Synonyms for plod

Most common

trudge · slog · foot-slog · walk

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Verb

Noun

Antonyms

dash, race, sprint

All antonyms of plod →

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).

2. n. 1

   A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.

   We started at a brisk walk and ended at a plod.

Related words

Word family

plodder plodding

Forms

Plural

plods → drudges, toils, slops, footsteps…

Past participle

plodded
e.g. plodded → trudged, slogged, foot-slogged, walked…

Example sentences

• walk Another ten minutes' walk brought us to the shore.
• slog We can slog away all day at studying and still not learn anything.
• trudge After every big snowfall, the students trudge through deep snow to school.
• crawl The thought of powdered sugar makes my skin crawl.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

pad¹

4 letters

walk¹, toil¹, slog¹, slop¹

5 letters

crawl¹, tramp¹, moyle¹

6 letters

police², drudge¹, trudge¹

8 letters

footstep²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (police² = 2 syllables).