RIGS Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

rigs 1 of 2

noun

plural of rig

as in carriages

a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying passengers romantic couples enjoy being driven in the old-fashioned rig through the park

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rigs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rig

as in supplies

to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity carefully rigged each diver with the required equipment before starting out

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Recent Examples of rigs

Noun

But Netflix and Honnold’s partners were adamant about creating an immersive, cinematic effect for Skyscraper Live, so the teams adapted to the significantly bigger, high-end camera rigs. —

Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026 Ward and Ausere said UConn does a great job supporting the club, helping pay for rigs, jumps and wind tunnel time. —

Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026 Trump’s immigration drive in Minnesota, and the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, has resonated across the farms, oil and gas rigs, and shopping centers of Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, a swing seat stretching northeast from Denver. —

Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2026 The ceiling is 37 feet above the field, with arches and lighting rigs that hang even lower. —

Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026 Heavy trucks traversing residential and rural roads that were not originally engineered to support the weight of multiple-axle big-rigs can likewise accelerate pavement damage. —

Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026 My father, tired from corning off rigs, would fill a large stainless steel bowl with dish soap at night. —

Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026 Thornton earned a Golden Globe nomination last year for his Season 1 portrayal of Tommy, a petroleum landman at M-Tex Oil who has to step up after a fatal incident at one of his company’s rigs. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026 There also will be a section called the Michigan Overland Adventure, featuring vehicles from Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, Jeep, Ram, Toyota, Ineos, Subaru and AEV as well as the gear that can be attached to the rigs for all sorts of applications. —

Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2026

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Locomotives and carriages as well as the line itself were damaged in the drone attack, forcing Ukrzaliznytsia to introduce back-up bus services to connect the cities.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Now, more than four decades after the original carriages were meticulously restored to their former glory, another is set to join them on the rails.

— Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026