What is another word for tug?
682 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈʌɡ], [ tˈʌɡ], [ t_ˈʌ_ɡ]
The word "tug" is often used to refer to pulling on something with great effort. However, there are several other words that can be used to describe this action. "Drag" refers to pulling something along the ground, while "haul" indicates pulling a heavy load. "Yank" and "wrench" suggest a sudden and forceful pulling motion. "Twitch" and "jerk" can be used to describe quick, sharp tugs. Another synonym for "tug" is "tow," which typically involves pulling a vehicle or vessel with a rope or chain. Regardless of which word is used, they all convey a sense of exertion and effort to move something forward.
Synonyms for Tug:
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- Bowser ,
- barge ,
- bulk carrier ,
- cabin cruiser ,
- canal boat ,
- canoe ,
- carrier ,
- cockleshell ,
- coracle .
- tug .
- ship .
- pro duct ,
- pro ducts ,
- pro-duct ,
- pro-ducts ,
- re solutions ,
- re-solution ,
- re-solutions ,
- under taking ,
- under-taking ,
- under-takings .
- tote .
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- gave all got ,
- gave all one got ,
- gave all one's got ,
- gave all ones got ,
- gave got ,
- gave one all ,
- gave one got ,
- gave one's all ,
- gave one's got ,
- gave ones all ,
- gave ones got ,
- give all ,
- give all got ,
- give all one got ,
- give all ones got ,
- give got ,
- give one all ,
- give one got ,
- give one's got ,
- give ones all ,
- give ones got ,
- gives all ,
- gives all got ,
- gives all one got ,
- gives all one's got ,
- gives all ones got ,
- gives got ,
- gives one all ,
- gives one got ,
- gives one's all ,
- gives one's got ,
- gives ones all ,
- gives ones got ,
- giving all ,
- giving all got ,
- giving all one got ,
- giving all one's got ,
- giving all ones got ,
- giving got ,
- giving one all ,
- giving one got ,
- giving one's all ,
- giving one's got ,
- giving ones all ,
- giving ones got ,
- goes for broke ,
- goes for jugular ,
- going for it ,
- going for jugular ,
- haddest at ,
- hadst at ,
- has at ,
- hast at ,
- hath at ,
- having at ,
- jockeyed for position ,
- jockeying for position ,
- jockeys for position ,
- knocked oneself out ,
- knocking oneself out ,
- knocks oneself out ,
- made play for ,
- makes play for ,
- making play for ,
- mix it with ,
- mixed it up with ,
- mixed it with ,
- mixes it up with ,
- mixes it with ,
- mixes up with ,
- mixes with ,
- mixing it up with ,
- mixing it with ,
- mixing up with ,
- mixing with ,
- mixt it up with ,
- mixt it with ,
- mixt up with ,
- mixt with ,
- pushed for ,
- pushes for ,
- pushing for ,
- scrambled for ,
- scrambles for ,
- scrambling for ,
- shooting at ,
- shooting for ,
- shoots at ,
- shoots for ,
- shot for ,
- tangled with ,
- tangles with ,
- tangling with ,
- went after ,
- went for broke ,
- went for jugular ,
- with stand ,
- with standing ,
- with stands ,
- with stood ,
- with-stand ,
- with-standing ,
- with-stands .
- ex tend ,
- ex tended ,
- ex tending ,
- ex tends ,
- ex-tend ,
- ex-tended ,
- ex-tending ,
- ex-tends ,
- makes longer ,
- making longer ,
- pro tract ,
- pro tracts ,
- pro-tract ,
- pro-tracts ,
- span out ,
- spinning out ,
- spins out ,
- stringed out ,
- strings out .
- bandied with ,
- bandies with ,
- bandying with ,
- brushed with ,
- brushes with ,
- brushing with ,
- carried on war ,
- carried war ,
- carries on war ,
- carries war ,
- carry war ,
- carrying on war ,
- carrying war ,
- did battle ,
- didst battle ,
- does battle ,
- doest battle ,
- doeth battle ,
- dost battle ,
- doth battle ,
- duelled ,
- exchanged blows ,
- exchanges blows ,
- exchanging blows ,
- flared up ,
- flaring up ,
- go war ,
- goes to war ,
- goes war ,
- going to war ,
- going war ,
- mixed it up ,
- mixes it up ,
- mixing it up ,
- mixt it up ,
- plied weapons ,
- plies weapons ,
- plying weapons ,
- rowdied ,
- rowdying ,
- take comers ,
- take field ,
- take gauntlet ,
- take the gauntlet ,
- take up gauntlet ,
- takes all comers ,
- takes comers ,
- takes field ,
- takes gauntlet ,
- takes the field ,
- takes the gauntlet ,
- takes up gauntlet ,
- takes up the gauntlet ,
- taking all comers ,
- taking comers ,
- taking field ,
- taking gauntlet ,
- taking the field ,
- taking the gauntlet ,
- taking up gauntlet ,
- taking up the gauntlet ,
- took all comers ,
- took comers ,
- took field ,
- took gauntlet ,
- took the field ,
- took the gauntlet ,
- took up gauntlet ,
- took up the gauntlet ,
- waged war ,
- wages war ,
- went to war ,
- went war .
