Synonyms of trudged

trudged

verb

past tense of trudge

1

as in shuffled

to move heavily or clumsily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffled
• stumbled
• stomped
• barged
• weaved
• shambled
• lurched
• tramped
• hauled
• dragged
• stamped
• plodded
• sloughed
• floundered
• clumped
• pounded
• scuffled
• slogged
• lumped
• scuffed
• lumbered
• stumped
• galumphed
• staggered
• tromped
• flogged
• flopped
• swayed
• waddled
• tottered
• blundered
• reeled
• careened
• teetered
• wobbled
• doddered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slid
• glided
• whisked
• drifted
• hung
• waltzed
• floated
• coasted
• hovered
• breezed
• wafted
• poised

2

as in stumbled

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trudged

The Phillies and Mets, meanwhile, trudged through tough conditions in New York’s 4-1 road win last night. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Frost trudged through the sand and allowed De Lander, an Australian native, to get in touch with the Atlantic Ocean. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026

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

Instead of getting the victory at the 2025 Travelers Championship, Fleetwood, after a messy three-putt bogey at the 72nd hole opened the door for a Keegan Bradley walk-off birdie, trudged away with his sixth runner-up finish. — Nick Pietruszkiewicz, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026

The polarizing organization trudged through a corruption trial and attempted to file for bankruptcy in the past decade. — Stephen Gutowski, Washington Post, 16 June 2026

Japanese police trudged through deep mud on Thursday in another unsuccessful day searching for a missing Auburn University student, who vanished after an argument with family over artificial intelligence. — David K. Li, NBC news, 4 June 2026

Putin ‘trying to erase Ukraine into a graveyard’ Charred cars were buried under rubble and people trudged through a debris-laden landscape in Kyiv on Tuesday. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2026