Synonyms of wade

wade

verb

as in to trudge

Related Words

• trudge
• eke out
• grind (out)
• try
• exert
• scratch
• put out
• exercise
• essay
• scrabble
• overwork
• overexert
• apply (oneself)
• attack
• struggle
• plow
• drive
• buckle (down)
• toil
• pitch in
• endeavor
• tug
• slave
• strive
• labor
• plod
• dig in
• hustle
• hammer (away)
• plug
• sweat
• dig (away)
• slog
• beaver (away)
• drudge
• knuckle down
• work
• hump
• bang away
• grub
• travail
• peg (away)
• moil
• fag
• strain

Dissimilar Words

• break
• let up
• slacken
• ease (up)
• bum
• laze
• shirk
• lounge
• chill
• relax
• hang (around or out)
• rest
• idle
• goof (off)
• bask
• slack (off)
• loll
• hack (around)
• unwind
• loaf
• play
• hang
• repose
• dabble
• veg out
• dally
• trifle
• footle
• dillydally
• goldbrick
• fool around
• goof (around)
• doodle
• hang about
• putter (around)
• mess around
• monkey (around)
• potter (around)
• fribble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wade

But these laws do not provide enough infrastructure to help patients wade through options and red tape. — Vicki Norton, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026

Maybe next week, the boys could wade into the river near Mancelona and collect bushels of watercress, which carpeted the surface there. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Just mountains of garbage to wade through only to never find anything decent to watch. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

Visitors should never swim or wade upstream from a waterfall, even when water appears calm or shallow, because powerful currents can quickly pull people toward the edge. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026