Plug and Reference

Plug

Plug noun - Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.

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Reference and plug are semantically related In some cases you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Plug".

Nearby Words: plugged, plugboard

Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.

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Plug and reference are semantically related in remark topic. Sometimes you can use "Plug" instead a noun "Reference".

particular	particular plug	particular reference
brief	brief plug	brief reference
obvious	obvious plug	obvious reference
blatant	blatant plug	blatant reference
Other adjectives: massive, big, huge, bad, deliberate, obligatory, random, last, giant.

Footnote Fever: The new-series books use footnotes to reference (and shamelessly plug) the old-series novels.

Source: Literature / Myth Adventures
It's now accepted as a standard that every object with any kind of use must have at least one 'archaic' or 'unusual' descriptor — 'stopper' in reference to a bathtub plug, for example.

Source: You Can't Get Ye Flask
In Slate Magazine's Culture Gabfest podcast, the Enforced Plug(s) for sponsor Carbonite.com almost always involve a reference to movie critic Dana Stevens spilling chai or coffee on someone's laptop.

Source: Never Live It Down / Other Media

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Plug & Reference. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/plug/reference>.

Reference or Plug. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plug/reference.

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