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Synonyms for plodder

  • noun

Most common

stick-in-the-mud slow poke slogger trudger

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Stick-in-the-mud

slow poke, stick-in-the-mud, slowcoach informal UK IE

2. Slogger

slogger, trudger

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person who, or animal that, plods.

  2. n. 2

    A person who works slowly, making a great effort with little result; a person who studies laboriously.

Forms

Plural
plodders → stick-in-the-muds, slowcoaches, sloggers, trudgers…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ploddersteady
sloggersteady

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

By length

7 letters
slogger, trudger
9 letters
slowcoach