- bag
- n1. pouch, sack, Midland U.S. and Scot. poke, Southwestern U.S. alforja, Chiefly Scot. pocket, Obs. budget; pack, packet, satchel, container, receptacle, reticule.2. purse, (in Scottish Highland costume) sporran, change purse, money bag; pocketbook, handbag; grip, valise, carpetbag; ditty bag.3. brief case, attache case, dispatch case; grip, carpetbag, valise; suitcase, case, luggage, trunk, portmanteau, Gladstone bag; vanity case, vanity bag, vanity box, cosmetic case, cosmetic bag.4. backpack, knapsack, kitbag, haversack, rucksack; gunnysack, gunny-bag, duffel bag.5. saddle bag, sabretache; mail bag, mail pouch.6. feed bag, nose bag; doggie bag.7. paunch, belly, abdomen, stomach, Inf. tummy, gut, (both of ruminating animals) first stomach, rumen, Scot, and North Eng. wame, Sl. breadbasket; potbelly, Inf. bay window, Inf. corporation, Sl. pot, Sl. beerbelly, Sl. spare tire, Obs. gorbelly; (all of birds) gizzard, crop, craw, maw, ingluvies, proventriculus.8. cyst, Both Anat., Zool. sac, bursa; All Bot. sporangium, spore case, theca.9. blister, bubble, bleb, bladder; Anat. saccule, sac-culus, utricle; venter, ventricle; udder, teat, mammary gland; marsupium.11.Slang. hobby, diversion, pastime, amusement, avocation; partiality, predilection, preference, major interest, obsession.12.Slang. mood, feeling, temper, humor, disposition, inclination, attitude, outlook.13. bag and baggageInformal. completely, entirely, totally, wholly, fully, altogether, perfectly, quite.14. in the bagSlang. certain, sure, assured, indisputable, definite.v15. swell, swell up, swell out, Brit. Dial. plim, balloon, balloon up, balloon out, balloon forth; inflate, expand, puff up, puff out; fill out, belly, bulk, distend, enlarge, bloat.16. put into, pocket, enclose, pouch.17.(usu. in hunting) kill, catch, trap, shoot, snare, capture, Inf. land.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.