SLOGS Synonyms: 349 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of slog

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

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as in struggles

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

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as in licks

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

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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

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slogs

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noun

plural of slog

as in toils

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as in walks

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Recent Examples of slogs

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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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slogs

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As the child puts his hands up, Bible says Campbell slaps them away, then drags him off the field.

— Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Nothing slaps like the original, but the upcoming reboot looks kinda cool.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of slaps

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As energy supply struggles to keep pace with demand, those delays have drawn political attention and, finally, action, including significant legislation passed at the state level and a new bipartisan permitting reform bill proposed in the Senate.

— Dr. Sarah Kapnick, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Toxic haze has covered parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of struggles

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That glib self-confidence is present in McNamara, who licks the doughnut glaze off his fingers before offering his hand to the female detective questioning the one living Jason.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Later, a woman protractedly licks blue ice cream from a cone, her attempts thwarted by ferocious gusts of wind and sand.

— Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of licks

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The gods themselves are also an unnerving presence, omnipresent beings of colossal power who see humans as their playthings and view Ulysses' toils as some twisted spectator sport.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026
There has to be a chance that Jos Buttler’s toils in Sri Lanka and India represent his last ventures on the international stage, and therefore the end of an era.

— Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Definition of toils

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Resident birding experts host sunrise walks—be ready to rise early and get on the road in pitch dark—into the nearby Chyulu Hills cloud forest.

— Alexandra Marvar, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Throughout the opening weekend, activities ran the gamut from traditional Chinese medicine consultation, sound bowl healing, wellness walks, yoga, pilates, breath work, to live DJ sets.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of walks

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At one point, the pair crack up while lying in the same bed, and later, the Eras headliner knocks a cup off a sink, making the Fifty Shades of Grey actress break character.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026
With two outs in the opening frame, Junior Caminero and Jonny DeLuca ripped consecutive RBI knocks to put Tampa Bay up 2-0.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of knocks

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In so doing, the tradition could achieve for ASL what the word of the year strives to achieve for English.

— New York Times, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Said soup is being attended to by at least four cooks, as Hal (with helpful coaching by an off-camera Kate) strives to explain himself to Grace back at the embassy, and then the two of them work to get Eidra on-side.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026