SLOGGING Synonyms: 286 Similar and Opposite Words

slogging

verb

present participle of slog

as in hitting

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately

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as in laboring

to devote serious and sustained effort slogging their way through a pile of paperwork

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as in pounding

to strike repeatedly the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived

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as in shuffling

to move heavily or clumsily Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school

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Recent Examples of slogging Even though Brian Daboll took the Giants back to the postseason and became Coach of the Year in the process, the Giants have fallen down since, slogging their way to irrelevance. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 The company is also opening an online storefront so independent builders can buy production-grade motors directly, without slogging through enterprise procurement. — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The Angels are slogging toward the trade deadline, trying to compete while certainly aware that some of their best players could be gone any day. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 2 Aug. 2026 Drop off dinner, send a gift card, or offer to grab their kid from school, especially when someone's slogging through a hard stretch. — Angela Haupt, Time, 22 July 2026 So a familiar roster with a familiar coaching staff slogging through a nightmarish first month only intensifies the scrutiny. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026 For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park. — Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026 So what's the worst part of slogging your keister around? — Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2026 Series creator and writer Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch, Doctor Who) has wisely chosen to emphasize the emotional hangover so many families were slogging their way through in 1925. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slogging

Verb

The brother will provoke him by hitting him first and saying cruel things, typically about me.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
Shortly after the conversation began, Soho pulled out a handgun and shot at the officers, hitting two of them, according to the GBI.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

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Strange, yes, but definitely more memorable than an accountant in green eyeshade laboring over the books.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
And workers have now spent over 1 million hours laboring on an infrastructure project whose price tag has surpassed $900 million.

— Robert Tann, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of laboring

Verb

Groups of young people were seen dancing with music pounding through the crowd as meters away tear gas billowed into the air.

— Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
At the moment, the good detective is strutting around the float, kicking the wheels and pounding the floorboards.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of pounding

Verb

That's because astronomers have discovered two husks of two zombie planets shuffling through the gory remains of what was once their planetary neighbors around a long-deceased star, or white dwarf.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026
In late 2026, reports came out that SpaceX is shuffling its staff in an attempt to focus its resources on developing and commercializing Starship, while phasing out the Falcon 9.

— Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of shuffling

Verb

Gabby Williams hopped off a double-decker bus and began dancing through the streets, blowing a whistle to the beat and slapping high-fives with fans all while keeping her WNBA Finals MVP trophy safely tucked in her left arm.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Jamie Love is swaying, slapping a hand against her thigh to keep time, and mouthing along to the music that plays from a set of portable speakers.

— Sam Kestenbaum, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of slapping

Verb

Florida was struggling under interim coach Billy Gonzales, a longtime Meyer assistant, and the Gators failed to carry any emotion into a 31-11 loss as the Vols’ ended two-decade drought in Swamp.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026
The outlet suggested Lively and Reynolds were putting on a brave face for the cameras but struggling behind-the-scenes.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of struggling

Verb

That’s not exactly chump change, considering Atlanta was still licking its wounds after the Great Depression.

— Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
After contracting the plague, he was banished to a cave, where a dog brought him bread and healed his wounds by licking them.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of licking

Verb

After stumbling into an intro to acting class, the 28-year-old quickly caught the professor’s attention.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026
The Chargers are the NFL’s only remaining winless team, stumbling to an 0-6 start for the first time since 2000.

— Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026