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

If folks want to practice for the Tour de France, there is a real velodrome in Kissena Park in Queens, where pedestrians and parents with little ones aren’t at risk of being plowed over. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026

Trump has plowed a huge hole in the innocent intent of the six justices who supported the measure, but the words from the three dissenting justices ring loud and clear for the world to have heard today. — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026

Tilling or plowing in the summer disturbs the soil's delicate ecosystem and exposes moist soil to rapid water loss. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 24 June 2026

Another Serve Robotics robot plowed through a crime scene. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 June 2026