Synonyms of plows

plows

verb

present tense third-person singular of plow

1

as in furrows

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

• furrows
• rakes
• cultivates
• breaks
• tills
• hoes
• harrows
• fallows
• lists
• rototills

2

as in labors

to devote serious and sustained effort

plowed determinedly through the weighty tome

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labors
• struggles
• strives
• works
• tugs
• slaves
• endeavors
• tries
• humps
• toils
• plugs
• hustles
• sweats
• grubs
• digs (away)
• pegs (away)
• plods
• slogs
• strains
• bangs away
• drudges
• beavers (away)
• fags
• travails
• sweats blood
• hammers (away)
• applies (oneself)
• drives
• moils
• buckles (down)
• pitches in
• attacks
• knuckles down
• exerts
• grinds (out)
• exercises
• scratches
• wades
• digs in
• essays
• overworks
• trudges
• ekes out
• overexerts
• puts out
• scrabbles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaks
• slackens
• eases (up)
• loafs
• bums
• hangs (around or out)
• lets up
• dallies
• slacks (off)
• idles
• lazes
• shirks
• goldbricks
• rests
• chills
• dillydallies
• lounges
• goofs (off)
• lolls
• plays
• hacks (around)
• reposes
• unwinds
• relaxes
• hangs
• basks
• footles
• dabbles
• fribbles
• fools around
• putters (around)
• potters (around)
• trifles
• doodles
• hangs about
• messes around
• goofs (around)
• vegges out
• monkeys (around)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of plows

In relatively good health, Jennett still drives to lunch with friends, does her own housekeeping and grocery shopping, and plows through a book a day, usually a mystery. — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

For observers fortunate enough to experience even a partial eclipse during the day, the evening offers an entirely different spectacle as Earth plows through one of the densest parts of Comet Swift-Tuttle’s debris stream. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

The conservative Pacific Research Institute plows the same economic ground in a report. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026

Each April, Earth plows through its dusty trail — tiny grains burning up in the atmosphere at around 30 miles per second. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2026

In February, he was also criticized after Staten Island residents waited days for snow plows to clear parts of the community after a historic blizzard. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026

Police and fire may respond to calls even before snow plows clear city and town streets. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026

Property owners move the snow from the sidewalk to the curb, snow plows move the snow from the street to the curb, and the result is a wall of snow and ice. — Michael Pollack, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026

Video shows the operator react seconds before the train plows through the tree. — Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 26 Feb. 2026