- piggied back ,
- piggies back ,
- piggying back ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving .
- exerted oneself ,
- exerting oneself ,
- exerts oneself ,
- plugged away ,
- plugs away ,
- poured it on ,
- poured on ,
- pouring it on ,
- pouring on ,
- pours on ,
- work bone ,
- work oneself bone ,
- work oneself the bone ,
- work oneself to bone ,
- work the bone ,
- work to bone ,
- work to the bone ,
- worked bone ,
- worked oneself bone ,
- worked oneself the bone ,
- worked oneself to bone ,
- worked oneself to the bone ,
- worked the bone ,
- worked to bone ,
- worked to the bone ,
- working bone ,
- working oneself bone ,
- working oneself the bone ,
- working oneself to bone ,
- working oneself to the bone ,
- working the bone ,
- working to bone ,
- working to the bone ,
- works bone ,
- works oneself bone ,
- works oneself the bone ,
- works oneself to bone ,
- works oneself to the bone ,
- works the bone ,
- works to bone ,
- works to the bone ,
- wrought bone ,
- wrought oneself bone ,
- wrought oneself the bone ,
- wrought oneself to bone ,
- wrought oneself to the bone ,
- wrought the bone ,
- wrought to bone ,
- wrought to the bone .
- grab .
- bended over backward ,
- bending over backward ,
- bends over backward ,
- bent over backward ,
- brake neck ,
- brake one neck ,
- brake one's neck ,
- brake ones neck ,
- break neck ,
- break one neck ,
- break ones neck ,
- breaking neck ,
- breaking one neck ,
- breaking one's neck ,
- breaking ones neck ,
- breaks neck ,
- breaks one neck ,
- breaks one's neck ,
- breaks ones neck ,
- broke neck ,
- broke one neck ,
- broke one's neck ,
- broke ones neck ,
- did best ,
- did one best ,
- did one utmost ,
- did one's best ,
- did one's utmost ,
- did ones best ,
- did ones utmost ,
- did utmost ,
- didst best ,
- didst one best ,
- didst one utmost ,
- didst one's best ,
- didst one's utmost ,
- didst ones best ,
- didst ones utmost ,
- didst utmost ,
- do best ,
- do one best ,
- do one utmost ,
- do ones best ,
- do ones utmost ,
- do utmost ,
- does best ,
- does one best ,
- does one utmost ,
- does one's best ,
- does one's utmost ,
- does ones best ,
- does ones utmost ,
- does utmost ,
- doest best ,
- doest one best ,
- doest one utmost ,
- doest one's best ,
- doest one's utmost ,
- doest ones best ,
- doest ones utmost ,
- doest utmost ,
- doeth best ,
- doeth one best ,
- doeth one utmost ,
- doeth one's best ,
- doeth one's utmost ,
- doeth ones best ,
- doeth ones utmost ,
- doeth utmost ,
- doing best ,
- doing one best ,
- doing one utmost ,
- doing one's best ,
- doing one's utmost ,
- doing ones best ,
- doing ones utmost ,
- doing utmost ,
- dost best ,
- dost one best ,
- dost one utmost ,
- dost one's best ,
- dost one's utmost ,
- dost ones best ,
- dost ones utmost ,
- dost utmost ,
- doth best ,
- doth one best ,
- doth one utmost ,
- doth one's best ,
- doth one's utmost ,
- doth ones best ,
- doth ones utmost ,
- doth utmost ,
- go limit ,
- goes all out ,
- goes for the jugular ,
- goes limit ,
- goes the limit ,
- going for the jugular ,
- going limit ,
- going the limit ,
- leaved no stone unturned ,
- leaves no stone unturned ,
- leaving no stone unturned ,
- left no stone unturned ,
- made every effort ,
- makes every effort ,
- making every effort ,
- tries hard ,
- trying hard ,
- went all out ,
- went for the jugular ,
- went limit ,
- went the limit .
- pegged away ,
- pegging away ,
- pegs away ,
- pushed oneself ,
- pushes oneself ,
- pushing oneself ,
- work like dog ,
- worked like a dog ,
- worked like dog ,
- working like a dog ,
- working like dog ,
- works like a dog ,
- works like dog ,
- wrought like a dog ,
- wrought like dog .
