What is another word for plod?
735 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ plˈɒd], [ plˈɒd], [ p_l_ˈɒ_d]
Plodding is a familiar word in English, with a meaning that refers to slow, laborious progress, but it isn't always the best word for the job. Fortunately, the English language has a wealth of synonyms that can help you communicate the idea of steady, plodding progress without relying on the same word all the time. If you need an alternative to plodding, consider using words like trudge, slog, lumber, tramp, shuffle, or even inch. Each of these words carries its own specific connotations and nuances, so choosing the right synonym can help you convey exactly the message you want to send.
Synonyms for Plod:
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- stride .
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- work .
- slog .
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v.
• clomp • clump • crawl- dragged along ,
- dragged oneself along ,
- dragging along ,
- dragging oneself along ,
- drags along ,
- drags oneself along ,
- go all fours ,
- go belly ,
- go fours ,
- go on fours ,
- goes all fours ,
- goes belly ,
- goes fours ,
- goes on all fours ,
- goes on belly ,
- goes on fours ,
- going all fours ,
- going belly ,
- going fours ,
- going on all fours ,
- going on belly ,
- going on fours ,
- loitered along ,
- loitering along ,
- loiters along ,
- lollygagged ,
- move at snail pace ,
- move at snails pace ,
- move hands and knees ,
- move hands knees ,
- move on hands knees ,
- move snail pace ,
- move snail's pace ,
- move snails pace ,
- moved at snail pace ,
- moved at snail's pace ,
- moved at snails pace ,
- moved hands and knees ,
- moved hands knees ,
- moved on hands and knees ,
- moved on hands knees ,
- moved snail pace ,
- moved snail's pace ,
- moved snails pace ,
- moves at snail pace ,
- moves at snail's pace ,
- moves at snails pace ,
- moves hands and knees ,
- moves hands knees ,
- moves on hands and knees ,
- moves on hands knees ,
- moves snail pace ,
- moves snail's pace ,
- moves snails pace ,
- moving at snail pace ,
- moving at snail's pace ,
- moving at snails pace ,
- moving hands and knees ,
- moving hands knees ,
- moving on hands and knees ,
- moving on hands knees ,
- moving snail pace ,
- moving snail's pace ,
- moving snails pace ,
- pulled along ,
- pulled oneself along ,
- pulling along ,
- pulling oneself along ,
- pulls along ,
- pulls oneself along ,
- went all fours ,
- went belly ,
- went fours ,
- went on all fours ,
- went on belly ,
- went on fours .
- back salt mines ,
- back the salt mines ,
- back to salt mines ,
- backed salt mines ,
- backed the salt mines ,
- backed to salt mines ,
- backed to the salt mines ,
- backing salt mines ,
- backing the salt mines ,
- backing to salt mines ,
- backing to the salt mines ,
- backs salt mines ,
- backs the salt mines ,
- backs to salt mines ,
- backs to the salt mines ,
- keep nose grindstone ,
- plugged away ,
- plugs away .
- exerted oneself ,
- exerting oneself ,
- exerts oneself ,
- poured it on ,
- poured on ,
- pouring it on ,
- pouring on ,
- pours on ,
- work bone ,
- work oneself bone ,
- work oneself the bone ,
- work oneself to bone ,
- work the bone ,
- work to bone ,
- work to the bone ,
- worked bone ,
- worked oneself bone ,
- worked oneself the bone ,
- worked oneself to bone ,
- worked oneself to the bone ,
- worked the bone ,
- worked to bone ,
- worked to the bone ,
- working bone ,
- working oneself bone ,
- working oneself the bone ,
- working oneself to bone ,
- working oneself to the bone ,
- working the bone ,
- working to bone ,
- working to the bone ,
- works bone ,
- works oneself bone ,
- works oneself the bone ,
- works oneself to bone ,
- works oneself to the bone ,
- works the bone ,
- works to bone ,
- works to the bone ,
- wrought bone ,
- wrought oneself bone ,
- wrought oneself the bone ,
- wrought oneself to bone ,
- wrought oneself to the bone ,
- wrought the bone ,
- wrought to bone ,
- wrought to the bone .
- am behind ,
- are behind ,
- art behind ,
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- drag one feet ,
- drag ones feet ,
- dragged feet ,
- dragged one feet ,
- dragged one's feet ,
- dragged ones feet ,
- dragging feet ,
- dragging one feet ,
- dragging one's feet ,
- dragging ones feet ,
- drags feet ,
- drags one feet ,
- drags one's feet ,
- drags ones feet ,
- gat no place fast ,
- gets no place fast ,
- getting no place fast ,
- got no place fast ,
- gotten no place fast ,
- inched along ,
- inches along ,
- inching along ,
- is behind ,
- loses strength ,
- losing strength ,
- lost strength ,
- slowing up ,
- slows up ,
- was behind ,
- wast behind ,
- were behind ,
- wert behind .
