Drag
Drag verb - To cause to follow by applying steady force on.
Usage example: the deliveryman dragged the barrels over against the wall
Move is a synonym for drag in activity topic. In some cases you can use "Move" instead a verb "Drag", when it comes to topics like pull, haul something to a new place.
How words are described
| high | high drag | high move |
| best | best drag | best move |
| complete | complete drag | complete move |
| certain | certain drag | certain move |
| Other adjectives: powerful, real, big, cool, quick, fatal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In Inside Out, Joy literally has to drag Sadness across the floor, because Sadness is too depressed to move.
Source: The Drag-Along -
Peggy wins, even though she can barely move and has to literally drag herself into the back yard to brag to Minh about her "victory".
Source: Overdrawn at the Blood Bank -
After telling Rebecca Cramer she can move in under the terms of protective custody, Rebecca is worried her father would just drag her back.
Source: Webcomic / Peter Is the Wolf
Cite this Source
Move and Drag. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drag/move
Drag & Move. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/drag/move>.
Move or Drag. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/drag/move.
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