drag

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of DRAG

to cause to follow by applying steady force on <the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall>

Synonyms drag, draw, hale, haul, lug, tow, tug

Related Words attract; heave, jerk, yank; carry, convey, ferry, move, transport

Near Antonyms shove, thrust

Antonyms drive, propel, push

to move or act slowly <one of the climbers was beginning to drag>

Synonyms crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, diddle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag (also lallygag), mope, poke, shilly-shally, tarry

Related Words fiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle; hang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, lounge; amble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, stroll; decelerate, slow (down or up); filibuster, procrastinate, stall, temporize

Near Antonyms bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampede; gallop, jog, run, sprint, trot; accelerate, quicken, speed (up); catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

Antonyms barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz (or whizz), zip

to move slowly <the play dragged and seemed to take forever to get to its predictable conclusion>

Synonyms creak (along), creep, drag, inch, limp, nose, ooze, plod, poke, slouch, snail

Related Words lumber, shamble, shuffle, tramp, trudge

Near Antonyms float, glide, sail; hurry, tear

Antonyms fly, race, speed, whiz (or whizz), zip

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