Drag

//dɹæɡ//

Synonyms for "drag" (543 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (109)

bore haul puff scuff adduct adduction affinity aggravation allurement amble annoyance arrest artery attract attractance attraction attractiveness attractivity avenue bad news

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Verb(24 words)

draw hale admonish animadvert badmouth bash bawl out berate berisp blame blast carry cart castigate censure charge chastise chew out chide condemn

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criticize denounce denunciate deplore

Noun(1 words)

pull

Strong matches (163)

Verb(29 words)

deprecate derogate drag click drag in drag on drag out dredge dress down drop back drop behind eat someone alive embroil excoriate fault find fault fulminate get at get behind get down get up

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give somebody a piece of one's mind give somebody what-for give someone a speaking to hang back harrow haul inveigh keelhaul lace into

detain detention devilment difficulty dillydally distract dogging dogtrot doorstop downer drabble draft drag along drag on drag out drag sail draggle drain drape draught

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draughtsman draughty draw draw towards dredge drench dress drift anchor drift sail drink drip drogue droop dryasdust dub dusty ease-off ease-up educe embroil encumbrance equalize even exasperation fall fall behind falter farm machinery favor fetter flag flagging flap flat tire flatten flop flounce flow fluid friction foot footslog force force of friction force of viscosity freight friction head friction loss frictional resistance frightful bore gait gallop get behind go dead slow go on go on and on go slow goof off grade gravitation gravity grease habitual smoking hale halt handicap hang hang back hang down harassment harrow harrying have an attraction headache heave highway hinder hippety-hop hitch hobble hold back hold up holdback holdup hop hounding humdrum hump idle impede in inch inch along incubus incumbency induce influence inhale inhale snuff inside track interest internal friction iron jerk jog jog-trot jolt jump keep back lading lag lag behind lallygag

Noun(2 words)

dray hindrance

Related words (271)

Verb(41 words)

lambaste lay into lecture light into lug maul objurgate pan pooh-pooh puff put someone in their place put someone on blast rate read somebody the riot act rebuke reprehend reprimand reproach reprove rip into

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rubbish savage schlep scold scuff skewer slam slate sweep sweep up tangle tear into tell off threap tick off tosh trail tug upbraid vilify vituperate

lay laze letdown letup level limp linger linger behind linger on load loading lock step loiter lollygag lop lubricate lug lumber lunge lurch

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lure machinery magnet magnetism magnetize make late martingale millstone mince mincing steps minus acceleration molestation mosey mow mutual attraction nicotine addiction nicotinism nod nuisance obstruct obstruction oil oppression overload overtaxing overweighting pace paddle pain pain in arse pain in the neck pass path peg pelham pend persecution persuade pest piaffe piaffer pill plague plane planish plaster plod plow poke poke along potter power prance pressure problem procrastinate proser pull pull towards pulling power put off rack remora resistance retard retardation retardment road roll rolling friction saddling sag sander sashay saunter scotch scuffle scuttle sea anchor setback shackle shamble shave shilly shally shilly-shally shuffle shuffle along sidle single-foot skin friction skip slack-up slacken slackening sled sliding friction slink slip friction slither slog slouch slow down slow up slowdown slowing slowing down slowness slowup smoke smoking smoking habit smooth smooth down smooth out smoother snaffle snag snake special favor spoke stagger stagger along stalk stall stamp starting friction static friction stay step stomp stop straddle straggle strain street stride stroll strolling gait strut stump suction superincumbency surcharge swag swagger swig swill swing sympathy tabacism tabacosis tabagism take in tow take snuff tarry taxing thoroughfare tittup tobaccoism toddle toddle along totter totter along tow track traction trail trail behind train traipse trammel trawl tread trial trip troll trot trouble trudge tug twaddler velocity vexation vexatiousness waddle walk wamble waste time way wear on weep wet blanket wheedle wiggle wobble worm worm along worriment worry wrench

Noun(10 words)

lug pain in the arse puff retarding force roadblock skid skidpan stoneboat stumbling block witch house

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

49 entries

article of clothing aspiration balk baulk breathe in breathing in check clothing dawdle deterrent displace draw fall back fall behind go habiliment

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More specific

5 entries

haul heave tow trail train

Synonyms

6 entries

bore dredge embroil haul puff scuff

Related terms

7 entries

carry draggy dragnet lift lurch read yank

coordinate

2 entries

cope pushstick

derived

91 entries

Poynting-Robertson drag antidrag cash drag cash-drag danna-drag de-drag drab drag act drag and drop drag artist drag ass drag bit drag boat drag bolt drag bunt drag chain

