wades

Definition of wadesnext
present tense third-person singular of wade

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wades
trudges
Verb
  • 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
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Cite this Entry

“Wades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wades. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

More from Merriam-Webster on wades

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster