JIGS Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

jigs 1 of 2

noun

plural of jig

as in devices

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end okay, buster, the jig is up

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jigs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of jig

as in fidgets

to make jerky or restless movements the mother could tell that her little boy had to use the bathroom because he was jigging

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Noun

Boeing would have to find out what tooling still exists, rebuild jigs and dies, locate or replace hundreds of suppliers, requalify manufacturing processes, recruit specialist workers, and possibly redesign components that are no longer available. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026 The gimbal-mounted camera can also respond to your gestures like a friendly robot with nods and little jigs. — New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026 By publishing interface dimensions for custom jigs and providing a software SDK, Morpho allows users and partners to design their own fixtures, create custom workflows, and extend the machine for new applications. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 20 July 2026 Use marabou jigs, jigs tipped with one- to two-inch minnows and spoons for combing these deeper areas. — John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026 The Emirates turned into a stage for unfettered jigs, pogos, salsas — whatever your dancing capabilities, anything went down a treat — as a club turned up the music and danced as one. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 6 May 2026 Stripers in summer are too deep to reach with anything besides heavy jigs on downriggers. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026 When a whitefish would circle our jigs, a loud crack would scare the skittish fish away. — Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026 Nunn provided derby participants with details on favorable trout rigs and bait, including Carolina rigs, PowerBait, mini jigs and spinners. — Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jigs

Noun

For the tinkering types, Meta also released open weights for Muse’s code to help people connect it to a range of other devices.

— Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Chinese clinical tools, medical devices, and enabling technologies are likely to become increasingly central, as well.

— Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of devices

Noun

There’s a delightful secret history of Hollywood directors whose ruses and stratagems bought them an unusual amount of leeway with their scripts.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Even before pro-party AI ruses were possible, the Chinese government and its supporters flooded social media with pro-China propaganda and vicious attacks on critics.

— Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of ruses

Verb

Persistent muscle twitches Everyone’s muscles twitch from time to time, usually at various locations.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
Some devices, for example, track eye movements or other small muscle twitches to let users select words from a screen.

— Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2025

Definition of twitches

Noun

The prevalence of money laundering schemes is an indication to Hall that more regulations are needed to address retail theft.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Bill Essayli traded barbs at dueling healthcare fraud news conferences in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning, sniping at each other over billions lost to benefits schemes and the increasingly politicized efforts to stop them.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of schemes

Noun

At home in Makhaza township, about 40 minutes from the college, Lubelo spends his free time watching magic shows online and practicing tricks on his brothers and parents.

— Julie Bourdin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
The practical special effects seem to be on the booer’s side, leaning on stagy but charming in-camera tricks that have gone out of style, like switching actors between close-ups.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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