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drag has 21 distinct synonyms spread across 9 of its 17 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
move slowly and as if with great effort
use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu
“drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen”
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
“He dragged me away from the television set”
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
something that slows or delays progress
“taxation is a drag on the economy”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for drag come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
something tedious and boring
“peeling potatoes is a drag”
clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
“he went to the party dressed in drag”
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
“he took a puff on his pipe”
the act of dragging (pulling with force)
“the drag up the hill exhausted him”