Synonyms of in the bag

in the bag

phrase

1

as in necessary

impossible to avoid or evade

After the last goal, they knew their victory was in the bag.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• necessary
• inevitable
• on the cards
• in the cards
• definite
• possible
• sure
• certain
• probable
• inescapable
• unavoidable
• ineludible
• ineluctable
• unescapable
• likely
• relentless
• decided
• destined
• fated
• foreordained
• unremitting
• preordained
• predetermined
• predestined
• settled
• unstoppable
• inexorable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• unsure
• doubtful
• unclear
• evadable
• questionable
• avoidable
• preventable
• dubious
• shaky
• unlikely
• unsettled
• preventible
• undecided
• unreliable
• improbable
• undependable

2

as in drunken

slang being under the influence of alcohol

He called us at 2:00AM, in the bag and looking for a ride home.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunken
• wet
• fried
• drunk
• high
• impaired
• three sheets in the wind
• tight
• loaded
• under the influence
• three sheets to the wind
• stiff
• wasted
• under the weather
• blind
• wiped out
• juiced
• gassed
• lit
• tipsy
• plastered
• lit up
• looped
• squiffed
• squiffy
• cockeyed
• besotted
• potted
• stoned
• pickled
• inebriated
• blitzed
• inebriate
• boozy
• tiddly
• crocked
• tanked
• bombed
• blotto
• sottish
• sozzled
• intoxicated
• oiled
• stewed
• canned
• alcoholic
• pie-eyed
• stinking
• smashed
• soused
• in one's cups
• ripped
• sloshed
• strung out
• hammered
• blasted
• rocky
• maudlin
• dopey
• beery
• dopy
• dissolute
• stupefied
• crapulous
• befuddled
• bleary-eyed
• debauched
• dipsomaniacal
• bibulous
• dissipated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• dry
• sober
• temperate
• level
• cool
• steady
• teetotal
• abstemious
• abstinent
• clearheaded