Synonyms of plow

plow

verb

1

as in to rake

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

• rake
• cultivate
• furrow
• break
• till
• hoe
• harrow
• fallow
• rototill
• list

2

as in to labor

to devote serious and sustained effort

plowed determinedly through the weighty tome

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labor
• struggle
• work
• strive
• endeavor
• try
• slave
• tug
• toil
• plug
• dig (away)
• sweat
• hustle
• grub
• beaver (away)
• hump
• strain
• bang away
• plod
• drudge
• apply (oneself)
• travail
• sweat blood
• moil
• peg (away)
• slog
• drive
• buckle (down)
• fag
• pitch in
• attack
• exert
• dig in
• scratch
• hammer (away)
• essay
• grind (out)
• exercise
• eke out
• wade
• knuckle down
• trudge
• put out
• overwork
• overexert
• scrabble

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• break
• slacken
• ease (up)
• bum
• let up
• idle
• loaf
• hang (around or out)
• shirk
• rest
• chill
• slack (off)
• lounge
• hack (around)
• goof (off)
• relax
• play
• laze
• repose
• unwind
• loll
• hang
• veg out
• bask
• trifle
• dally
• goldbrick
• dabble
• fool around
• footle
• dillydally
• goof (around)
• hang about
• doodle
• mess around
• monkey (around)
• putter (around)
• potter (around)
• fribble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plow

One of the key areas of disagreement between the two sides was whether to continue to plow more than the minimum the law requires into the city’s four dramatically underfunded pension funds, a practice begun under Mayor Lori Lightfoot. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

SanDisk, Seagate, and Western Digital take a huge percentage of their profits and plow them back into buybacks. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026

Every year, our planet plows through this stream of cometary material, causing tiny fragments — many no larger than a grain of sand — to slam into Earth's atmosphere at around 133,000 mph (214,000 km/h). — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Faced with the kaleidoscopic array of problems, the response from General Dynamics managers always seemed to be to plow forward. — Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026