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

draw

has context

10 entries

aerodynamics aviation computing foundry masonry metallurgy nautical slang snooker soccer

has property

1 entries

equivalent to friction

is a

6 entries

clothing costume hindrance pull resistance tediousness

manner of

6 entries

lag move persuade proceed pull travel

related to

37 entries

annoying backspin break casting clothing cope costume cue ball disappointing drag king drag queen drag sail dragnet dress entertainment fish

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Translations

252 translations across 79 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

zvarrit verb (to pull along a surface)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἕλκω verb (to pull along a surface)

Arabic

1 entries

جَرَّ verb (to pull along a surface)

Armenian

3 entries

ձգել verb (to pull along a surface)
քաշել verb (to pull along a surface)
քարշ տալ verb (to pull along a surface)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

dartmaq verb (to pull along a surface)
sürükləmək verb (to pull along a surface)
sürümək verb (to pull along a surface)
sürüyüb çəkmək verb (to pull along a surface)

Basque

1 entries

arrastatu verb (to pull along a surface)

Belarusian

4 entries

заця́жка noun (puff on cigarette)
валачы́ verb (to pull along a surface)
валачы́ць verb (to pull along a surface)
пацяга́ць verb (to pull along a surface)

Bengali

1 entries

টানা verb (to pull along a surface)

Bulgarian

4 entries

брана noun (heavy harrow)
драга noun (device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water)
дърпане noun (puff on cigarette)
вла́ча verb (to pull along a surface)

Burmese

1 entries

ဆွဲ verb (to pull along a surface)

Catalan

3 entries

pipada noun (puff on cigarette)
resistència noun (resistance of the air or some other fluid)
arrossegar verb (to pull along a surface)

Chinese

2 entries

то verb (to pull along a surface)
拖 verb (to pull along a surface)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

拖 verb (to pull along a surface)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

拖 verb (to pull along a surface)

Church Slavic

2 entries

влачити verb (to pull along a surface)
влѣщи verb (to pull along a surface)

Czech

4 entries

šluk noun (puff on cigarette)
táhnout verb (to pull along a surface)
vléct verb (to pull along a surface)
vléct se verb (to move slowly)

Danish

4 entries

drag noun (puff on cigarette)
drag noun (slang: women’s clothing worn by men)
dræg noun (device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water)
hiv noun (puff on cigarette)

Dutch

4 entries

belemmering noun (someone or something that is annoying or frustrating)
fundering noun (foundry: bottom part of a sand casting mold)
hinderpaal noun (someone or something that is annoying or frustrating)
luchtweerstand noun (resistance of the air or some other fluid)

Esperanto

1 entries

treni verb (to pull along a surface)

Finnish

4 entries

ajoankkuri noun (anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress)
alakierre noun (snooker: large amount of backspin on the cue ball)
drag noun (slang: women’s clothing worn by men)
hajujälki noun (scent-path)

French

4 entries

emmerdeur noun (someone or something that is annoying or frustrating)
emmerdeuse noun (someone or something that is annoying or frustrating)
sabot noun (skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel)
taffe noun (puff on cigarette)

Galician

1 entries

arrastrar verb (to pull along a surface)

Georgian

2 entries

ათრევს verb (to pull along a surface)
სეირნობა verb (to move slowly)

German

4 entries

Fummel noun (slang: women’s clothing worn by men)
Luftwiderstand noun (resistance of the air or some other fluid)
Widerstand noun (resistance of the air or some other fluid)
Zug noun (puff on cigarette)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 verb (to pull along a surface)

Greek

2 entries

οπισθέλκουσα noun (resistance of the air or some other fluid)
σέρνω verb (to pull along a surface)

Hebrew

1 entries

גָּרַר verb (to pull along a surface)

Hindi

2 entries

खींचना verb (to pull along a surface)
घसीटना verb (to pull along a surface)

Hungarian

2 entries

slukk noun (puff on cigarette)
húz verb (to pull along a surface)

Icelandic

1 entries

draga verb (to pull along a surface)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

پُک noun (puff on cigarette)

Italian

4 entries

attrito noun (resistance of the air or some other fluid)
boccata noun (puff on cigarette)
draga noun (device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water)
tirata noun (puff on cigarette)

Japanese

3 entries

引きずる verb (to pull along a surface)
引き離す verb (to pull along a surface)
引く verb (to pull along a surface)

Kaurna

1 entries

watunthi verb (to pull along a surface)

Kazakh

1 entries

сүйреу verb (to pull along a surface)

Khmer

1 entries

ទាញ verb (to pull along a surface)

Korean

1 entries

끌다 verb (to pull along a surface)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

сүйрөө verb (to pull along a surface)

Lao

1 entries

ລາກ verb (to pull along a surface)

Latin

2 entries

trahea noun (kind of sledge)
trahō verb (to pull along a surface)

