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

Need another word that means the same as “tag”? Find 63 synonyms and 30 related words for “tag” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Tag” are: ticket, rag, shred, tag end, tatter, label, badge, mark, marker, tab, tally, sticker, docket, stub, chit, counterfoil, flag, stamp, designation, denomination, description, characterization, identification, identity, quotation, stock phrase, platitude, cliché, epithet, quote, extract, excerpt, passage, allusion, phrase, chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tail, track, trail, attach tags to, put a label on, earmark, identify, indicate, designate, describe, classify, class, categorize, characterize, add, tack, join, follow

Tag as a Noun

Definitions of "Tag" as a noun

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

• A metal or plastic point at the end of a shoelace that stiffens it, making it easier to insert through an eyelet.
• The licence plate of a motor vehicle.
• A small piece of cloth or paper.
• A game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser.
• A frequently repeated quotation or stock phrase.
• A short phrase or clause added to an already complete sentence, as in I like it, I do.
• A small piece or part that is attached to a main body.
• (in drama) a closing speech addressed to the audience.
• The tip of an animal's tail when it is distinctively coloured.
• An instruction appended to a piece of text in a markup language in order to specify how it is displayed or interpreted.
• A label associated with something for the purpose of identification.
• The act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game.
• A loose or spare end of something; a leftover.
• An electronic device that can be attached to someone or something for monitoring purposes, e.g. to track offenders under house arrest or to deter shoplifters.
• A nickname or other identifying mark written as the signature of a graffiti artist.
• (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game.
• A refrain or musical phrase in a song or piece of music.
• A label attached to someone or something for the purpose of identification or to give other information.
• A nickname or description popularly given to someone or something.
• A label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
• A ragged lock of wool on a sheep.
• A word, phrase, or name used to identify digital content such as blog and social media posts as belonging to a particular category or concerning a particular person or topic.

Synonyms of "Tag" as a noun (35 Words)

allusion	The practice of making allusions. The use of allusion.
badge	A small piece of metal, plastic, or cloth bearing a design or words, typically worn to identify a person or to indicate membership of an organization or support for a cause. They checked everyone s badge before letting them in.
characterization	The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features. She rejected that characterization of her film.
chit	A dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect. Write out a chit for whatever you take from the drinks cupboard.
cliché	A trite or obvious remark.
counterfoil	The part of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document that is torn off and kept as a record by the person issuing it.
denomination	A name or designation. Orthodox Jewish denominations.
description	Sort or variety. People who had seen him were able to give a description.
designation	The action of choosing a place for a special purpose or giving it a special status. Quality designations such as Premier Cru.
docket	A document or label listing the contents of a consignment or package. One new case on the docket from Florida.
epithet	An epithet used as a term of abuse. Old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet dirty.
excerpt	A passage selected from a larger work. She read out excerpts from an article in the Times.
extract	A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water. A shampoo with extract of camomile.
flag	A drawing or symbol resembling a flag used as a marker. The flag s up.
identification	A person’s sense of identity with someone or something. Do you have any identification.
identity	(of an object) serving to establish who the holder, owner, or wearer is by bearing their name and often other details such as a signature or photograph. An identity card.
label	A company that produces recorded music. Price labels.
mark	A figure or letter representing the total number of marks awarded in an examination or competition and signifying a person s score. He signed his mark in the visitor s book.
marker	A distinguishing symbol. The aim of the marker is to help the student do better next time.
passage	A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building a passageway. There were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock.
phrase	An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up. The succession of downward phrases in the orchestra is so moving.
platitude	A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. She began uttering liberal platitudes.
quotation	A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. A quotation from Mark Twain.
quote	A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. Quotes for North Sea Brent were rising.
rag	A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students. A rag of colts roamed the moorland.
shred	A very small amount. Her dress was torn to shreds.
stamp	An act or sound of stamping with the foot. Passports with visa stamps.
sticker	A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf. A disabled sticker for our car.
stock phrase	A certificate documenting the shareholder’s ownership in the corporation.
stub	The part of a check that is retained as a record. The ashtray was full of stubs.
tab	The key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation. Files with a red tab will be stored separately.
tag end	A small piece of cloth or paper.
tally	An account kept by means of a tally. Their first tally came in the 3rd inning.
tatter	A small piece of cloth or paper.
ticket	A label attached to a retail product, giving its price, size, and other details. Admission is by ticket only.

Usage Examples of "Tag" as a noun

• I have a few tags of second-hand equipment.
• You can easily add tags to photos en masse.
• His writing is full of tags from the Bible and Shakespeare.
• He took off his identity tag and inserted it into a machine.
• He lived up to his tag as the team's saviour.
• Scrawled felt-tip tags on city walls.
• The car had Texas tags.
• He gave his pet a collar with a metal name tag.
• Semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word.

Tag as a Verb

Definitions of "Tag" as a verb

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

• Attach a monitoring tag to.
• Shear away ragged locks of wool from (sheep).
• Add to something, especially as an afterthought or with no real connection.
• Label (something) with a radioactive isotope, fluorescent dye, or other marker.
• Follow or accompany someone, especially without invitation.
• Provide with a name or nickname.
• Touch a player while he is holding the ball.
• (of a graffiti artist) write one's nickname or mark on (a surface.
• Attach a tag or label to.
• Go after with the intent to catch.
• Supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes.
• Give a specified name or description to.
• Follow closely.
• Add an instruction to (a piece of text in a markup language) in order to specify how it is displayed or interpreted.
• Attach a label to.
• Add a word, phrase, or name to (digital content) to identify it as belonging to a particular category or concerning a particular person or topic.

