| Main Entry: | slog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plod |
Synonyms: |
bear down, buckle down, drag, drudge, flounder, grind, labor, lumber, plough through, plug, schlepp, slave, stomp, sweat*, toil, tramp, trample, trudge |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault physically |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggress, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean, beat, beset, besiege, biff, blast, blister, boff, bombard, boot, bop, brain*, bust, charge, chop down, clip, clock, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup, lay siege to, light into, molest, mug, overwhelm, pounce upon, punch, raid, rush, set upon, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, take the offensive, turn on, wallop, whop |
Antonyms: |
aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain |
| Main Entry: | criticize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disapprove, judge as bad |
Synonyms: |
animadvert on, bash, blame, blast, blister, carp, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, clobber, come down on, condemn, cut down, cut to bits, cut up, denounce, denunciate, disparage, do a number on, dress down, excoriate, find fault, fluff, fulminate against, fustigate, give bad press, hit, jump on, knock*, lambaste*, nag at, nit-pick, pan, pick at, rap, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, reprove, rip*, roast, scathe, scorch*, skin alive, skin*, slam*, slog, slug, take down, trash*, trim*, zap |
Antonyms: |
approve, compliment, laud, praise |
| 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: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strike, bump |
Synonyms: |
bang, bat, bell-ringer, belt, blow, bonk, box*, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clip, clout, collision, cuff, fisticuff, glance, impact, knock, lick*, one-two punch, paste, pat, plunk, punch, rap, roundhouse, shock, shot, slap, slog, smack, smash, sock, spank, stroke, swat, swing, swipe, tap, uppercut, wallop, whammy, whop, zap, zinger |
| 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 |
| 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: | slave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
Synonyms: |
be servile, drudge, grind, grovel, grub, muck, plod, skivvy, slog, toil, work fingers to bone |
Antonyms: |
be lazy |
| Main Entry: | tramp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy walk |
Synonyms: |
cruise, excursion, expedition, footfall, footstep, hike, jaunt, march, ramble, saunter, slog, stomp, stroll, tour, traipse, tread, trek, turn, walking trip |
Antonyms: |
tiptoeing |