Synonyms of trudging

trudging

verb

present participle of trudge

1

as in shuffling

to move heavily or clumsily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffling
• stumbling
• stomping
• barging
• lurching
• hauling
• shambling
• dragging
• sloughing
• tramping
• pounding
• floundering
• plodding
• weaving
• slogging
• stamping
• scuffling
• clumping
• lumping
• scuffing
• galumphing
• stumping
• lumbering
• staggering
• flogging
• swaying
• tromping
• flopping
• waddling
• blundering
• tottering
• reeling
• careening
• teetering
• wobbling
• doddering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sliding
• gliding
• coasting
• whisking
• waltzing
• drifting
• hanging
• floating
• hovering
• breezing
• wafting
• poising

2

as in stumbling

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbling
• struggling
• shuffling
• blundering
• floundering
• limping
• plodding
• lurching
• fumbling
• bumbling
• lumbering
• jogging
• shambling
• swaying
• flogging
• faltering
• reeling
• staggering
• wallowing
• tottering
• muddling
• weltering
• teetering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flying
• gliding
• coasting
• sailing
• zipping
• zooming
• kilting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trudging

There were tent camps on both sides of the border, caravans of people trudging through Central America and concerns about newcomers overwhelming social services. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Hawke remembers his 19-year-old self trudging through snowy Alaska for White Fang. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Half of the game's length is swallowed up by me trudging from point A to point B while characters yap endlessly about the current goings-on. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

Church bells, owl hoots and sprinklers keeping the grass hydrated during this dry spell fill the space between the occasional motor trudging along a main road devoid of commotion. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Many residents of Northern Indiana are trudging the long road to recovery more than a week after storms cause wide-ranging power outages. — Aubrey Wright, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2026

The women had come so far together over the last three decades and were now eagerly trudging forward, side-by-side, to whatever came next. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 30 July 2026

The scene opened with a cloaked figure trudging through dark city streets as ominous holiday tunes emanate from the surrounding businesses. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 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