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trudge

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of trudge

1 to move heavily or clumsily

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

Synonyms of trudge

barge, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lumber, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp

Words Related to trudge

drag, flop, haul

blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)

Near Antonyms of trudge

drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft

Antonyms of trudge

breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

2 to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

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

Synonyms of trudge

blunder, bumble, flog [British], flounder, limp, lumber, plod, struggle, stumble

Words Related to trudge

jog, shamble, shuffle

falter, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter

Near Antonyms of trudge

coast, fly, glide, kilt, sail, zip, zoom

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