fag Synonyms
Another word for fag
• noun (Context 1)
A cigarette (informal slang).
"He stepped outside the pub for a quick cigarette before the rain started."
• noun (Context 2)
A tedious, exhausting, or unwelcome task or chore (informal).
"Walking all the way up that steep hill with heavy groceries was a real chore."
• verb (Context 3)
To work hard and become exhausted; or to tire or wear someone out through strenuous effort (often used with 'out').
"The long climb through the muddy pass completely fagged the hikers out."
• noun (Context 4)
Historically at traditional British public schools, a junior pupil required to perform minor domestic duties for a senior pupil.
"In the nineteenth-century novel, the young boy served as a drudge for the head prefect."
• verb (Context 5)
To act as a junior servant or perform menial chores for a senior pupil at a traditional British boarding school.
"First-year students were formerly expected to wait on for the sixth-formers."
Opposites of fag
The opposite of fag shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: