Synonyms of slogs

slogs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of slog

1

as in slaps

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaps
• knocks
• hits
• smacks
• slams
• punches
• claps
• whacks
• bangs
• strikes
• swipes
• clips
• pounds
• kicks
• thumps
• bashes
• cracks
• pushes
• bats
• shoves
• thwacks
• swats
• pokes
• bludgeons
• smites
• flicks
• wallops
• nails
• taps
• licks
• boxes
• clobbers
• zaps
• clouts
• jabs
• raps
• biffs
• stabs
• socks
• hammers
• bonks
• bobs
• bops
• slugs
• chops
• belts
• clocks
• pastes
• tags
• bumps
• pummels
• whales
• strokes
• busts
• mauls
• beats
• dumps
• lambastes
• hangs one on
• mangles
• batters
• knees
• jostles
• prods
• roughs
• bunts
• drubs
• slashes
• decks
• cuffs
• whips
• thrashes
• buffets
• scuffs
• pelts
• stamps
• flails
• saps
• laces
• fells
• peppers
• levels
• lashes
• bowls (down or over)
• flogs
• butts
• floors
• beans
• sledges
• creams
• switches
• conks
• knocks down
• clubs
• spears
• pommels
• bungs
• cudgels
• brains
• canes
• sucker punches
• skulls
• rabbit-punches
• sledgehammers

2

as in struggles

to devote serious and sustained effort

slogging their way through a pile of paperwork

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• hides
• pounds
• whips
• beats
• knocks
• slaps
• thumps
• lashes
• hits
• does
• slams
• batters
• smashes
• attacks
• pelts
• spanks
• assaults
• punches
• pummels
• thrashes
• mauls
• bashes
• bludgeons
• tromps
• wallops
• threshes
• bats
• raids
• chops
• flogs
• smacks
• belabors
• paddles
• lambastes
• whacks
• hammers
• drubs
• swipes
• works over
• bastes
• switches
• lathers
• boxes
• punches out
• belts
• clubs
• storms
• slates
• curries
• tans
• buffets
• rushes
• laces
• whups
• wounds
• fibs
• whales
• roughs (up)
• swats
• messes (up)
• thwacks
• assails
• beats up on
• whops
• besets
• clobbers
• cracks
• clouts
• socks
• bungs up
• whams
• birches
• pommels
• jumps (on)
• descends (on or upon)
• pastes
• straps
• lays on
• lams
• lacerates
• cuffs
• cudgels
• whomps
• scourges
• flagellates
• gores
• busts
• leathers
• pounces (on or upon)
• maims
• canes
• mangles
• mutilates
• fustigates
• horsewhips
• pistol-whips
• blackjacks
• cowhides
• rawhides

4

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffles
• stumbles
• stomps
• trudges
• barges
• sloughs
• lurches
• clumps
• drags
• flounders
• stumps
• plods
• weaves
• hauls
• lumbers
• shambles
• stamps
• lumps
• pounds
• staggers
• tramps
• scuffs
• flogs
• galumphs
• scuffles
• flops
• tromps
• sways
• waddles
• totters
• careens
• blunders
• reels
• teeters
• wobbles
• dodders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glides
• slides
• waltzes
• whisks
• drifts
• floats
• hangs
• hovers
• coasts
• wafts
• breezes
• poises

slogs

2 of 2

noun

plural of slog

1

as in toils

Related Words

• toils
• works
• efforts
• travails
• pains
• exertions
• expenditures
• grinds
• drudgeries
• sweats
• strains
• labors
• goes
• troubles
• muscles
• energies
• whiles
• tries
• elbow grease
• attempts
• forces
• endeavors
• passes
• powers
• dints
• mights
• trials
• puissances
• essays
• stabs
• flings
• whacks
• shots

Dissimilar Words

• eases
• facilities
• fluencies
• inertias
• inactions
• inactivities
• dormancies
• quiescences
• languors
• indolences

2

as in walks

Related Words

• walks
• hikes
• drives
• tramps
• progresses
• rides
• pilgrimages
• quests
• walkabouts
• spins
• odysseys
• commutes
• sails
• jaunts
• voyages
• cruises
• tours
• safaris
• flights
• trips
• treks
• travels
• outings
• excursions
• errands
• expeditions
• grand tours
• journeys
• sorties
• hops
• sallies
• commutations
• junkets
• peregrinations
• passages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slogs

Verb

Soggy weather slogs off to the east From Colorado and across the Great Plains to Iowa, as much as 2 inches (5 centimeters) of rain fell Tuesday and into Wednesday, with some areas seeing even more. — Mead Gruver, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

While the power opportunities are bright, the current earnings reports are much more dour as the oil sector slogs along with weakened activity. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025

New opportunities But as China's domestic economy slogs through a transition away from real estate, its companies are turning overseas. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025