Synonyms of pegs

pegs 1 of 2

noun

plural of peg

as in stages

an individual part of a process, series, or ranking

took the arrogant student down a peg

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stages
• points
• steps
• chapters
• places
• phases
• inches
• notches
• cuts
• degrees
• grades
• sides
• angles
• amounts
• planes
• aspects
• measures
• facets
• increments
• decrements

pegs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of peg

1

as in ranks

to arrange or assign according to type

pegged her as a backstabber right from the beginning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ranks
• classifies
• groups
• types
• relegates
• sorts
• grades
• distinguishes
• places
• distributes
• lists
• separates
• categorizes
• files
• classes
• ranges
• identifies
• organizes
• compartments
• digests
• shelves
• codifies
• recognizes
• assorts
• compartmentalizes
• breaks down
• orders
• indexes
• refers
• catalogs
• catalogues
• alphabetizes
• disposes
• culls
• arrays
• systematizes
• clumps
• marshalls
• marshals
• clusters
• pigeonholes
• screens
• winnows
• draws up
• sifts
• sets
• reclassifies
• sieves
• regroups
• colligates
• subcategorizes
• recategorizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lumps
• jumbles
• mixes (up)
• scrambles
• confuses
• disarranges
• misclassifies
• missorts
• mistypes

2

as in throws

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

pegged the ball to the second baseman

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throws
• tosses
• hurls
• flings
• bowls
• fires
• slings
• casts
• launches
• pitches
• guns
• catapults
• heaves
• darts
• dashes
• lofts
• lobs
• chucks
• flips
• hooks
• hurtles
• lets fly
• pelts
• rifles
• rolls
• thrusts
• projects
• precipitates
• shoots
• passes
• propels
• ejects
• bucks
• impels