- am dilatory ,
- am long ,
- am tardy ,
- are dilatory ,
- are long ,
- are tardy ,
- art dilatory ,
- art long ,
- art tardy ,
- being dilatory ,
- being long ,
- being tardy ,
- is dilatory ,
- is long ,
- is tardy ,
- re main ,
- re mained ,
- re maining ,
- re mains ,
- re-main ,
- re-mains ,
- sat around ,
- sate around ,
- sits around ,
- sitting around ,
- sticked around ,
- sticking around ,
- sticks around ,
- stuck around ,
- take one time ,
- take ones time ,
- takes one time ,
- takes one's time ,
- takes ones time ,
- takes time ,
- taking one time ,
- taking ones time ,
- taking time ,
- took one time ,
- took one's time ,
- took ones time ,
- took time ,
- waited around ,
- waiting around ,
- waits around ,
- was dilatory ,
- was long ,
- was tardy ,
- wast dilatory ,
- wast long ,
- wast tardy ,
- were dilatory ,
- were long ,
- were tardy ,
- wert dilatory ,
- wert long ,
- wert tardy .
- goes barefoot ,
- going barefoot ,
- pitter patter ,
- pitter pattered ,
- pitter pattering ,
- pitter patters ,
- pitter-pattered ,
- pitter-pattering ,
- pitter-patters ,
- pitterpatter ,
- pitterpattered ,
- pitterpattering ,
- pitterpatters ,
- went barefoot .
- am servile ,
- are servile ,
- art servile ,
- being servile ,
- is servile ,
- skivvied ,
- was servile ,
- wast servile ,
- were servile ,
- wert servile ,
- work fingers bone ,
- worked fingers bone ,
- worked fingers to bone ,
- working fingers bone ,
- working fingers to bone ,
- works fingers bone ,
- works fingers to bone ,
- wrought fingers bone ,
- wrought fingers to bone .
- knocked oneself out ,
- knocking oneself out ,
- knocks oneself out ,
- pegged away ,
- pegging away ,
- pegs away ,
- pushed oneself ,
- pushes oneself ,
- pushing oneself ,
- work like dog ,
- worked like a dog ,
- worked like dog ,
- working like a dog ,
- working like dog ,
- works like a dog ,
- works like dog ,
- wrought like a dog ,
- wrought like dog .
- be dog ,
- be dogged ,
- be dogging ,
- be dogs ,
- be-dog ,
- be-dogged ,
- be-dogging ,
- be-dogs ,
- bedogged ,
- bedogging ,
- bedogs ,
- bring rear ,
- bring the rear ,
- bring up rear ,
- bringing rear ,
- bringing the rear ,
- brings rear ,
- brings the rear ,
- brings up rear ,
- brings up the rear ,
- brought rear ,
- brought the rear ,
- brought up rear ,
- de lay ,
- de laying ,
- de lays ,
- de-lay ,
- de-laying ,
- de-lays ,
- dropped back ,
- dropping back ,
- drops back ,
- dropt back ,
- ex tend ,
- ex tended ,
- ex tending ,
- ex tends ,
- ex-tend ,
- ex-tended ,
- ex-tending ,
- ex-tends ,
- falls behind ,
- fell behind ,
- follow scent ,
- followed a scent ,
- followed scent ,
- following a scent ,
- following scent ,
- follows a scent ,
- follows scent ,
- hanged down ,
- hangs down ,
- hung down ,
- nosed out ,
- noses out ,
- nosing out ,
- poked along ,
- pokes along ,
- poking along ,
- spoored ,
- tagged along ,
- tagging along ,
- tags along ,
- takes out after ,
- taking out after ,
- took out after .
- go foot ,
- goes foot ,
- goes on foot ,
- going foot ,
- take walk ,
- takes walk ,
- taking a walk ,
- taking walk ,
- took a walk ,
- took walk ,
- travel foot ,
- traveled foot ,
- traveled on foot ,
- traveling foot ,
- traveling on foot ,
- travelled foot ,
- travelled on foot ,
- travelling foot ,
- travelling on foot ,
- travels foot ,
- travels on foot ,
- went foot ,
- went on foot .
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- stamped on ,
- stamping on ,
- stamps on ,
- steps on ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub jugate ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues .
