All flag synonyms
flag
F f verb flag
- signal β anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- fade β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- ebb β the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- wane β to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- sag β to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
- abate β If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- languish β to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- deteriorate β If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
- taper off β to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- indicate β to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
- salute β Military. to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.
- droop β to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- wilt β to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do.
- die β When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- faint β lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- slump β to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- pine β Archaic. painful longing.
- weary β physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- sink β to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- succumb β to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- motion β the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- warn β to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- gesture β a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- hail β to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- wave β a member of the Waves.
- highlight β to emphasize or make prominent.
- identify β to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- label β a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- select β to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- signpost β a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- tire β Archaic. to dress (the head or hair), especially with a headdress.
- tyre β to furnish with tires.
noun flag
- banner β A banner is a long strip of cloth with something written on it. Banners are usually attached to two poles and carried during a protest or rally.
- streamer β something that streams: streamers of flame.
- pennon β a distinctive flag in any of various forms, as tapering, triangular, or swallow-tailed, formerly one borne on the lance of a knight.
- colors β the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- jack β Sir John Arthur ("Jack") 1926β2014, Australian racing-car driver and designer.
- standard β something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- banderole β a long narrow flag, usually with forked ends, esp one attached to the masthead of a ship; pennant
- ensign β A flag or standard, especially a military or naval one indicating nationality.
- bannerol β banderole
- pennant β a long, tapering flag or burgee of distinctive form and special significance, borne on naval or other vessels and used in signaling or for identification.
- burgee β a triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the mast of a merchant ship for identification and from the mast of a yacht to indicate its owner's membership of a particular yacht club
- colours β the flag that indicates nationality
- gonfalon β a banner suspended from a crossbar, often with several streamers or tails.
- emblem β A heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family.
- symbol β something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.