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

Before the fourth official could hold up the board, the 29-year-old was already trudging off. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 3 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

But recently, for Giants fans and rising star Bryce Eldridge, the sight of Lee trudging back to the dugout unsuccessful has been a bit of an uncommon sight. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026

Like the experience of trudging through a snowstorm with pink eye, and, days later, standing atop a mountain and using those same eyes to absorb the light of so many stars. — Alexandra Oliva june 1, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026

Argentine investigators trudging through mud to retrieve the dead rats declined to speak to journalists about their work. — ABC News, 19 May 2026