nag

1. 1.

   someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault

   Synonymsscoldscoldernaggercommon scold

   Broaderunpleasant person

   Narrowerharridan
2. 2.

   an old or over-worked horse

   Synonymshackjadeplug

   Broaderhorse

Other forms of nag

plural

nags·

past tense or participle

nagged

present participle

nagging

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nag

What does nag mean?

nag means "bother persistently with trivial complaints". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nag?

nag has 1 syllable: nag. In IPA it is /ˈnæɡ/.

What is another word for nag?

Close synonyms include peck, hen-peck, scold, scolder, nagger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nag a common word?

nag is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.