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 national Democratic effort to defeat Collins kept going; now the party is spending millions on an ad hitting her for a ProPublica story about her links to a corrupt defense contractor.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Last year in Arizona, a motorcyclist was fatally injured after hitting a Waymo and being flung into the road.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 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
McNeely’s portrait of a laboring mother, swathed in glowing fields of chartreuse, outshines (again, literally) art history’s greats.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of laboring

Verb

Many spectators watched pounding waves there at high tide Saturday morning.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Guadagnino has always been skilled in his choice of music (Sufjan Stevens’ alt-pop in Call Me by Your Name, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ pounding EDM in Challengers).

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of pounding

Verb

At the end of all that immersiveness, exiting out onto the physical street to join the crowds of shuffling tourists and fend off sullen Elmos makes Times Square feel like the soul of authenticity.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026
An offseason filled with roster shuffling continued Tuesday for the Charlotte Hornets, who completed a three-player deal with Atlanta to land another guard with perimeter shooting potential.

— Staff reports, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of shuffling

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Hochman said the nannies were caught on video spanking, slapping or hitting the children.

— News Editor, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Residents have reported paying excessive amounts to retrieve their vehicles from tow yards, with companies sometimes slapping extra fees on drivers who contact the police, according to council members.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of slapping

Verb

Mitchell-Namdar said Pink Aid’s mission is to provide emergency aid assistance to those struggling during treatment, whether that means paying an electric bill, rent, offering wigs or lymphedema sleeves.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
Many mid- and late-career working-class comics who would normally build the bridge to younger generations are struggling to make a living.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of struggling

Verb

Unlike every other film genre, the history of horror, at least since the 1950s, is a story of amateurs stumbling in the dark.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Instead of stumbling like the Phillies and Cubs, the Padres surged and took with them the #1 Wild Card spot, earning the right to host this series.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026