Synonyms of trudges

trudges

verb

present tense third-person singular of trudge

1

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffles
• stumbles
• stomps
• lurches
• barges
• drags
• plods
• flounders
• lumbers
• sloughs
• weaves
• clumps
• slogs
• shambles
• hauls
• staggers
• stamps
• pounds
• stumps
• lumps
• scuffs
• tramps
• flogs
• tromps
• galumphs
• waddles
• scuffles
• sways
• flops
• totters
• careens
• teeters
• reels
• blunders
• wobbles
• dodders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glides
• slides
• waltzes
• whisks
• hangs
• hovers
• drifts
• floats
• wafts
• breezes
• coasts
• poises

2

as in stumbles

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbles
• struggles
• shuffles
• limps
• flounders
• plods
• lumbers
• lurches
• jogs
• blunders
• fumbles
• falters
• sways
• staggers
• bumbles
• flogs
• wallows
• totters
• reels
• shambles
• teeters
• muddles
• welters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glides
• flies
• zooms
• sails
• zips
• coasts
• kilts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trudges

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

However, even as the team trudges to a play-in spot rather than a top seed, Green was adamant that the Warriors’ standard of competitiveness cannot change. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026

His previous book, The Village Idiot (2022), explored the historical reality of the early-twentieth-century School of Paris artists from the dreamlike perspective of the expressionist painter Chaïm Soutine, who trudges beneath the Seine in a diving suit. — Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026

So, Bundle gets all three of her men, but trudges back home in heartbroken tears. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026

As the decade trudges on, Brian becomes more serious about his work, never losing his soft spot for Margaret but otherwise gaining a sterling reputation as a hard-hitting interview. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025

During interviews for an in-depth Fortune story on KDP published in June, Cofer detailed his strategy for expanding margins and achieving high growth in soft drinks, a field that overall just trudges forward. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025