Synonyms for bag
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Cup of tea — one's preference
cup of tea, thing informal, dish informal, taste, fancy, preference, bent, affinity, predisposition, partiality, proclivity, predilection
2. Sack — A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food…
sack, tote, gunny sack, scrotum, poke dated
3. Bust — A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance. The human female breast
4. Purse
purse, handbag, pocket book, wallet dated
Other
suitcase, bagful, dog, udder, bladder, scrip, reticule, grip, base, travelling bag, old bag UK, hag
Verb
1. Pocket
pocket, pouch, catch, take, steal, snatch, swipe, pinch, bulge, nip, capture, nick, entrap, filch
Other
sniggle rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
- n. 2
One's preference.
Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
- n. 3
A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance. The human female breast.
- v. 1
To put into a bag.
Forms
- Plural
- bags → things, dishes, tastes, fancies…
- Past participle
- bagged
e.g. bagged → pocketed, pouched, taken, snatched…
Example sentences
- sack All I found in the pantry was a sack of hard bread.
- tote If you're going to puke, do it in the tote bag.
- purse I've looked everywhere, but I can't find my purse.
- grip The dictator rules the country with an iron grip.
By length
- 3 letters
- dog1, nip1, hag1
- 4 letters
- take1, base1, nick1, dish1, grip1, bent1, bust1, sack1, poke1, tote1
- 5 letters
- thing1, catch1, taste1, steal1, fancy2, purse1, pinch1, swipe1, pouch1, bulge1, bosom2, scrip1, udder, filch1
- 6 letters
- pocket2, wallet2, snatch1, entrap2, bagful2
- 7 letters
- capture2, bladder2, handbag2, scrotum, milkbag, sniggle
- 8 letters
- affinity4, suitcase2, knockers, reticule
- 10 letters
- preference3, partiality5, proclivity4
- 12 letters
- predilection4
- 14 letters
- predisposition5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fancy2 = 2 syllables).