She used a damp rag to wipe off the dust.
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Rag
//ɹæɡ//
Synonyms for "rag" (398 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (80)
ragtimetabloidteaseabuseacid rockact dropafterglowafterimageandanteandante tempoannoyapparelarrayasbestosasbestos boardattireavant-garde jazzbackdropbalanceballroom music
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banterbark atbastebattenbawl outbeatbebopbedizenmentberatebetongueblackenboltropebonesboogie woogieboogie-woogiebopborderbuttbutt endcall on carpetcandle endscanvascarpetchaffchewchew outclewclothclothesclothingcompound timecostumecoulissecounterweightcountry rockcringlecrowd of sailculmcurtaincurtain boardcycloramadailydaily newspaperdance
Verb(15 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (119)
dance musicdancesdeadwooddebrisdecorderidedetritusdishwaterdraffdraperydregsdressdressingdropdrop curtaindudsduple timedustearingend
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etoffeexecrateextraextra editionfabricfag endfashionfatiguesfeathersfeltfigfilingsfire curtainflatflipperfloutfolk rockfoolfootfore-and-aft sailfossilfrockfulminate againstfungarbgarbagegarmentgarmentsgashgazettegeargibegoodsgowngrin atguisehabilimenthabithanginghard rockhazeheadhogwashhold in derisionholdoverhot jazzhusksinvestitureinvestmentjapejawjazzjeerjestjivejokejollyjoshkidlacelargolaugh atlaugh to scornleavingsleechleesleftoverslinenload with reproachesluffmainstream jazzmake fun ofmake game ofmake merry withmarch tempomaterialmixed timesmockmusical suitemuslinnaperynational newspaper
Verb(14 words)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (199)
needleneighborhood newspapernewsnewspapernewspaper of recordodds and endsoffaloffscouringsold clothesortspanpaperparingspilloryplain sailplay jazzpoint atpoke fun atpotsherdspress of sail
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prestopullput onput one onrabbleragsrailrail atraimentrallyrantraspingsrateraverave againstrazzreduced sailreef pointreefed sailrefuserelicsremainderremainsremnantresidueresiduumrestrevilerhythm-and-bluesribrideridiculeroachroastroberobesrockrock-and-rollroutrubatorubbishruckruinsrumpsailsawdustscenesceneryscoffscouringsscrap ironscrapsscreenscrimscumsextuple timeshadowshardsshavingssheetside scenesilksimple timeslackslagslopslopssmile atsnicker atsnigger atspecialspecial editionsportswearsquare sailstage screwstrawstubblestuffstumpstylesuitesuite of dancessurvivalsweepingsswillswingsyncopatesyncopated musicsyncopationsyncopetabtableautarestattersteasertempotempo rubatotextiletextile fabrictexturethe new musicthreadsthree-quarter timethunder againsttimetime patterntimingtissutissuetogstoilettetongue lashtongue-lashtormenttormentortracetransformationtransformation scenetrimtriple timetriplettwittwo-four timevestigevestmentvesturevilifyvituperatewaltz timewastagewastewaste matterwastepaperwearwearing apparelweavewebweedsweeklyweekly newspaperweftwingwingcutwoodcutwoofwoolyell atyelp at
Verb(20 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
Synonyms
6 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
94 entriesShowing 16 of 94 words.
etymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
11 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
similar
1 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
236 translations across 80 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- leckë noun (piece of cloth)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥάκος noun (piece of cloth)
Arabic
2 entries- خِرْقَة noun (piece of cloth)
- خِرْقَة noun (piece of cloth)
Armenian
4 entries- լաթ noun (piece of cloth)
- շոր noun (piece of cloth)
- ջնջոց noun (piece of cloth)
- ցնցոտի noun (mean or tattered attire)
Aromanian
2 entries- cãrpã noun (piece of cloth)
- peaticã noun (piece of cloth)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- cındır noun (piece of cloth)
- əski noun (piece of cloth)
Bashkir
1 entries- сепрәк noun (piece of cloth)
Belarusian
1 entries- ану́ча noun (piece of cloth)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дри́па noun (mean or tattered attire)
- парца́л noun (piece of cloth)
- парца́л noun ((slang, pejorative) a newspaper)
- платно́ noun (sail, or any piece of canvas)
Catalan
2 entries- drap noun (piece of cloth)
- parrac noun (mean or tattered attire)
Cebuano
1 entries- trapo noun (piece of cloth)
Chamicuro
1 entries- chalachi noun (piece of cloth)
Chechen
1 entries- горгам noun (piece of cloth)
Chichewa
2 entries- nsanza noun (piece of cloth)
- nsanza noun (mean or tattered attire)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 布 noun (piece of cloth)
- 抹布 noun (piece of cloth)
- 破布 noun (mean or tattered attire)
Czech
3 entries- hadr noun (piece of cloth)
- hadry noun (mean or tattered attire)
- otrhanec noun (shabby, beggarly fellow)
Danish
1 entries- klud noun (piece of cloth)
Dutch
4 entries- klodde noun (piece of cloth)
- lap noun (piece of cloth)
- lompen noun (mean or tattered attire)
- lor noun (piece of cloth)
Esperanto
4 entries- gazetaĉo noun ((slang, pejorative) a newspaper)
- ragtimo noun (piece of ragtime music)
- vestaĉo noun (mean or tattered attire)
- ĉifonaĵo noun (mean or tattered attire)
Estonian
1 entries- räbal noun (piece of cloth)
Finnish
4 entries- ryysyläinen noun (shabby, beggarly fellow)
- ryysyt noun (mean or tattered attire)
- räsy noun (piece of cloth)
- rätti noun (piece of cloth)
French
4 entries- canard noun ((slang, pejorative) a newspaper)
- chiffon noun (piece of cloth)
- fripe noun (piece of cloth)
- guenille noun (mean or tattered attire)
Galician
4 entries- ciringallo noun (piece of cloth)
- ciringallo noun (mean or tattered attire)
- fargallo noun (piece of cloth)
- fargallo noun (mean or tattered attire)
Georgian
1 entries- ჩვარი noun (piece of cloth)
German
4 entries- Fetzen noun (mean or tattered attire)
- Hudel noun (mean or tattered attire)
- Käseblatt noun ((slang, pejorative) a newspaper)
- Lappen noun (piece of cloth)
Greek
4 entries- κουρέλι noun (piece of cloth)
- κουρέλια noun (mean or tattered attire)
- κουρελής noun (shabby, beggarly fellow)
- κωλοφυλλάδα noun ((slang, pejorative) a newspaper)
Hebrew
1 entries- סְמַרְטוּט noun (piece of cloth)
Hindi
2 entries- चिथड़ा noun (piece of cloth)
- लत्ता noun (piece of cloth)
Hungarian
1 entries- rongy noun (piece of cloth)
Hunzib
1 entries- тира́пка noun (piece of cloth)
Indonesian
1 entries- lap noun (piece of cloth)
Ingrian
1 entries- rätti noun (piece of cloth)
Ingush
1 entries- герми noun (piece of cloth)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- رُگو noun (piece of cloth)
- رِگو noun (piece of cloth)
- لَتِّه noun (piece of cloth)
- ژِنْدِه noun (mean or tattered attire)
Irish
4 entries- ceamach noun (piece of cloth)
- ceamacha noun (mean or tattered attire)
- ceirt noun (piece of cloth)
- giobal noun (mean or tattered attire)
Italian
3 entries- cencio noun (piece of cloth)
- straccio noun (piece of cloth)
- straccione noun (shabby, beggarly fellow)
Japanese
2 entries- 布 noun (piece of cloth)
- 襤褸 noun (mean or tattered attire)
Kazakh
1 entries- шүберек noun (piece of cloth)
