DRAGGERS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

draggers

noun

plural of dragger

as in snails

someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others we quickly left the draggers behind and sprinted up the hill

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Recent Examples of draggers Some trawlers, such as those targeting arrowtooth flounder, are bottom draggers. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

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Holed up in her brutalist home in the Swiss alps with her pet snails, she is approached by a handsome young publisher from New York (Alden Ehrenreich) with the impossible task of convincing her to write another book in her Ripley series.

— Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
The researchers found a population deep in a Japanese mountain valley where left- and right-coiling snails can mate and exchange genes.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Dispose of Fall Decorations Seasonal decor like pumpkins and gourds also unintentionally invite an infestation of creepy crawlers.

— Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 16 Oct. 2026
The crawlers wander about the plants for a short period of time and then begin to feed and create a waxy covering.

— Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

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