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What is another word for
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Adjective
Progressing slowly and laboriously
Lacking in speed
Not able to be tired
Plain as the nose on your face
Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort
Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties
Taking place or progressing slowly or by degrees
Noun
Tedious, menial and exhausting work
Verb
Present participle for walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps
Present participle for to apply great and continuous effort
Present participle for to move very slowly (towards something)
Present participle for work slowly and perseveringly at a dull task
Present participle for to be in motion by moving one's feet in a slow and alternative manner
Present participle for idle away time
Present participle for to walk with effort through water or another liquid or viscous substance
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Adjective
▲
Progressing slowly and laboriously
dull
tedious
ponderous
slow
laboured
UK
labored
US
steady
slow but sure
slow-moving
boring
monotonous
humdrum
pedestrian
dreary
tiresome
wearisome
dry
flat
uninteresting
stale
tame
tiring
wearying
jejune
numbing
mind-numbing
heavy
stodgy
drab
ho-hum
colorless
US
stuffy
jading
arid
old
drudging
dusty
monochromatic
colourless
UK
unexciting
weary
leaden
stupid
uneventful
mundane
prosaic
commonplace
lifeless
routine
banal
run-of-the-mill
ordinary
uninspired
unimaginative
repetitious
insipid
banausic
blah
unremarkable
workaday
repetitive
bland
unvaried
vapid
unvarying
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
monotone
dim
turgid
everyday
trite
stilted
uninspiring
unoriginal
derivative
hackneyed
wooden
stiff
soporific
dullsville
mediocre
lacking variety
bromidic
common
average
matter-of-fact
dull as dishwater
undistinguished
laborious
normal
pedantic
dead
spiritless
forced
monochrome
mechanical
samey
vanilla
characterless
tired
interminable
featureless
fatiguing
nothing
sluggish
plain vanilla
deadly
unenjoyable
unentertaining
draggy
prolix
prosy
no great shakes
common or garden
dry as dust
dreich
not up to much
treadmill
deadly dull
ho hum
big yawn
as dry as dust
longwinded
long-winded
unnatural
awkward
artificial
clumsy
serious
stolid
solemn
heavy-going
formal
trying
staid
quiet
sleepy
slack
depressed
downcast
passionless
unstimulating
soulless
lame
verbose
fuddy-duddy
stagnant
yawn producing
weighty
vacuous
unspirited
yawnsome
irksome
unchanging
quotidian
day-to-day
cardboard
barren
unproductive
unprogressive
inactive
uniform
usual
typical
customary
regular
heavy going
unpoetic
nitty-gritty
literal
terrestrial
unemotional
unsentimental
unvarnished
plain
factual
unembellished
clear
unadorned
lacking variation
deadening
lacking excitement
lacking interest
one-horse
mindless
dull as ditchwater
deadpan
a dime a dozen
white-bread
toneless
garden variety
garden-variety
worn-out
ornery
hard to digest
soul-destroying
unrelieved
dead-and-alive
middling
indifferent
overlong
without variety
inconspicuous
monotonic
all the same
reiterated
recurrent
sing-song
samely
unchanged
weariful
pabulum
dragging
mortal
enervating
exhausting
poky
snooze
unexceptional
unmemorable
dismal
endless
nowhere
depressing
flat as pancake
amateur
amateurish
puts one to sleep
long-drawn-out
unspectacular
nothing out of the ordinary
uncreative
half-pie
bog-standard
OK
so-so
wishy-washy
platitudinous
inane
truistic
not so hot
nothing to write home about
sterile
anaemic
UK
nondescript
anemic
US
weak
feeble
bloodless
limp
apathetic
torpid
neutral
flavourless
UK
flavorless
US
listless
vacant
expressionless
tasteless
zero
zestless
unpalatable
unanimated
conventional
innocuous
watery
no-nonsense
sober
milk-and-water
emotionless
lusterless
pallid
gray
US
grey
UK
inoffensive
muted
antiseptic
unimpassioned
static
uncomic
cold
subdued
indistinctive
impassive
down-to-earth
passive
humourless
UK
pointless
hacky
languid
humorless
US
lustreless
inexpressive
empty
unamusing
uninterested
distasteful
somber
US
