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

Janse uses no-till farming on his fields — not plowing the soil, planting crops to cover the ground year-round and adding organic matter — to help cope with the whims of the weather as climate change triggers more extremes. — ABC News, 13 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

Those numbers signal that companies are plowing profits back into the business, driving up assets while driving down returns. — Harvard Business Review, 11 Aug. 2026