PEGS Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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pegs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of peg

as in ranks

to arrange or assign according to type pegged her as a backstabber right from the beginning

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as in throws

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm pegged the ball to the second baseman

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Recent Examples of pegs

Noun

The weather service pegs Saturday with an 80% chance of rain. — Miami Herald Staff Report, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026 The pegs represented individual genes, and the ropes their effects on development. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 An unlined road leads across a babbling river to reveal a striking gray building up on a hill, a massive barn raised in the traditional style that uses only wood pegs — no nails — to hold the structure together. — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Specifically a Lite-Brite, the classic toy that allows children to make designs and artwork using colorful pegs and a lighted box. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 After axemen cleared paths through the oaks, elms, and basswoods, the surveyors stretched a standardized measure called a Gunter’s chain—a hundred links to a chain, eighty chains to a mile—and marked the distances with tally pegs. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Anniversaries are ready pegs for journalists, sometimes reached for too automatically. — Kurt Shillinger, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026 Along the way, Parton cultivated an international business reputation and a vast fortune that Forbes pegs at $450 million. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 The bass player plucked each of his instrument’s four strings, one at a time, while turning the corresponding tuning pegs. — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

Verb

Spotify did not reveal the financial terms of the partnership, but The Wall Street Journal pegs the deal at $250 million, citing sources familiar with the matter. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 Investors pegs the chance of another rate increase in October at 20%, according to CME Group’s FedWatch Tool, a measure of market sentiment. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 City Hall projects the levy could raise as much as $500 million a year, though the comptroller’s office pegs the figure closer to $340 million to $380 million. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 July 2026 Hale Health pegs entry-level red light panels at $300 to $600 and full-body setups at $2,000 to $5,000 or more. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026 Goldman Sachs' Tony Pasquariello pegs client hedge funds' posture as +8 on a scale of -10 to +10. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 23 June 2026 While Carnival has not publicly stated how many people were compromised in the breach, a filing with the attorney general’s office in Maine pegs the number at nearly 6 million. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 2 June 2026 That might be conservative, as another outlet, Sportico, pegs the Dodgers at $9 billion today. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 27 May 2026 One analyst pegs it at about 10%, which would mean a staggering $3 trillion in loans that should be classified as past due are not. — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pegs

Noun

Teams will inspect returning stages and prepare them for refurbishment before subsequent missions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Many enterprise processes already have known stages, business rules and dependencies.

— Pritam Debnath, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of stages

Verb

Quantum mechanics, which recently turned 100 years old, ranks as the most successful theory in the history of physics.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The personal money spent on her campaign also ranks among the top 30 in California history, according to CalMatters.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of ranks

Verb

That's where low-angle sunlight throws mountains and crater rims into sharp relief.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Instead of taking a walk, a batter can sprint around the bases after ball four and continue advancing until the defensive team throws the ball to every fielder.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of throws

Noun

The Horned Frogs’ defense deserves a ton of credit for shutting down a Baylor offense that scored 55 points and rolled up 564 yards in its last game against Arizona State.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
But scoring just 14 points against a Carolina defense that allowed 59 points earlier this season is not good enough.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of points

Verb

The Cook Political Report currently classifies only 22 House campaigns and only seven Senate campaigns as toss-ups, where either the Democrat or the Republican has a genuine chance of winning.

— Julio Borquez, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Its proprietary platform, Blackbird, reads the documents submitted with an insurance application, classifies the risk and calculates a technical price.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of classifies

Verb

A student tosses a metal barrier during a protest at Strasbourg University in eastern France on Friday.

— Reuters, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Love finished 16 of 29 for 145 yards with TD tosses to Christian Watson and MarShawn Lloyd for the Packers, whose six-game skid — including the playoffs — was their longest since dropping seven in a row spanning the 1990 and 1991 seasons.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of tosses

Noun

After receiving a notice, an insurer may investigate the allegations, dispute them, or take steps to cure the alleged violation.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
With far-right and far-left candidates in the lead to become France’s next president in the spring, markets are losing confidence that either side will take the painful steps necessary to rein in the deficit.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026