Synonyms of the word

flag

• n. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
• n. An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
• n. (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or…
• n. (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
• n. (construction) Abbreviation of flagstone: a construction material used for paving, flooring, roofing or…
• n. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
• n. (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically…
• n. (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise…
• n. (Britain) An abbreviation for capture the flag.
• n. (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally,…
• n. (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space…
• v. To furnish or deck out with flags.
• v. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
• v. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
• v. To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
• v. (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
• v. (computing) To signal (an event).
• v. (computing) To set a program variable to true.
• v. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
• v. (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
• v. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
• v. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
• v. To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
• n. Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
• n. (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
• n. A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
• n. (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
• v. To lay down flagstones.
• n. A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
• n. A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
• n. The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
• n. (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value.

adorn

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• n. (obsolete) adornment.

beautify

• v. (transitive) To make beautiful, or to increase the beauty of.

decorate

• v. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
• v. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
• v. (computing, transitive) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further…

decrease

• v. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
• v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
• n. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
• n. (knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be…

diminish

• v. (transitive) To make smaller.
• v. (intransitive) To become smaller.
• v. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).
• v. (intransitive) To taper.
• v. (intransitive) To disappear gradually.
• v. To take away; to subtract.

droop

• v. (intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.
• v. (intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
• v. (intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
• v. (transitive) To allow to droop or sink.
• v. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
• n. something which is limp or sagging;.
• n. a condition or posture of drooping.

drop

• n. A small mass of liquid just large enough to hold its own weight via surface tension, usually one that…
• n. The space or distance below a cliff or other high position into which someone or something could fall.
• n. A fall, descent; an act of dropping.
• n. A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, sometimes associated with criminal…
• n. An instance of dropping supplies or making a delivery, sometimes associated with delivery of supplies…
• n. (chiefly Britain) A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
• n. (chieflt, Britain, when used with the definite article (the drop) alcoholic spirits in general.
• n. (Ireland, informal) A single measure of whisky.
• n. A small, round, sweet piece of hard candy, e.g. a lemon drop; a lozenge.
• n. (American football) A dropped pass.
• n. (American football) Short for drop-back or drop back.
• n. (Rugby football) A drop-kick.
• n. In a woman, the difference between bust circumference and hip circumference; in a man, the difference…
• n. (sports, usually with definite article "the") relegation from one division to a lower one.
• n. (video games, online gaming) Any item dropped by defeated enemies.
• n. (music) A point in a song, usually electronic-styled music such as dubstep, house, trance or trap, where…
• n. (US, banking, dated) An unsolicited credit card issue.
• n. The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
• n. That which resembles or hangs like a liquid drop: a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant…
• n. (architecture) A gutta.
• n. A mechanism for lowering something, such as: a trapdoor; a machine for lowering heavy weights onto a ship's…
• n. (slang) (With definite article) A gallows; a sentence of hanging.
• n. A drop press or drop hammer.
• n. (engineering) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
• n. (nautical) The depth of a square sail; generally applied to the courses only.
• v. (intransitive) To fall in droplets (of a liquid).
• v. (transitive) To drip (a liquid).
• v. (intransitive) Generally, to fall (straight down).
• v. (transitive, ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
• v. (intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground.
• v. (intransitive) To fall dead, or to fall in death.
• v. (intransitive) To come to an end (by not being kept up); to stop.
• v. (transitive) To mention casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
• v. (transitive, slang) To part with or spend (money).
• v. (transitive) To cease concerning oneself over; to have nothing more to do with (a subject, discussion…
• v. (intransitive) To lessen, decrease, or diminish in value, condition, degree, etc.
• v. (transitive) To let (a letter etc.) fall into a postbox; to send (a letter or message).
• v. (transitive) To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot etc.; to bring down,…
• v. (transitive, linguistics) To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter etc.).
• v. (cricket, of a fielder) To fail to make a catch from a batted ball that would have lead to the batsman…
• v. (transitive, slang) To swallow (a drug), particularly LSD.
• v. (transitive) To dispose (of); get rid of; to remove; to lose.
• v. (transitive) To eject; to dismiss; to cease to include, as if on a list.
• v. (Rugby football) To score [a goal] by means of a drop-kick.
• v. (transitive, slang) To impart.
• v. (transitive, music, colloquial) To release to the public.
• v. (transitive, music) To play a portion of music in the manner of a disc jockey.
• v. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To enter public distribution.
• v. (transitive, music) To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
• v. (transitive) To cancel or end a scheduled event, project or course.
• v. (transitive, fast food) To cook, especially by deep-frying or grilling.
• v. (intransitive, of a voice) To lower in timbre, often relating to puberty.
• v. (intransitive, of a sound or song) To lower in pitch, tempo, key, or other quality.
• v. (intransitive, of people) To visit informally; used with in or by.
• v. To give birth to.
• v. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
• v. (slang, of the testicles) To hang lower and begin producing sperm due to puberty.

