Synonyms for slog

Most common

pad · trek · trudge · plod

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.

2. v. 2

   To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.

3. v. 3

   To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.

   It was like being slogged by a heavyweight boxer.

4. n. 1

   A long, tedious walk or march.

Related words

Word family

slogger

Forms

Plural

slogs → sweats…

Past participle

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

Example sentences

• pad The doctor forgot his prescription pad in his car.
• trek Our universe is the Mirror Universe from Star Trek.
• trudge After every big snowfall, the students trudge through deep snow to school.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

pad¹

4 letters

trek¹, slug¹, swig¹, plod¹

5 letters

sweat¹, tramp¹

6 letters

trudge¹

7 letters

clobber²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (clobber² = 2 syllables).