plug in

1. 1.

   plug into an outlet

   “Please plug in the toaster!”

   “Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight”

   Synonymsplug intoconnect

   Antonymsunplug

   Broaderinsert

Questions about plug in

What does plug in mean?

plug in means "plug into an outlet".

What is another word for plug in?

Close synonyms include plug into, connect. 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.

What is the opposite of plug in?

The recorded antonyms are unplug.

Is plug in a common word?

plug in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.