embellish

• v. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
• v. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

emblem

• n. A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
• n. Something which represents a larger whole.
• n. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
• n. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

fall

• n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the…
• n. A loss of greatness or status.
• n. (sports) A crucial event or circumstance.
• n. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover…
• n. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
• n. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
• n. See falls.
• n. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.
• v. (transitive) To be moved downwards.
• v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
• v. (transitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
• v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or…
• v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
• v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the…
• v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
• v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
• v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.

flagstone

• n. A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing.
• n. One of several types of rock easily split and suitable for making flagstones.

fleur-de-lis

• n. (heraldry) A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom, often…

grace

• n. (not countable) Elegant movement; poise or balance.
• n. (not countable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
• n. (not countable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God. Unmerited divine assistance given…
• n. (not countable, theology) Divine assistance in resisting sin.
• n. (countable) Short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
• n. (finance) An allowance of time granted for a debtor during which he is free of at least part of his normal…
• n. (card games) A special move in a solitaire or patience game that is normally against the rules.
• v. (transitive) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
• v. (transitive) To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
• v. (transitive) To supply with heavenly grace.
• v. (transitive, music) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

iris

• n. (botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive…
• n. (anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light…
• n. (photography, cinematography) A diaphragm used to regulate the size of a hole, especially as a way of…
• n. (poetic) A rainbow, or other colourful refraction of light.
• n. (electronics) A constricted opening in the path inside a waveguide, used to form a resonator.
• n. (zoology) The inner circle of an oscillated color spot.
• v. (of an aperture, lens, or door) To open or close in the manner of an iris.

lessen

• v. (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
• v. (intransitive) To become less.

list

• n. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
• n. Material used for cloth selvage.
• n. (in the plural) The palisades or barriers used to fence off a space for tilting or jousting tournaments.
• n. A register or roll of paper consisting of an enumeration or compilation of a set of possible items; the…
• n. (computing, programming) A codified representation of a list, used to store data or in processing; especially,…
• n. (obsolete) A limit or boundary; a border.
• n. (obsolete) A stripe.
• n. (architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
• n. (carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
• n. (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
• n. (tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin.
• n. (tin-plate manufacture) A wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
• v. To create or recite a list.
• v. To place in listings.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
• v. (transitive) To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
• v. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or form a border.
• v. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
• v. (carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
• v. To plough and plant with a lister.
• v. (US, Southern US) To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe.
• n. (archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.
• v. (intransitive, poetic) To listen.
• v. (transitive, poetic) To listen to.
• n. (nautical) A tilting or careening to one side, usually not intentionally / not under a ship's own power.
• n. (architecture) A tilt to a building.
• v. (nautical) To tilt to one side.
• v. (nautical) To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To be pleasing to.
• v. (archaic) To wish, like, desire (to do something).
• n. (obsolete) Inclination; desire.

listing

• adj. Asking, as a price of real estate.
• v. present participle of list.
• n. The action of the verb to list.
• n. An entry in a list or directory.
• n. (computing) A printout of a program or data set.
• n. A physical manifestation of a single item in a list; as a single twenty page (bound) listing.

mark

• n. (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
• n. (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
• n. (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
• n. (heading) Attention.
• v. To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
• v. To indicate in some way for later reference.
• v. To take note of.
• v. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
• v. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
• v. To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
• v. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having…
• v. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a…
• v. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
• v. (singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during…
• n. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
• n. (now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver),…
• n. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and…
• n. A mark coin.
• v. (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command).

masthead

• n. (nautical) The top of a mast.
• n. (US) A list of a newspaper or other periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation,…
• n. (Britain) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper at the top of the front…
• v. (nautical, transitive) To send to the masthead as a punishment.

