Synonyms of plod

plod

verb

ˈpläd 

1

as in to struggle

to devote serious and sustained effort

plodded night and day to get the assignment done

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in to stumble

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

oxen plodding through deep mud

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggle
• stumble
• trudge
• limp
• shuffle
• flounder
• blunder
• jog
• lurch
• flog
• fumble
• bumble
• lumber
• sway
• falter
• shamble
• wallow
• stagger
• reel
• totter
• muddle
• welter
• teeter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coast
• fly
• glide
• sail
• zip
• zoom
• kilt

3

as in to drag

to move slowly

plodded reluctantly off to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drag
• crawl
• creep
• shuffle
• snail
• poke
• limp
• inch
• ooze
• slouch
• trudge
• nose
• creak (along)
• shamble
• tramp
• lumber

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• race
• speed
• fly
• whizz
• float
• glide
• sail
• whiz
• zip
• hurry
• tear

4

as in to shuffle

to move heavily or clumsily

wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffle
• stomp
• stumble
• trudge
• shamble
• slough
• barge
• lump
• lurch
• weave
• clump
• haul
• flounder
• stamp
• drag
• tramp
• slog
• stump
• galumph
• pound
• stagger
• scuff
• scuffle
• flog
• lumber
• tromp
• sway
• waddle
• flop
• totter
• blunder
• reel
• wabble
• careen
• dodder
• wobble
• teeter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coast
• slide
• breeze
• glide
• whisk
• waltz
• drift
• hang
• float
• hover
• waft
• poise

Examples of plod in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The result, however, is a generic and plodding revenge thriller that’s nowhere near bold enough to justify the franchise’s resurrection. —Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024

Tropical Storm Debby, a plodding, waterlogged system that has already saturated four southeastern states, bears many characteristics of a warming planet, climate scientists say. —Amy Green, Vox, 6 Aug. 2024

Trump's energy appears to mirror that plodding style. —Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024

Adam Driver leads this plodding drama that can’t find its center. —EW.com, 12 Sep. 2024