Synonyms and Antonyms of plod
1
to devote serious and sustained effort
- plodded night and day to get the assignment done
bang away, beaver (away), dig (away), drudge, endeavor, fag, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, tug, work
apply (oneself), buckle (down), dig in, hammer (away), knuckle down, pitch in
attack, drive
essay, try
exercise, exert, overexert, overwork
eke out, grind (out), put out, scrabble, scratch
trudge, wade
break, ease (up), let up, slacken
bum, chill, dally, dillydally, footle, goldbrick, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, laze, loaf, lounge, shirk, slack (off), veg out
bask, loll, relax, repose, rest, unwind
dabble, doodle, fool around, fribble, goof (around), hang, hang about [British], mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle
2
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
- oxen plodding through deep mud
jog, shamble, shuffle
wallow, welter
falter, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter
fumble, muddle
3
to move slowly
- plodded reluctantly off to work
crawl, creak (along), creep, drag, inch, limp, nose, ooze, poke, slouch, snail
4
to move heavily or clumsily
- wayfarers plodding across the sandy wastes
barge, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lumber, lump, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp,
