Synonyms of plods

plods

verb

present tense third-person singular of plod

1

as in strives

to devote serious and sustained effort

plodded night and day to get the assignment done

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strives
• struggles
• labors
• works
• tries
• endeavors
• tugs
• toils
• hustles
• plows
• slaves
• slogs
• sweats
• humps
• digs (away)
• pegs (away)
• drudges
• fags
• grubs
• travails
• plugs
• bangs away
• strains
• beavers (away)
• sweats blood
• moils
• applies (oneself)
• trudges
• buckles (down)
• hammers (away)
• attacks
• exerts
• wades
• knuckles down
• drives
• pitches in
• overworks
• digs in
• exercises
• ekes out
• essays
• grinds (out)
• scratches
• scrabbles
• overexerts
• puts out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slackens
• breaks
• eases (up)
• shirks
• lazes
• dallies
• rests
• lets up
• idles
• hangs (around or out)
• slacks (off)
• chills
• bums
• unwinds
• relaxes
• lolls
• goldbricks
• loafs
• lounges
• goofs (off)
• reposes
• basks
• hacks (around)
• plays
• dillydallies
• hangs
• dabbles
• footles
• fools around
• trifles
• fribbles
• goofs (around)
• messes around
• veges out
• putters (around)
• vegges out
• monkeys (around)
• potters (around)
• doodles
• hangs about

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• slackens
• breaks
• eases (up)
• shirks
• lazes
• dallies
• rests
• lets up
• idles
• hangs (around or out)
• slacks (off)
• chills
• bums
• unwinds
• relaxes
• lolls
• goldbricks
• loafs
• lounges
• goofs (off)
• reposes
• basks
• hacks (around)
• plays
• dillydallies
• hangs
• dabbles
• footles
• fools around
• trifles
• fribbles
• goofs (around)
• messes around
• veges out
• putters (around)
• vegges out
• monkeys (around)
• potters (around)
• doodles
• hangs about

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2

as in stumbles

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

oxen plodding through deep mud

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbles
• struggles
• trudges
• shuffles
• flounders
• limps
• lurches
• lumbers
• blunders
• jogs
• fumbles
• bumbles
• falters
• sways
• flogs
• staggers
• wallows
• totters
• shambles
• reels
• muddles
• welters
• teeters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glides
• flies
• zooms
• sails
• zips
• coasts
• kilts

• glides
• flies
• zooms
• sails
• zips
• coasts
• kilts

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3

as in drags

to move slowly

plodded reluctantly off to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drags
• crawls
• shuffles
• creeps
• pokes
• slouches
• limps
• inches
• oozes
• creaks (along)
• trudges
• noses
• snails
• lumbers
• shambles
• tramps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• races
• speeds
• flies
• floats
• glides
• whizzes
• sails
• tears
• zips
• hurries

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• races
• speeds
• flies
• floats
• glides
• whizzes
• sails
• tears
• zips
• hurries

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4

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily

wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffles
• stumbles
• stomps
• trudges
• lurches
• barges
• flounders
• drags
• sloughs
• clumps
• shambles
• lumbers
• weaves
• staggers
• stamps
• hauls
• pounds
• slogs
• stumps
• lumps
• tramps
• scuffs
• flogs
• scuffles
• galumphs
• sways
• waddles
• tromps
• flops
• totters
• careens
• reels
• blunders
• teeters
• wabbles
• wobbles
• dodders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glides
• waltzes
• slides
• whisks
• floats
• drifts
• hangs
• hovers
• wafts
• breezes
• coasts
• poises

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• glides
• waltzes
• slides
• whisks
• floats
• drifts
• hangs
• hovers
• wafts
• breezes
• coasts
• poises

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