Khakas
1 entries- ӌурух noun (piece of cloth)
Korean
2 entries- 넝마 noun (mean or tattered attire)
- 천 noun (piece of cloth)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- чүпүрөк noun (piece of cloth)
Latin
2 entries- pannus noun (piece of cloth)
- pannus noun (mean or tattered attire)
Latvian
1 entries- lupata noun (piece of cloth)
Lezgi
1 entries- кьваркь noun (piece of cloth)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skiautė noun (piece of cloth)
Macedonian
1 entries- крпа noun (piece of cloth)
Malay
3 entries- kain lap noun (piece of cloth)
- lap noun (piece of cloth)
- pengelap noun (piece of cloth)
Mongolian
1 entries- өөдөс noun (piece of cloth)
Māori
4 entries- hautai noun (piece of cloth)
- hautai noun (mean or tattered attire)
- kanu noun (piece of cloth)
- kanukanu noun (piece of cloth)
Norman
2 entries- chique noun (piece of cloth)
- chitchette noun (piece of cloth)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- fille noun (piece of cloth)
- klut noun (piece of cloth)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fille noun (piece of cloth)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- خرقه noun (piece of cloth)
- پاچاوره noun (piece of cloth)
Piedmontese
1 entries- strass noun (piece of cloth)
Polish
4 entries- obdartus noun (shabby, beggarly fellow)
- obszarpaniec noun (shabby, beggarly fellow)
- szmata noun (piece of cloth)
- szmata noun (mean or tattered attire)
Portuguese
4 entries- farrapo noun (piece of cloth)
- farrapo noun (mean or tattered attire)
- pasquim noun ((slang, pejorative) a newspaper)
- trapo noun (piece of cloth)
Romanian
4 entries- cârpitură noun (mean or tattered attire)
- cârpă noun (piece of cloth)
- fițuică noun ((slang, pejorative) a newspaper)
- petic noun (piece of cloth)
Russian
4 entries- ве́тошь noun (piece of cloth)
- ве́тошь noun (mean or tattered attire)
- газетёнка noun ((slang, pejorative) a newspaper)
- лоску́т noun (piece of cloth)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- luideag noun (piece of cloth)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kȑpa noun (piece of cloth)
- prnje noun (mean or tattered attire)
- кр̏па noun (piece of cloth)
- прње noun (mean or tattered attire)
Slovak
1 entries- handra noun (piece of cloth)
Slovene
1 entries- cunja noun (piece of cloth)
Spanish
4 entries- andrajo noun (piece of cloth)
- andrajo noun (mean or tattered attire)
- argamandel noun (piece of cloth)
- arrapiezo noun (piece of cloth)
Swedish
2 entries- lapp noun (piece of cloth)
- trasa noun (piece of cloth)
Tabasaran
3 entries- берк noun (piece of cloth)
- гъюаь́ргъв noun (piece of cloth)
- чапп noun (piece of cloth)
Tagalog
1 entries- trapo noun (piece of cloth)
Tajik
1 entries- латта noun (piece of cloth)
Thai
2 entries- ผ้า noun (piece of cloth)
- ผ้าขี้ริ้ว noun (piece of cloth)
Tsez
2 entries- тира́пка noun (piece of cloth)
- чӏорто noun (piece of cloth)
Turkish
1 entries- paçavra noun (piece of cloth)
Turkmen
1 entries- esgi noun (piece of cloth)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ганчі́рка noun (piece of cloth)
Urdu
3 entries- لَتَّہ noun (piece of cloth)
- لَتّا noun (piece of cloth)
- چِتْھڑا noun (piece of cloth)
Uyghur
1 entries- لاتا noun (piece of cloth)
Uzbek
1 entries- latta noun (piece of cloth)
Venetan
1 entries- strassa noun (piece of cloth)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giẻ noun (piece of cloth)
Walloon
3 entries- lagnet noun (piece of cloth)
- loke noun (piece of cloth)
- strifion noun (piece of cloth)
Yiddish
1 entries- שמאַטע noun (piece of cloth)
Yoruba
1 entries- àkísà noun (mean or tattered attire)
Sample sentences
34 total sentences available.
Don't talk to him about politics because it's like a red rag to a bull.
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He lost his rag.
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Tom cleaned the top of the table with a wet rag.
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