- am on move ,
- am on the move ,
- am on the trail ,
- am on trail ,
- am the move ,
- am the trail ,
- am trail ,
- are on move ,
- are on the move ,
- are on the trail ,
- are on trail ,
- are the move ,
- are the trail ,
- are trail ,
- art move ,
- art the move ,
- art the trail ,
- art trail ,
- be move ,
- be on move ,
- be on trail ,
- be the move ,
- be the trail ,
- be trail ,
- being move ,
- being on move ,
- being on the move ,
- being on the trail ,
- being on trail ,
- being the move ,
- being the trail ,
- being trail ,
- hit road ,
- is move ,
- is on move ,
- is on the move ,
- is on the trail ,
- is on trail ,
- is the move ,
- is the trail ,
- is trail ,
- was move ,
- was on move ,
- was on the move ,
- was on the trail ,
- was on trail ,
- was the move ,
- was the trail ,
- was trail ,
- wast move ,
- wast on move ,
- wast on the move ,
- wast on the trail ,
- wast on trail ,
- wast the move ,
- wast the trail ,
- wast trail ,
- were move ,
- were on move ,
- were on the move ,
- were on the trail ,
- were on trail ,
- were the move ,
- were the trail ,
- were trail ,
- wert move ,
- wert on move ,
- wert on the move ,
- wert on the trail ,
- wert on trail ,
- wert the move ,
- wert the trail ,
- wert trail .
- hoofing it ,
- hoofs it ,
- locomoted ,
- locomotes ,
- locomoting ,
- wend one way ,
- wend ones way ,
- wend way ,
- wended one way ,
- wended one's way ,
- wended ones way ,
- wended way ,
- wending one way ,
- wending one's way ,
- wending ones way ,
- wending way ,
- wends one way ,
- wends one's way ,
- wends ones way ,
- wends way ,
- went one way ,
- went one's way ,
- went ones way ,
- went way .
Other synonyms:
Other relevant words:
- Hesitated ,
- Idled ,
- Inched ,
- Inching ,
- Jellying ,
- Loitered ,
- Sauntered ,
- Scrabbled ,
- Scrabbling ,
- Strolled ,
- Trailed ,
- Trifled ,
- WORMS ,
- Wormed ,
- Worming ,
- be behind ,
- be dilatory ,
- be long ,
- be on the move ,
- be on the trail ,
- be servile ,
- be tardy ,
- bedog ,
- being behind ,
- bring up the rear ,
- bringing up rear ,
- bringing up the rear ,
- brought up the rear ,
- clump ,
- crawl ,
- drag along ,
- drag feet ,
- drag one's feet ,
- drag oneself ,
- drag oneself along ,
- drop back ,
- drudge ,
- exert oneself ,
- fall back ,
- fall behind ,
- falling behind ,
- follow a scent ,
- footslog ,
- footslogging ,
- get no place fast ,
- go barefoot ,
- go on all fours ,
- go on belly ,
- goof off ,
- goofing off ,
- grovelling ,
- grub ,
- hang down ,
- hang out ,
- hanging down ,
- hoof it ,
- hoofed it ,
- idles ,
- idling ,
- inch along ,
- jellied ,
- knock oneself out ,
- labor ,
- lag ,
- legged ,
- linger ,
- locomote ,
- loiter along ,
- lollygag ,
- lollygagging ,
- lollygags ,
- lose strength ,
- lumber ,
- moil ,
- move at snail's pace ,
- move on hands and knees ,
- nose out ,
- pad ,
- peg away ,
- pitter-patter ,
- plug along ,
- poke ,
- poke along ,
- pour it on ,
- pour on ,
- pull along ,
- pull oneself along ,
- push oneself ,
- scrabble ,
- scrabbles ,
- shag ,
- shagged ,
- shagging ,
- shags ,
- sit around ,
- skivvies ,
- skivvy ,
- skivvying ,
- slave ,
- slow up ,
- slowed up ,
- snuck ,
- spooring ,
- stick around ,
- stodge ,
- stodges ,
- stump ,
- tag along ,
- take one's time ,
- take out after ,
- take time ,
- taking one's time ,
- toil ,
- tooled ,
- tooling ,
- trail ,
- traipse ,
- tramp ,
- tread ,
- trek ,
- trudge ,
- wading ,
- wait around ,
- walk ,
- walk over ,
- walking ,
- walks ,
- wend one's way ,
- work fingers to bone ,
- work like a dog ,
- work oneself to the bone ,
- worm ,
- writhing .
- Limped ,
- barged ,
- barging ,
- clomp ,
- clunk ,
- galumph ,
- galumphing ,
- hobble ,
- limp ,
- stomp ,
- stomped ,
- stomping ,
- stumble .
- Travailed ,
- Travailing ,
- back to the salt mines ,
- keep nose to grindstone ,
- mucked ,
- mucking ,
- plowed ,
- plug away ,
- plugging away ,
- travail ,
- travails .
How to use "Plod" in context?
Plod is a British term meaning 'to walk slowly'. It is most commonly used in reference to people who are working orCarrying out an activity.
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- Synonyms:
- Slugs, wanders, dawdles, waddles.
