LUGGING Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

lugging

verb

present participle of lug

as in hauling

to cause to follow by applying steady force on lugged the lawn mower out into the backyard

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as in carrying

to support and take from one place to another I don't understand why he's always lugging all of his books around when his locker is right over there

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Recent Examples of lugging Items like clothing and shoes are easy to return; but lugging a whole rug back to UPS? — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2026 Accounting is not a very physical job, but tell that to the KPMG gnomes who just spent weeks lugging around gold bars in a secret Swiss cavern. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026 Trying to hike with one of these turbines usually meant lugging around heavy mounting poles and complex external charge controllers. — New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2026 No more lugging the entire stand-up vacuum up each individual step! — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026 Its bed and cabin space were also perfect for lugging camping gear from New Jersey to Pennsylvania and back. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 30 July 2026 So why go out and beat yourself up, lugging a bunch of instruments around with other guys? — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026 The transit agency wants proposals for fare gate improvements that could not only deter turnstile-hoppers, but also improve accessibility for riders with disabilities or people lugging suitcases and strollers onto the transit system. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026 The book also flashes back two hundred years to young Moose Spahr, who makes the dangerous and arduous trek to the land his family will live on, lugging the piano required in exchange for the deed. — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 7 July 2026

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While the university grappled with yet another football scandal, an Ann Arbor moving crew simply got to work—sorting, packing and hauling away the remnants of a fallen career, one item at a time, over the span of six hours.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
The sides can be unzipped and folded flat to convert the wagon into a cart for hauling oversized items or a senior dog.

— Thomas Ricker, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026

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An ammunition depot was hit, as were a bulk carrier in the Chornomorsk port carrying dual-use goods and port infrastructure in Izmail, the ministry said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
As the hundreds of thousands of people made their way down the narrow roads following the politician, a few rerouted into the industry event, still carrying big flags and with faces lit up with hope.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of carrying

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The Senate Leadership Fund’s pulling money from North Carolina is the latest signal the Republican Party is giving up hope of holding that Senate seat.

— Natalie Allison, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Timing & Outlook XLU has given back all its Q1 outperformance, pulling back sharply as rising interest rates weighed heavily on rate-sensitive sectors.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of pulling

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For decades, organizations have focused primarily on managing PFAS—capturing it, concentrating it and transporting it elsewhere for disposal or destruction.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Day, police said, may have implicated himself and Thomas by accidentally recording themselves while transporting the victim’s body.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of transporting

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But an owners representative claims that part of the problem was Erica and Peter dragging their feet on providing backup documents for their application package.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
Another video shows two men beating and dragging a man into a car.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of dragging

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High costs But shippers are ferrying crude through Hormuz at high cost to the lives of their crews and in freight and insurance rates, Bockmann said.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
Cars drive from one dot on a map to another, ferrying takeout to people at home on sofas.

— Longreads, Longreads, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of ferrying

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