Synonyms of "Tag" as a verb (28 Words)

add	Make an addition by combining numbers. This paper will add to her reputation.
attach tags to	Be attached; be in contact with.
categorize	Place into or assign to a category. Children learn early on to categorize.
characterize	Be characteristic of. What characterizes a Venetian painting.
chase	Cut a groove into. The cost of the police time needed to chase up every new offence.
chase after	Cut a groove into.
class	Arrange or order by classes or categories. Conduct which is classed as criminal.
classify	Designate (documents or information) as officially secret. How would you classify these pottery shards are they prehistoric.
describe	Move in a way which follows the outline of (an imaginary geometrical figure. Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental.
designate	Decree or designate beforehand. Certain schools are designated science schools.
docket	Place on the docket for legal action. The clothes would be handed in and neatly docketed.
dog	Go after with the intent to catch. The twenty nine year old has constantly been dogged by controversy.
earmark	Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause. The yard has been earmarked for a complete overhaul.
flag	Communicate or signal with a flag. Problems often flag the need for organizational change.
follow	Follow in or as if in pursuit. It thus follows from this equation that the value must be negative.
give chase	Inflict as a punishment.
go after	Have a turn; make one’s move in a game.
identify	Give the name or identifying characteristics of refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property. Because of my country accent, people identified me with a homely farmer's wife.
indicate	Indicate a place direction person or thing either spatially or figuratively. Tetracycline is indicated in such cases.
join	Cause to become joined or linked. The two roads join here.
label	Attach a tag or label to. Insulin labelled with iodine 125 was used as a tracer.
mark	Make or leave a mark on. The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade.
put a label on	Make an investment.
tack	Fasten with tacks. The castles have new wings and other bits tacked on.
tail	Remove or shorten the tail of an animal. A flock of paparazzi had tailed them all over London.
ticket	Of a passenger be issued with a travel ticket. The sports jacket had been ticketed at two hundred dollars.
track	Of wheels run so that the back ones are exactly in the track of the front ones. Track mud into the house.
trail	To lag or linger behind. Her robe trailed along the ground.

Usage Examples of "Tag" as a verb

• That'll teach you not to tag along where you're not wanted.
• Mothers suspected that their babies had been wrongly tagged during an alarm at the hospital.
• We have to tag the sheep before sale or when moving them from one farm to another.
• Pieces of DNA tagged with radioactive particles.
• He left because he didn't want to be tagged as a soap star.
• Metal hoardings tagged with hip-hop graffiti.
• We were tagged—that car was following us.
• She meant to tag her question on at the end of her remarks.
• I will be tagged in every photo I post.

Associations of "Tag" (30 Words)

asterisk	Mark a word or piece of text with an asterisk. He had asterisked the things about the case that still bothered him.
bookmark	A record of the address of a website, file, or other data made to enable quick access in future. Fans will want to bookmark this site.
catalog	Make a catalogue compile a catalogue. He is cataloguing his photographic negatives.
catalogue	Make a catalogue compile a catalogue. The report catalogues dangerous work practices in the company.
classification	A category into which something is put. The classification of the platypus was one of the critical issues of the 1830s.
clue	Roll into a ball. A long pondered clue in a half completed crossword.
connotation	What you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression. The word discipline has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression.
cue	Give a cue to or for. His success was the cue for the rest of Fleet Street to forge ahead.
diacritical	Capable of distinguishing- S.F.Nadel.
embody	Represent or express something abstract in tangible form. Nothing of the personality of the Spirit as embodied in Jesus will be lost.
exclamation	An exclamatory rhetorical device. She gave an exclamation of delight.
guiding	Showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on. A guiding principle.
hide-and-seek	Try to get or reach.
index	List in an index. The hundred shares index closed down 9 3.
indicant	A thing which indicates something. Symptoms are the prime indicants of disease.
indication	(medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure. Heavy bleeding is a common indication for hysterectomy.
label	Distinguish as a compound or molecule by introducing a labeled atom. Many pupils felt that they were labelled as failures.
list	Give a building company etc listed status. Am I listed in your register.
mark	Mark with a scar. His answer was just a punctuation mark.
nomenclature	The term or terms applied to someone or something. The most important rule of nomenclature is that the name of a substance should be unambiguous.
note	A written sign representing the pitch and duration of a musical note. His notes were appended at the end of the article.
punctuate	Insert punctuation marks into. Style manuals tell you how to punctuate.
punctuation	The marks, such as full stop, comma, and brackets, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning. Satisfactory standards of handwriting spelling grammar and punctuation.
sign	Authorize a document or other written or printed material by attaching a signature. The theatre routinely puts on signed performances.
signpost	Indicate a place with a signpost. Most of the walks were well signposted.
sorting	Grouping by class or kind or size. The bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting.
tab	Identify as being of a specified type or suitable for a specified position. He opened the book at a page tabbed by a cloth bookmark.
taxonomy	A classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc. The taxonomy of these fossils.
terminology	A system of words used to name things in a particular discipline. Legal terminology.
ticket	Of a passenger be issued with a travel ticket. They were sure that Downing was ticketed for greatness.