- campaigned against ,
- campaigning against ,
- campaigns against ,
- dis agree ,
- dis agreed ,
- dis agreeing ,
- dis agrees ,
- dis-agree ,
- dis-agreed ,
- dis-agreeing ,
- dis-agrees ,
- engage combat ,
- engaged combat ,
- engages combat ,
- engages in combat ,
- engaging combat ,
- engaging in combat ,
- made war ,
- makes war ,
- making war ,
- marched against ,
- marches against ,
- take field against ,
- takes arms ,
- takes field against ,
- takes the field against ,
- takes up arms ,
- taking arms ,
- taking field against ,
- taking the field against ,
- taking up arms ,
- took arms ,
- took field against ,
- took the field against ,
- took up arms .
Other synonyms:
- trail .
- stretch .
- trundle .
- pick .
Other relevant words:
- Altercated ,
- Altercating ,
- Danced ,
- Dueling ,
- Flipping ,
- Gunning ,
- Haled ,
- Haling ,
- Hefted ,
- Hefting ,
- Jagging ,
- Shrugged ,
- Shrugging ,
- Tiffed ,
- Tiffing ,
- Trailed ,
- Twinged ,
- Twinging ,
- Vellicating ,
- Warred ,
- Wars ,
- altercate ,
- altercates ,
- bandy with ,
- battle ,
- bend over backward ,
- break one's neck ,
- brush with ,
- campaign against ,
- carry on war ,
- contend ,
- dancing ,
- do battle ,
- do one's best ,
- do one's utmost ,
- doing battle ,
- drag ,
- draw ,
- draw out ,
- duel ,
- dueled ,
- duelling ,
- engage in combat ,
- engaged in combat ,
- evulse ,
- exchange blows ,
- ferry ,
- fight ,
- flare up ,
- flares up ,
- go all out ,
- go for the jugular ,
- go out ,
- go the limit ,
- go to war ,
- goes out ,
- going all out ,
- gun ,
- gunned ,
- hale ,
- hales ,
- haul ,
- heft ,
- hefts ,
- humped ,
- humping ,
- hurtle ,
- hurtling ,
- jousted ,
- jousting ,
- leave no stone unturned ,
- lug ,
- make every effort ,
- make war ,
- march against ,
- marching against ,
- mix it up ,
- moil ,
- peg away ,
- piggy back ,
- pluck ,
- ply weapons ,
- pull ,
- pull at ,
- push oneself ,
- schlepp ,
- shelled ,
- shelling ,
- shrug ,
- shrugs ,
- strife ,
- strive ,
- take all comers ,
- take arms ,
- take the field ,
- take the field against ,
- take up arms ,
- take up the gauntlet ,
- toil ,
- tried hard ,
- try hard ,
- tussle ,
- twitch ,
- vellicate ,
- wage war ,
- waging war ,
- war ,
- work like a dog ,
- wrench ,
- wrenching ,
- yank .
- feud .
- Emulated ,
- Jostled ,
- Struggled ,
- Vied ,
- give all one's got ,
- give one's all ,
- go after ,
- go for broke ,
- go for it ,
- go for jugular ,
- goes after ,
- going after ,
- going for broke ,
- had at ,
- have at ,
- jockey for position ,
- knock oneself out ,
- litigate ,
- make play for ,
- mix it up with ,
- mix up with ,
- mix with ,
- mixed up with ,
- mixed with ,
- push for ,
- scramble for ,
- shoot at ,
- shoot for ,
- shot at ,
- tangle with .
- lead on ,
- leading on ,
- leads on ,
- led on ,
- made longer ,
- make longer ,
- protract ,
- spin out ,
- spun out ,
- string out ,
- stringing out ,
- strung out .
- FAGS ,
- Fagging ,
- Moiling ,
- Travailed ,
- Travailing ,
- exert oneself ,
- fag ,
- fagged ,
- plug away ,
- plugging away ,
- pour it on ,
- pour on ,
- work oneself to the bone .
- tow .
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How to use "Tug" in context?
The tug is a seafaring vessel that is long and narrow with a single mast. Traditionally the term "tug" was used for a boat that was used for moving large ships. Tugs are used today for a variety of purposes, including passenger transportation, catering, charter fishing, offshore oil production, andbreaking ice.
Paraphrases for Tug:
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Forward Entailment
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Verb, gerund or present participle
pulling.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
pulls.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
tugboat.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
Hyponym for Tug:
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pull one's weight
- Synonyms:
- work, pull one's weight.
