baggage

Meaning

1. Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling
2. (informal) Factors, especially psychological ones, which interfere with a person's ability to function effectively.
3. (obsolete) A woman.
4. An army's portable equipment; its baggage train.

Synonyms

luggage

🧳

cargo

suitcase

goods

impedimenta

freight

belongings

burden

load

stuff

things

trunk

tools

paraphernalia

suitcases

flirt

😘

furniture

gear

⚙️

hand luggage

household stuff

hussy

kit

lading

material

millstone

outfit

package

📦

parcels

plunder

portmanteau

prostitute

trousseau

fardel

traveling bag

wicker trunk

effects

Gypsy

weight

articles

bag

bags

ballast

basin

belonging

burthen

carry-on

case

cases

chattels

dishes

dunnage

encumbrance

Hyphenated as

bag‧gage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbæɡɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English bagage, from Old French bagage, baguage, from bague (“bundle, sack”), of Germanic/North Germanic origin, probably from the same ultimate source as Old Norse baggi (“pack, bundle”). Compare also bag).