitas
  • castles
  • chalets
  • condominia
  • condominiums
  • condos
  • cottages
  • countryseats
  • diggings
  • domiciles
  • dormitories
  • dorms
  • double-wides
  • duplexes
  • dwellings
  • estates
  • farmhouses
  • firesides
  • flats
  • flophouses
  • granges
  • habitations
  • haciendas
  • halls
  • hearths
  • hearthstones
  • hermitages
  • homes
  • homesteads
  • hooches
  • hootches
  • house trailers
  • houseboats
  • houses
  • housings
  • hovels
  • hutches
  • huts
  • lodgements
  • lodging houses
  • lodgings
  • lodgments
  • manor houses
  • manors
  • manses
  • mansions
  • mobile homes
  • motor homes
  • nests
  • pads
  • palaces
  • parsonages
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  • quarters
  • ranch houses
  • ranches
  • recreational vehicles
  • rectories
  • residences
  • residencies
  • roofs
  • rooming houses
  • rooms
  • salons
  • saltboxes
  • semis
  • shacks
  • shanties
  • shelters
  • split levels
  • suites
  • tenement houses
  • tenements
  • town houses
  • townhomes
  • tract houses
  • trailers
  • triplexes
  • vicarages
  • villas
  • walk-ups

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