Synonyms of trudge

trudge

verb

ˈtrəj 

1

as in to shuffle

to move heavily or clumsily

flooded residents who were forced to trudge through waist-deep water

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffle
• stumble
• stomp
• shamble
• slough
• haul
• lurch
• plod
• slog
• barge
• lump
• drag
• weave
• clump
• stamp
• tramp
• flounder
• galumph
• stump
• stagger
• pound
• scuff
• scuffle
• lumber
• tromp
• flog
• waddle
• sway
• flop
• totter
• reel
• blunder
• careen
• teeter
• wobble
• dodder

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coast
• breeze
• slide
• glide
• whisk
• hang
• waltz
• drift
• float
• hover
• waft
• poise

2

as in to stumble

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

no expert on taxes, I spent the whole weekend trudging through government forms

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumble
• struggle
• shuffle
• limp
• plod
• flounder
• jog
• blunder
• lurch
• fumble
• lumber
• flog
• bumble
• sway
• shamble
• falter
• stagger
• wallow
• reel
• totter
• muddle
• welter
• teeter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coast
• fly
• sail
• glide
• zoom
• zip
• kilt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trudge

Claus trudged to the monitor, watched the foul on an agonizing loop and promptly handed Balogun a red card. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

The next morning a young man, who Colocousis said showed up in a Jeep with New York plates, trudged across a thin layer of snow to his doorstep. — ABC News, 30 June 2026

Enola dutifully trudges between clues and possibilities, shuffling through crime scenes and racing around shady spaces, all of this much more paint-by-numbers than connect-the-dots. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 June 2026

In its first-ever World Cup appearance, the team — hailing from an archipelago off the western coast of Africa with around 530,000 inhabitants — has left its fans giddy with success and its opponents, from the traditional powers of Spain and Uruguay, trudging off the field in shock. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 24 June 2026