Synonyms of struggled

struggled

verb

past tense of struggle

1

as in stumbled

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

each week I would struggle through my piano lesson, keenly aware that I wasn't getting any better

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbled
• floundered
• trudged
• blundered
• shuffled
• faltered
• lurched
• fumbled
• limped
• plodded
• jogged
• swayed
• reeled
• staggered
• bumbled
• flogged
• lumbered
• shambled
• wallowed
• muddled
• tottered
• weltered
• teetered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flew
• sailed
• glided
• coasted
• zoomed
• zipped
• kilted

• flew
• sailed
• glided
• coasted
• zoomed
• zipped
• kilted

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2

as in labored

to devote serious and sustained effort

the financially strapped couple struggled to make ends meet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labored
• worked
• tried
• wrought
• strived
• endeavored
• toiled
• strove
• tugged
• hustled
• sweated
• travailed
• plowed
• drudged
• sweat
• slaved
• humped
• plodded
• strained
• slogged
• banged away
• grubbed
• fagged
• moiled
• plugged
• sweat blood
• attacked
• dug (away)
• sweated blood
• essayed
• pegged (away)
• dug in
• scratched
• exerted
• drove
• pitched in
• exercised
• beavered (away)
• waded
• eked out
• knuckled down
• trudged
• overexerted
• scrabbled
• overworked
• buckled (down)
• hammered (away)
• put out
• applied (oneself)
• ground (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• broke
• slackened
• let up
• eased (up)
• bummed
• shirked
• chilled
• rested
• idled
• lounged
• relaxed
• lazed
• dallied
• hanged (around or out)
• played
• hung (around or out)
• loafed
• slacked (off)
• basked
• goofed (off)
• dabbled
• hung
• hacked (around)
• unwound
• reposed
• lolled
• hanged
• dillydallied
• footled
• goldbricked
• trifled
• doodled
• fooled around
• vegged out
• hung about
• goofed (around)
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• messed around
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

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• broke
• slackened
• let up
• eased (up)
• bummed
• shirked
• chilled
• rested
• idled
• lounged
• relaxed
• lazed
• dallied
• hanged (around or out)
• played
• hung (around or out)
• loafed
• slacked (off)
• basked
• goofed (off)
• dabbled
• hung
• hacked (around)
• unwound
• reposed
• lolled
• hanged
• dillydallied
• footled
• goldbricked
• trifled
• doodled
• fooled around
• vegged out
• hung about
• goofed (around)
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• messed around
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

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