Synonyms of plowed

plowed

verb

past tense of plow

1

as in cultivated

to cut into and turn over the sod of (a piece of land) using a bladed implement

we'll have to get out there and plow and plant both fields before it rains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cultivated
• raked
• furrowed
• tilled
• broke
• fallowed
• hoed
• harrowed
• listed
• rototilled

2

as in labored

to devote serious and sustained effort

plowed determinedly through the weighty tome

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labored
• struggled
• worked
• endeavored
• tried
• grubbed
• tugged
• toiled
• hustled
• dug (away)
• humped
• plugged
• slaved
• sweat
• slogged
• plodded
• drudged
• strove
• pegged (away)
• strained
• travailed
• fagged
• banged away
• attacked
• sweat blood
• beavered (away)
• drove
• applied (oneself)
• moiled
• hammered (away)
• pitched in
• scratched
• dug in
• exerted
• exercised
• buckled (down)
• waded
• essayed
• trudged
• eked out
• overworked
• knuckled down
• scrabbled
• ground (out)
• put out
• overexerted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• broke
• slackened
• eased (up)
• idled
• chilled
• let up
• loafed
• lounged
• shirked
• rested
• dallied
• lazed
• hung (around or out)
• slacked (off)
• bummed
• hacked (around)
• relaxed
• played
• goofed (off)
• lolled
• unwound
• basked
• reposed
• hung
• trifled
• dabbled
• dillydallied
• goldbricked
• doodled
• footled
• vegged out
• fooled around
• puttered (around)
• messed around
• pottered (around)
• hung about
• goofed (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plowed

In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Tesla has plowed significant resources into developing its Optimus humanoid robot and robotaxi fleet, although none of those have served as major sources of revenue for the firm. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Witnesses recall the horrific scene as a truck plowed through a youth soccer game in Kansas. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

The driver of a pickup truck that plowed onto a Kansas soccer field, killing a young boy and a man, has been released without charges as investigators work to determine what turned a Saturday afternoon of youth sports into tragedy. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Police said initial evidence suggested that a vehicle had plowed through the fence along a publicly accessible road. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

Three plays later, Andrew Miller plowed in for his third score of the night to put Harding up 28-21, but the Tigers didn't quit. — Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026

Not to be plowed, be left, fly through the sky, hit a car and die on the street like that. — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

These farmers plowed over prairie dog habitat and viewed the rodents as competition with cattle for forage. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026