ornament

• n. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
• n. A Christmas tree decoration.
• n. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to…
• v. To decorate.
• v. To add to.

pin

• n. A sewing pin, sometimes called a ballhead pin, which is a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out…
• n. A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
• n. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
• n. (wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed…
• n. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
• n. (in plural pins; informal) A leg.
• n. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
• n. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
• n. (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing…
• n. (chess) A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece…
• n. (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole.
• n. (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area).
• n. (dated) A mood, a state of being.
• n. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
• n. (medicine, obsolete) caligo.
• n. A thing of small value; a trifle.
• n. A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
• n. (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
• n. The tenon of a dovetail joint.
• n. (Britain, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
• n. (informal) A pinball machine.
• v. (often followed by a preposition such as to or on) To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
• v. (chess, usually passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
• v. (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
• v. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
• v. (computing, graphical user interface) To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
• v. Alternative form of peen.

sag

• n. The state of sinking or bending; sagging.
• n. The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
• n. The difference height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for…
• v. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
• v. (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
• v. (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to…
• v. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
• v. (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
• v. (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
• n. Alternative form of saag.

sign

• n. (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication.
• n. A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
• n. (astrology) An astrological sign.
• n. (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity. (Note: it is improper to place a sign on the number zero).
• n. A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically,…
• n. (uncountable) Sign language in general.
• n. An omen.
• n. (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed…
• n. A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
• v. To make a mark.
• v. To make the sign of the cross.
• v. To indicate.

signal

• n. A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted…
• n. An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
• n. (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electrical or electromagnetic action, normally a voltage…
• n. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
• n. Useful information, as opposed to noise.
• n. (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To indicate.
• adj. Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.

signalise

• v. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of signalize.

signalize

• v. (transitive) To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common.
• v. (transitive) To communicate with by means of a signal.
• v. (humorous or nonstandard) To make something noticeable, different, remarkable or conspicuous, especially…
• v. (nonstandard, transitive) To signal; to indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal.
• v. (nonstandard) To install a traffic signal at an intersection that is currently regulated by stop signs.

sink

• v. (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
• v. (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
• v. (transitive, slang, archaic) To conceal and appropriate.
• v. (transitive, slang, archaic) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
• v. (transitive, slang, archaic) To reduce or extinguish by payment.
• v. (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
• v. (intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent…
• n. A basin used for holding water for washing.
• n. A drain for carrying off wastewater.
• n. (geology) A sinkhole.
• n. A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
• n. A heat sink.
• n. A place that absorbs resources or energy.
• n. (baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
• n. (computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events; event sink.
• n. (graph theory) a destination vertex in a transportation network.

swag

• v. (intransitive and transitive) To sway; to cause to sway.
• v. (intransitive) To droop; to sag.
• v. (transitive) To decorate (something) with loops of draped fabric.
• n. (window coverings) A loop of draped fabric.
• n. A low point or depression in land; especially, a place where water collects.
• n. (slang) Style; fashionable appearance or manner.
• n. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A shop and its goods; any quantity of goods.
• n. (thieves' cant, uncountable) Stolen goods; the booty of a burglar or thief; boodle.
• n. (uncountable) Handouts, freebies, or giveaways, such as those handed out at conventions.
• n. (countable, Australia, dated) The possessions of a bushman or itinerant worker, tied up in a blanket and…
• n. (countable, Australia, by extension) A small single-person tent, usually foldable into an integral backpack.
• n. (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A large quantity (of something).
• v. (Australia, transitive, intransitive) To travel on foot carrying a swag (possessions tied in a blanket).
• v. To transport stolen goods.
• n. Alternative letter-case form of SWAG; a wild guess or ballpark estimate.

tail

• n. (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
• n. The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
• n. An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
• n. The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
• n. Specifically, the visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
• n. The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
• n. (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
• n. One who surreptitiously follows another.
• n. (cricket) The last four or five batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
• n. (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary…
• n. (mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
• n. (now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
• n. (slang) The penis of a person or animal.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
• n. (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
• n. The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
• n. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
• n. (anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
• n. A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
• n. (surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness…
• n. One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
• n. (nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
• n. (music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
• n. (mining) A tailing.
• n. (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A tailcoat.
• v. (transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.
• v. (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in…
• v. (nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
• v. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
• v. To pull or draw by the tail.
• adj. (law) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.
• n. (law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.