plug into

1. 1.

   plug into an outlet

   “Please plug in the toaster!”

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

   Synonymsplug inconnect

   Broaderinsert

Questions about plug into

What does plug into mean?

plug into means "plug into an outlet".

What is another word for plug into?

Close synonyms include plug in, 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.

Is plug into a common word?

plug into 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.