Synonyms of plodded

plodded

verb

past tense of plod

1

as in labored

to devote serious and sustained effort

plodded night and day to get the assignment done

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in stumbled

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

oxen plodding through deep mud

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbled
• struggled
• trudged
• shuffled
• limped
• floundered
• blundered
• lurched
• jogged
• lumbered
• fumbled
• shambled
• bumbled
• faltered
• swayed
• staggered
• reeled
• tottered
• flogged
• wallowed
• teetered
• muddled
• weltered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glided
• sailed
• flew
• coasted
• zipped
• zoomed
• kilted

• glided
• sailed
• flew
• coasted
• zipped
• zoomed
• kilted

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3

as in dragged

to move slowly

plodded reluctantly off to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dragged
• crawled
• crept
• shuffled
• slouched
• inched
• limped
• poked
• oozed
• trudged
• snailed
• shambled
• nosed
• tramped
• creaked (along)
• lumbered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sped
• raced
• flew
• speeded
• hurried
• sailed
• glided
• floated
• whizzed
• zipped
• tore

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• sped
• raced
• flew
• speeded
• hurried
• sailed
• glided
• floated
• whizzed
• zipped
• tore

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4

as in shuffled

to move heavily or clumsily

wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffled
• stumbled
• stomped
• trudged
• shambled
• lurched
• tramped
• barged
• weaved
• floundered
• slogged
• dragged
• lumbered
• sloughed
• hauled
• stamped
• scuffled
• galumphed
• pounded
• clumped
• stumped
• lumped
• staggered
• tromped
• scuffed
• waddled
• flopped
• swayed
• flogged
• tottered
• blundered
• reeled
• wobbled
• careened
• doddered
• teetered
• wabbled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slid
• glided
• drifted
• whisked
• waltzed
• breezed
• coasted
• hung
• hovered
• floated
• wafted
• hanged
• poised

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• slid
• glided
• drifted
• whisked
• waltzed
• breezed
• coasted
• hung
• hovered
• floated
• wafted
• hanged
• poised

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