All bag synonyms
bag
B b noun bag
- special interest β special-interest group (def 1).
- briefcase β A briefcase is a case used for carrying documents in.
- backpack β A backpack is a bag with straps that go over your shoulders, so that you can carry things on your back when you are walking or climbing.
- purse β a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- sack β a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
- kit β Christopher ("Kit") 1809β68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- pocket β a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- packet β a small group or package of anything: a packet of letters.
- gear β Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- suitcase β a usually rectangular piece of luggage especially for carrying clothes while traveling.
- handbag β a bag or box of leather, fabric, plastic, or the like, held in the hand or carried by means of a handle or strap, commonly used by women for holding money, toilet articles, small purchases, etc.
- pouch β a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- pack β a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- case β A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
- poke β to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- tote β Informal. to add up; total.
- pocketbook β a woman's purse or handbag.
- satchel β Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906β82, U.S. baseball player.
- sac β Strategic Air Command.
- knapsack β a canvas, nylon, or leather bag for clothes, food, and other supplies, carried on the back by soldiers, hikers, etc.
- rucksack β a type of knapsack carried by hikers, bicyclists, etc.
- saddlebag β a large bag or pouch, usually one of a pair, hung from a saddle, laid over the back of a horse behind the saddle, or mounted over the rear wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle.
- haversack β a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
- carryall β A carryall is a large bag made of nylon, canvas, or leather, which you use to carry your clothes and other possessions, for example when you are travelling.
- holdall β a container for holding odds and ends.
- duffel β a camper's clothing and equipment.
- thing β (in Scandinavian countries) a public meeting or assembly, especially a legislative assembly or a court of law.
- preference β the act of preferring.
- hobby β an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- speciality β specialty.
verb bag
- nail β a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- shoot β to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- capture β If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- acquire β If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- seize β to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
- apprehend β If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- nab β to arrest or capture.
- hook β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- land β Edwin Herbert, 1909β91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
- kill β to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- trap β a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- net β net income, profit, or the like.
- collar β The collar of a shirt or coat is the part which fits round the neck and is usually folded over.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- flap β to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- bulge β If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
- sag β to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
- balloon β A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.