Macedonian

1 entries

влече verb (to pull along a surface)

Malay

1 entries

leret noun (slang: women’s clothing worn by men)

Mongolian

1 entries

чирэх verb (to pull along a surface)

Māori

1 entries

āwai verb (to move slowly)

Nepali

1 entries

तान्नु verb (to pull along a surface)

Norman

1 entries

traîner verb (to pull along a surface)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

blås noun (puff on cigarette)
drag noun (puff on cigarette)
drag noun (slang: women’s clothing worn by men)
dra verb (to pull along a surface)

Occitan

1 entries

rebalar verb (to pull along a surface)

Old East Slavic

2 entries

волочи verb (to pull along a surface)
тꙗгати verb (to pull along a surface)

Old English

1 entries

dragan verb (to pull along a surface)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

چكمك verb (to pull along a surface)

Persian

2 entries

درَگ noun (slang: women’s clothing worn by men)
کشیدن verb (to pull along a surface)

Polish

4 entries

rozczarowanie noun (someone or something that is disappointing)
ciągnąć verb (to pull along a surface)
wlec verb (to pull along a surface)
wlec się verb (to move slowly)

Portuguese

3 entries

arraste noun (resistance of the air or some other fluid)
arrasto noun (resistance of the air or some other fluid)
arrastar verb (to pull along a surface)

Romanian

1 entries

a trage verb (to pull along a surface)

Russian

4 entries

дра́га noun (device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water)
затя́жка noun (puff on cigarette)
обу́за noun (someone or something that is disappointing)
разочарова́ние noun (someone or something that is disappointing)

Sanskrit

1 entries

कर्षति verb (to pull along a surface)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

slaod verb (to pull along a surface)
tarraing verb (to pull along a surface)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dim noun (puff on cigarette)
дим noun (puff on cigarette)
vȗći verb (to pull along a surface)
ву̑ћи verb (to pull along a surface)

Sicilian

2 entries

strascinari verb (to pull along a surface)
trascinari verb (to pull along a surface)

Slovak

4 entries

vliecť verb (to pull along a surface)
vliecť sa verb (to move slowly)
vláčiť verb (to pull along a surface)
ťahať verb (to pull along a surface)

Slovene

1 entries

vleči verb (to pull along a surface)

Spanish

4 entries

agüizote noun (someone or something that is annoying or frustrating)
ahuizote noun (someone or something that is annoying or frustrating)
bocanada noun (puff on cigarette)
calada noun (puff on cigarette)

Swahili

1 entries

kuburuta verb (to pull along a surface)

Swedish

4 entries

bloss noun (puff on cigarette)
drag noun (slang: women’s clothing worn by men)
dragg noun (device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water)
drög noun (kind of sledge)

Tajik

1 entries

кашидан verb (to pull along a surface)

Tamil

1 entries

இழு verb (to pull along a surface)

Thai

1 entries

ลาก verb (to pull along a surface)

Tocharian B

1 entries

yärtt verb (to pull along a surface)

Tooro

1 entries

kurra verb (to pull along a surface)

Turkish

4 entries

fırt noun (puff on cigarette)
sürükleme noun (resistance of the air or some other fluid)
sürüklemek verb (to pull along a surface)
çekmek verb (to pull along a surface)

Ukrainian

4 entries

затя́жка noun (puff on cigarette)
волокти́ verb (to pull along a surface)
тяга́ти verb (to pull along a surface)
тягну́ти verb (to pull along a surface)

Urdu

2 entries

کھینچنا verb (to pull along a surface)
گهسیٹنا verb (to pull along a surface)

Uyghur

2 entries

تارتماق verb (to pull along a surface)
سۆرىمەك verb (to pull along a surface)

Uzbek

2 entries

sudramoq verb (to pull along a surface)
tortmoq verb (to pull along a surface)

Venetan

4 entries

rajare verb (to pull along a surface)
remenar verb (to pull along a surface)
strapegar verb (to pull along a surface)
strasinar verb (to pull along a surface)

Vietnamese

1 entries

kéo verb (to pull along a surface)

Yiddish

1 entries

שלעפּן verb (to pull along a surface)

Zazaki

2 entries

fırt noun (puff on cigarette)
kaşnayış noun (resistance of the air or some other fluid)

Sample sentences

62 total sentences available.

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The children would be a drag on me, so I want to go without them.

Source: tatoeba (246020)

Don't drag out Chinese sayings about the importance of an environment conducive to learning just to justify moving for a child's entrance exams!

Source: tatoeba (323536)

This looks as though it will drag on and on.

Source: tatoeba (463338)

Some days seem to just drag on and last forever.

Source: tatoeba (954273)

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