rags

The word “rags” has 1 syllable: rags

It's pronounced as /ræɡz/

What is synonym and antonym for rags?

In the thesaurus, “rags” has 127 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for rags

abuses
activewear
admonishes
apparel
array
assails
attacks
attire
bad-mouths
bastes
bawls out
belittles
berates
blames
blasts
bravery
calls down
caparison
castigates
censures
chastises
chews out
chides
civies
civvies
clobber
clothes
clothing
condemns
costume
costumery
couture
criticizes
crucifies
denounces
disparages
disses
dress
dresses down
duds
ensemble
excoriates
faults
finery
flays
foofaraw
frippery
frock
gaiety
garb
garderobe
garments
gaudery
gayety
gear
getup
glad rags
guise
haberdashery
habit
hammers
harangues
jaws
keelhauls
knocks
lambastes
lambasts
lashes
lays into
lectures
livery
loungewear
menswear
mocks
mufti
nightclothes
outerwear
outfit
pans
playwear
pret-a-porter
pretties
puts down
raiment
rates
ready-to-wear
rebukes
regalia
reprehends
reprimands
reproaches
reproves
reviles
ridicules
rig
rigging
scoffs
scolds
scores
scorns
scourges
scraps
slams
sleepwear
smallclothes
sportswear
tailoring
takes to task
tatters
tawdry
threads
toggery
togs
tongue-lashes
trim
trumpery
underclothes
underwear
upbraids
vestiary
vestments
vesture
vituperates
wardrobe
wear
wearables
weeds

Antonyms for rags

approves
endorses
extolls
extols
indorses
lauds
praises
sanctions

Meanings of rags

noun
1. (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
2. A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
3. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
4. A ragged edge in metalworking.
5. A sail, or any piece of canvas.
6. A newspaper, magazine.
7. A poor, low-ranking kicker.
8. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
9. A prank or practical joke.
10. A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
11. An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
12. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
verb
1. To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
2. To become tattered.
3. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
4. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
5. To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
6. To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
7. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
8. To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
9. To dance to ragtime music.
10. To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.

Example Sentences

She used old rags to clean the dusty shelves in the attic.
The beggar wore tattered rags as he wandered the streets.
After the party, they gathered the paper plates and plastic cups into rags for disposal.
In the old barn, they found a stack of antique rags once used by farmhands.
With determination, she turned her life around from rags to riches through hard work and perseverance.

On this page you'll find 135 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to rags, such as: abuses, activewear, admonishes, apparel, approves, array, assails.

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