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

Every year, our planet plows through this stream of cometary material, causing tiny fragments — many no larger than a grain of sand — to slam into Earth's atmosphere at around 133,000 mph (214,000 km/h). — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Meteor showers tend to put on dazzling celestial shows and happen at predictable times every year when the Earth plows through trails of debris left behind by comets and, sometimes, asteroids. — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

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

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