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

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

Late on July 25, a driver plowed a van into people a few hundred yards from the closing party of the Berlin Pride event before attacking others with what appears to have been a machete. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026

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

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

Over the past five years, the Google parent has plowed about $280 billion into share repurchases, or more than 6% of Alphabet’s current market capitalization, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

The tornado plowed from Hickory Hills to the Midway Airport area and was one of 17 that tore through the region Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026