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

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

In other words, someone or some entity would have to plow through the seemingly countless variables catalogued in the report and decide which would be included and which would be excluded. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 23 June 2026

Roads are not plowed, so owners and guests reach the property by snow cat or sled from the gate. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026