Synonyms of plowing

plowing

verb

present participle of plow

1

as in raking

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

• raking
• cultivating
• furrowing
• tilling
• breaking
• hoeing
• fallowing
• harrowing
• rototilling
• listing

2

as in laboring

to devote serious and sustained effort

plowed determinedly through the weighty tome

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laboring
• struggling
• striving
• working
• trying
• toiling
• grubbing
• endeavoring
• tugging
• slaving
• hustling
• sweating
• humping
• plugging
• digging (away)
• slogging
• plodding
• drudging
• banging away
• pegging (away)
• straining
• travailing
• moiling
• sweating blood
• fagging
• driving
• beavering (away)
• applying (oneself)
• buckling (down)
• attacking
• hammering (away)
• exerting
• wading
• pitching in
• exercising
• scratching
• trudging
• digging in
• essaying
• grinding (out)
• knuckling down
• overworking
• eking out
• scrabbling
• overexerting
• putting out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaking
• slackening
• idling
• easing (up)
• loafing
• lounging
• chilling
• letting up
• shirking
• hanging (around or out)
• resting
• dallying
• bumming
• lazing
• hacking (around)
• relaxing
• slacking (off)
• playing
• goofing (off)
• lolling
• unwinding
• reposing
• hanging
• basking
• goldbricking
• dabbling
• dillydallying
• trifling
• vegging out
• footling
• fooling around
• messing around
• doodling
• puttering (around)
• goofing (around)
• pottering (around)
• hanging about
• monkeying (around)
• fribbling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plowing

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

The ship held almost 1,500 people, most of whom were émigrés who planned to stop over briefly in Liverpool before plowing backward to the cities of their birth. — Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Both companies are plowing cash into their businesses, buying gear and building data centers to expand their cloud and AI services. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 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

By plowing a chunk of their earnings into repurchases, the companies reduce the number of shares outstanding, which has the effect of boosting earnings per share and ultimately the stock price. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

Other companies are plowing forward where Monarch has failed. — Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026

The discussion pinballed between other lingering issues with the property tax system upgrade that has been plowing along for more than ten years. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026

Instead, countries like Poland are plowing funds into their own defense firms. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 7 June 2026