Synonyms of plowed

plowed

verb

past tense of plow

1

as in cultivated

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

• cultivated
• raked
• furrowed
• tilled
• broke
• fallowed
• hoed
• harrowed
• listed
• rototilled

2

as in labored

to devote serious and sustained effort

plowed determinedly through the weighty tome

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labored
• struggled
• worked
• endeavored
• tried
• grubbed
• tugged
• toiled
• hustled
• dug (away)
• humped
• plugged
• slaved
• sweat
• slogged
• plodded
• drudged
• strove
• pegged (away)
• strained
• travailed
• fagged
• banged away
• attacked
• sweat blood
• beavered (away)
• drove
• applied (oneself)
• moiled
• hammered (away)
• pitched in
• scratched
• dug in
• exerted
• exercised
• buckled (down)
• waded
• essayed
• trudged
• eked out
• overworked
• knuckled down
• scrabbled
• ground (out)
• put out
• overexerted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• broke
• slackened
• eased (up)
• idled
• chilled
• let up
• loafed
• lounged
• shirked
• rested
• dallied
• lazed
• hung (around or out)
• slacked (off)
• bummed
• hacked (around)
• relaxed
• played
• goofed (off)
• lolled
• unwound
• basked
• reposed
• hung
• trifled
• dabbled
• dillydallied
• goldbricked
• doodled
• footled
• vegged out
• fooled around
• puttered (around)
• messed around
• pottered (around)
• hung about
• goofed (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plowed

Three plays later, Andrew Miller plowed in for his third score of the night to put Harding up 28-21, but the Tigers didn't quit. — Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026

Not to be plowed, be left, fly through the sky, hit a car and die on the street like that. — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

These farmers plowed over prairie dog habitat and viewed the rodents as competition with cattle for forage. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Srour said Gonzaba plowed through the boardwalk and hit his bike, according to the TV station. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Simmons hit Olugbode from 14 yards out to cap the next series, Roberts plowed in for a TD early in the second quarter, and Simmons added long touchdown throws to Olugbode and fellow Ole Miss transfer Cayden Lee before his day was done. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Officials told Indian media outlets that whatever fell off the glacier may have dropped into a glacial lake and blocked a river, resulting in the massive wave of ice, water and debris that plowed through settlements nearby. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

The chase ended when the car plowed through a fence on Sumter Avenue. — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Like a klutz on an obstacle course, a Tesla Robotaxi with no safety driver seemingly panicked after taking a wrong turn and plowed through a row of bollards, those springy traffic barriers that you are not supposed to run down. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026