FLAG: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FLAG?

Need another word that means the same as “flag”? Find 25 synonyms and 30 related words for “flag” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Flag” are: signal flag, flagstone, pin, masthead, fleur-de-lis, iris, sword lily, banner, standard, ensign, pennant, pennon, banderole, streamer, jack, ease off, ease up, slacken off, droop, sag, swag, indicate, identify, pick out, point out

Flag as a Noun

Definitions of "Flag" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “flag” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A variable used to indicate a particular property of the data in a record.
• Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
• Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green.
• A drawing or symbol resembling a flag, used as a marker.
• Used in reference to one's home country or its system of beliefs and values.
• A small piece of cloth attached at one edge to a pole and used as a marker or signal in various sports.
• A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device.
• The ensign carried by a flagship as an emblem of an admiral's rank.
• A mechanism that can be raised to indicate that a taxi is for hire.
• A conspicuously marked or shaped tail.
• Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
• A listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
• Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones.
• A piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public festivities.
• A small paper badge given to people who donate to a charity appeal in the street.

Synonyms of "Flag" as a noun (15 Words)

banderole	A rectangular banner carried at the funerals of public figures and placed over the tomb.
banner	Any distinctive flag. A banner ad.
ensign	An emblem flown as a symbol of nationality. All the ensigns of our greatness.
flagstone	A flat stone slab, typically rectangular or square, used for paving. A flagstone terrace.
fleur-de-lis	Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
iris	A plant with showy flowers, typically of purple or yellow, and sword-shaped leaves. Irises are native to both Eurasia and North America and widely cultivated as ornamentals.
jack	A socket with two or more pairs of terminals designed to receive a jack plug. You don t know jack.
masthead	A listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. The paper lists forty smart writers on its masthead.
pennant	A long triangular or swallow-tailed flag, especially as a military ensign. The Dodgers won six pennants during his career.
pennon	A tapering flag on a ship.
pin	A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer s garment. She was very nimble on her pins.
signal flag	Any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message.
standard	The large, frequently erect uppermost petal of a papilionaceous flower. A decline in moral standards.
streamer	A newspaper headline that runs across the full page. Plastic party streamers.
sword lily	A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard.

Usage Examples of "Flag" as a noun

• Golf courses are indicated by a numbered flag on the map.
• Hawke first hoisted his flag at Spithead.
• The American flag.
• He pledged allegiance to the flag.
• The flag's up.

Flag as a Verb

Definitions of "Flag" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “flag” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• (of an official) raise a flag to draw the referee's attention to a breach of the rules in soccer, rugby, and other sports.
• Communicate or signal with a flag.
• Draw attention to.
• Decorate with flags.
• Become less intense.
• Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness.
• Mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way.
• Provide with a flag.
• Register (a vessel) in a particular country, under whose flag it then sails.
• Provide or decorate with a flag or flags.

Synonyms of "Flag" as a verb (10 Words)

droop	Droop sink or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness. A long black cloak drooped from his shoulders.
ease off	Lessen the intensity of or calm.
ease up	Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate.
identify	Identify as in botany or biology for example. She identifies as a feminist.
indicate	Indicate a place direction person or thing either spatially or figuratively. These symptoms indicate a serious illness.
pick out	Remove in small bits.
point out	Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.
sag	Cause to sag. She let her head sag lower and lower.
slacken off	Become slow or slower.
swag	Arrange in or decorate with a swag or swags of fabric. Swagging my way up to the Northern Territory.

Usage Examples of "Flag" as a verb

• The disease was flagged up as a priority area for research.
• Problems often flag the need for organizational change.
• The spellcheck program flags any words that are not in its dictionary.
• The building was flagged for the holiday.
• The goalkeeper brought down Hendrie and a linesman immediately flagged.

Associations of "Flag" (30 Words)

ad	An advertisement. The latest television lager ad.
baggy	(of eyes) with folds of puffy skin below them. Baggy trousers.
banner	Long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising. A nuclear disarmament banner was carried round the war memorial.
behead	Cut the head of. The French King was beheaded during the Revolution.
curtain	Provide with a curtain or curtains. Through the curtain of falling snow she could just make out gravestones.
dangle	Cause to dangle or hang freely. Saucepans dangled from a rail.
droop	Droop sink or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness. The exhausted droop of her shoulders.
earring	Jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe.
emblem	A thing serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept. Our child would be a dazzling emblem of our love.
ensign	The lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US and some other navies, above chief warrant officer and below lieutenant. All the ensigns of our greatness.
floppy	A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer. A spaniel with floppy ears.
gibbet	Hang up a body on a gibbet. The four ringleaders were sentenced to the gibbet.
hang	Be suspended or hanging. This worry hangs on my mind.
internationally	Throughout the world. The trial attracted attention both locally and internationally.
lamppost	A metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight.
locally	By a particular locality. Should the data be stored locally or remotely.
loll	Hang loosely or laxly. He slumped against a tree trunk his head lolling back.
nationally	Extending throughout an entire nation. Nationally advertised.
pendent	(especially of a sentence) incomplete; not having a finite verb. The use of jurisdiction to decide pendent claims.
pennant	A tapering flag on a ship, especially one flown at the masthead of a vessel in commission. The Dodgers won six pennants during his career.
placard	Publicize or announce by placards. They were placarding the town with posters.
pole	A long slender flexible rod of wood or fibreglass used by a competitor in pole vaulting. They tell you on the tin that their tuna is entirely caught with pole and line.
rod	A square rod of land. He hooked an enormous fish which almost pulled the rod from out of his hands.
sag	Cause to sag. Exports are forging ahead while home sales sag.
slack	Slow or sluggish. He slept deeply refreshed by a little slack in the daily routine.
suspend	Make inoperative or stop. Suspend payments on the loan.
symbol	Symbolize. The eagle is a symbol of the United States.
tipi	A Native American tent; usually of conical shape.
tricolor	A flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag. Tricolor plumage.
wilt	Any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases of plants characterized by wilting of the foliage. These varieties are more resistant to aphids and wilt.