| Main Entry: | plod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
Synonyms: |
clump, drag, flounder, hike, lumber, plug, schlepp, slog, stamp, stomp, toil, tramp, trample, tread, tromp, trudge, wallow |
Antonyms: |
tiptoe, walk lightly |
| Main Entry: | plod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work slowly and under duress |
Synonyms: |
bear down, buckle down, drudge, grind, knuckle down, labor, persevere, plough through, plug away, scratch*, slave, sweat*, toil |
Antonyms: |
breeze |
| Main Entry: | clump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thumping noise |
Synonyms: |
barge, bumble, clatter, clomp, galumph, hobble, limp, lumber, plod, scuff, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, thud, thump, tramp |
| Main Entry: | crawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move very slowly |
Synonyms: |
clamber, creep, drag, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, grovel, hang back, inch, lag, loiter along, lollygag, move at snail's pace, move on hands and knees, plod, poke, pull oneself along, scrabble, slide, slither, squirm, worm, wriggle, writhe |
| Main Entry: | drudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
Synonyms: |
back to the salt mines, dig, grind*, hammer*, keep nose to grindstone, labor, muck, perform, plod, plow, plug away, pound*, schlepp, slave, slog, sweat, toil, travail |
Antonyms: |
avoid, be lazy, dodge, hesitate, idle |
| Main Entry: | grub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
Synonyms: |
drudge, grind, labor, moil, plod, slave, slog, sweat, toil |
Antonyms: |
idle, laze, tinker |
| Main Entry: | labor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
Synonyms: |
bear down, cultivate, drive, drudge, endeavor, exert oneself, grind, plod, plug away, pour it on, slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, tend, toil, travail, work oneself to the bone |
Antonyms: |
idle, laze, relax |
| Main Entry: | lag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move slowly; delay |
Synonyms: |
be behind, dally, dawdle, decrease, dillydally, diminish, drag, drag one's feet, ebb, fail, fall off, falter, flag, get no place fast, hang back, hobble, idle, inch, inch along, jelly, limp, linger, loiter, lose strength, lounge, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, retard, saunter, shuffle, slacken, slouch, slow, slow up, stagger, stay, straggle, tail, tarry, tool, trail, trudge, wane |
Antonyms: |
run, rush |
| Main Entry: | linger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | loiter, delay |
Synonyms: |
amble, be dilatory, be long, be tardy, crawl, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drift, falter, fool around, fritter away, goof off, hang around, hang out*, hesitate, hobble, idle, lag, loll, lumber, mope, mosey, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, putter, remain, saunter, shuffle, sit around, slouch, stagger, stay, stick around, stop, stroll, take one's time, tarry, tool, totter, trail, traipse, trifle, trudge, vacillate, wait, wait around |
Antonyms: |
go, hurry, leave, rush |
| Main Entry: | lumber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily, clumsily |
Synonyms: |
barge, clump, galumph, lump, plod, shamble, shuffle, slog, stump, trudge, trundle, waddle |
| Notes: | what American call lumber, Britons call timber; timbre refers to the quality of sound |
Antonyms: |
glide |