Synonyms of plugging

plugging 1 of 2

noun

as in filling

Related Words

• filling
• closing
• repair
• sealing
• connecting
• healing
• sewing
• patching
• knitting
• joining
• linking
• combining
• stitching
• mending
• merging
• suturing
• consolidation
• coupling
• combination
• merger
• darning
• implosion
• union
• junction
• unification
• connection
• uniting
• swelling
• tumor
• rise
• hill
• projection
• swell
• bump
• mound
• protrusion
• hump
• bulge
• bunch
• lump
• pimple
• convexity
• jut
• protuberance
• camber

Dissimilar Words

• break
• fracture
• rupture
• split
• tear
• crack
• fissure
• cut
• rift
• opening
• rent
• incision
• slit
• slash
• notch
• laceration
• gap
• breach
• gash
• rip

plugging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of plug

1

as in packing

to close up so that no empty spaces remain

plugged the hole in the wall with putty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filling
• packing
• blocking
• sealing
• bunging
• stopping
• damming
• stuffing
• jamming
• clogging
• obstructing
• occluding
• closing (off)
• choking
• congesting
• clotting
• caulking
• repacking
• chinking
• restuffing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excavating
• shoveling
• scooping (out)
• hollowing (out)

2

as in laboring

to devote serious and sustained effort

plugged away at solving the math problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laboring
• struggling
• working
• striving
• trying
• endeavoring
• tugging
• plowing
• toiling
• slaving
• sweating
• grubbing
• hustling
• humping
• digging (away)
• slogging
• straining
• plodding
• pegging (away)
• drudging
• banging away
• travailing
• attacking
• applying (oneself)
• fagging
• sweating blood
• beavering (away)
• moiling
• driving
• scratching
• buckling (down)
• exerting
• hammering (away)
• exercising
• wading
• pitching in
• digging in
• overworking
• essaying
• grinding (out)
• trudging
• eking out
• scrabbling
• knuckling down
• overexerting
• putting out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaking
• slackening
• easing (up)
• idling
• lounging
• chilling
• hanging (around or out)
• loafing
• resting
• shirking
• letting up
• bumming
• lazing
• playing
• dallying
• hacking (around)
• unwinding
• relaxing
• basking
• hanging
• slacking (off)
• goofing (off)
• lolling
• reposing
• dabbling
• goldbricking
• footling
• dillydallying
• trifling
• doodling
• fooling around
• vegging out
• messing around
• puttering (around)
• goofing (around)
• pottering (around)
• hanging about
• monkeying (around)
• fribbling

3

as in promoting

to provide publicity for

the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promoting
• selling
• publicizing
• announcing
• hyping
• pushing
• touting
• boosting
• advertising
• ballyhooing
• pitching
• reviewing
• praising
• beating the drum (for)
• endorsing
• talking up
• publishing
• barking
• merchandising
• hailing
• recommending
• lauding
• broadcasting
• acclaiming
• plonking (for)
• plumping (for)
• plunking (for)

4

as in shooting

to strike with a missile from a gun

the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shooting
• drilling
• popping
• gunning
• dropping
• killing
• destroying
• slaughtering
• slaying
• bringing down
• blazing
• picking off
• peppering
• firing (at)
• blowing away
• shooting down
• blasting (at)
• butchering
• sniping (at)
• dispatching
• massacring
• potshotting
• decimating
• annihilating
• shotgunning
• wiping out
• pistoling
• machine-gunning
• icing
• felling
• blotting out
• doing in
• croaking
• tommy-gunning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plugging

Noun

There’s no plugging-in and the petrol engine never drives the car. — New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026

There is also an interesting opportunity at mixed full-serve/self-serve stations to reward self-serve customers for doing the plugging, so an attendant is not needed. — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

In addition, most of the money dedicated to well plugging is expended through contractors. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026

Changes in estrogen and androgen levels can increase keratin production, promoting follicular plugging, while also affecting oil and sweat gland activity. — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 11 May 2026

The framework also showed high precision in tasks like charger plugging, where millimeter-level accuracy is critical. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026

To address the issue, the Center for Biological Diversity is pushing for faster plugging of idle wells, prioritizing the effort near sensitive locations and making oil and gas companies pay for it. — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026

Continue reading … RATTLED HOST — CNN's Jake Tapper 'very unhappy' after network tightens book plugging. — FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026

Oil companies are required to set aside funds, called bonds, that the state can call on to pay for well plugging and environmental cleanup. — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2026

Verb

Many Californians have already gone ahead in the legal gray area, purchasing the panels online and plugging them in. — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Even unplugging the fridge and plugging it back in didn’t solve the issue as the cool air continued to escape. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 23 Sep. 2026

This is why the Irish invested in the position last winter, adding Tionne Gray (Oregon) and Francis Brewu (Pittsburgh), plugging a hole that could have undone the rest of the defense. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Backfeeding means trying to power your home’s wiring by plugging the generator into a wall outlet. — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2026

This isn’t as simple as plugging a player into the lineup in Madden NFL 27. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, plugging the case in for 10 minutes will give it and the buds 10 hours of juice in total. — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

The other was plugging the sewer, which could be done for around $2,500 and would also cut off the Kingdom’s water supply. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

If there is regular flow of self-serve customers to the station, they can be rewarded for plugging and unplugging full-serve cars. — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026