unappetizing
unappealing
simple
sedate
sombre
UK
predictable
unsavoury
UK
unfeeling
inert
square
blank
middle-of-the-road
mild
namby-pamby
straightforward
practical
straight
unresponsive
phlegmatic
unsavory
US
conservative
hollow
unpretentious
desiccated
grave
unobjectionable
uninviting
dulled
run of the mill
lethargic
disagreeable
unpleasant
inedible
undemonstrative
unattractive
beige
level-headed
hard-headed
uneatable
unexceptionable
unenthusiastic
noncommittal
numb
faceless
driveling
US
drivelling
UK
realistic
plebeian
pragmatic
insensitive
businesslike
anodyne
safe
soft
pathetic
sapless
stock
half-hearted
hardheaded
pragmatical
indecisive
calm
difficult
stern
earthy
flat tire
gross
grim
unfunny
severe
enervated
unidealistic
droning
cold-blooded
uncomedic
unwitty
matte
clean
mat
unsmiling
off-putting
earnest
non-stimulating
harmless
unadventurous
disgusting
stereotyped
serious-minded
constant
threadbare
restrained
repeated
familiar
undistinctive
ineffectual
well-worn
tepid
stoical
nauseating
glassy
savourless
rational
sensible
yucky
unromantic
unobtrusive
clichéd
loathsome
revolting
faithful
stoic
institutional
ineffective
peaceful
desolate
frigid
slothful
nasty
foul
commonsensical
backwoods
iterative
benumbed
placid
lackadaisical
standard
unexcitable
unseasoned
unmoved
ceaseless
reiterative
insistent
continual
languorous
understated
dispassionate
spineless
impassible
wimpy
savorless
outdated
lacking in vitality
sick-making
old-fashioned
lowly
unostentatious
affectless
watered-down
corny
irresolute
old hat
unembroidered
undistorted
unaffected
exact
lukewarm
intense
sullen
straight-thinking
repressed
lazy
droopy
archaic
antediluvian
humble
out of date
antiquated
unflashy
low-keyed
languishing
mournful
elementary
dour
sour
outmoded
passé
unconcerned
hard-boiled
cowardly
down
behind the times
homely
dowdy
austere
out of the ark
low-key
with both feet on the ground
toned-down
folksy
miserable
long
literal-minded
prosing
usual thing
pompous
dry-as-dust
indistinct
unmodulated
unlively
unpassioned
earthbound
shiftless
annoying
irritating
bummer
moth-eaten
bomb
drag
cloying
drear
menial
sickening
clinical
uninventive
unartistic
wordy
unfulfilling
disheartening
unsatisfying
demoralizing
US
crude
meagre
UK
simplistic
meager
US
vexatious
boresome
glassy-eyed
not fun
least
Milquetoast
repugnant
derived
over-serious
frustrating
workday
unspecial
logical
lacking vitality
useless
duplicative
backward
vile
poor
inadequate
general
futile
two-dimensional
comatose
unnoteworthy
unfateful
noneventful
inconclusive
cautious
in the doldrums
generic
bleak
raw
dispiriting
wintry
US
wintery
UK
oppressive
sorrowful
damp
windy
profitless
vain
unambitious
noisome
circumspect
fatuous
tenuous
nebbish
slight
unexpressive
unexcited
spent
fishy
standard-issue
cut-and-dry
cut-and-dried
reserved
prudent
demoralising
UK
unrewarding
uninflected
backwater
anonymous
hack
trivial
puerile
chary
whitebread
blind
devoid of feeling
devoid of emotion
waterish
nerdy
fruitless
worthless
overused
lacking personality
lacking charisma
overworked
attentive
thin
accustomed
mainstream
valueless
unprofitable
purposeless
aimless
actual
practicable
yawn
diddly
prose
timid
diluted
halfhearted
unmotivated
catatonic
effete
unidentified
unspecified
glazed
subtle
incomprehensible
inarticulate
incoherent
run-of-the mill
gingerly
wary
considerate
careful
heedful
calculating
lead balloon
unavailing
bootless
otiose
unsuccessful
inefficacious
abortive
neither one thing nor the other
light
discreet
boiled down
without punch
wet
limp-wristed
weak-kneed
sobersided
bovine
unflavoured
drawly
regimented
dense
unreadable
unfruitful
unfilled
unprolific
unenterprising
matter-of- fact
unsympathetic
puritanical
douce
strict
supine
obsolete
wimpish
weakened
nerveless
frail
invertebrate
weakling
unnoticeable
unkind
indolent
coldhearted
not amounting to much
anaesthetic
UK
insensible
anesthetic
US
unflappable
defunct
unpleasurable
leery
badly written
governmental
utilitarian
rudimentary
corporate
functional
ugly
extinct
innocent
twangy
imitative
twanging
callous
numbed
stony
asleep
inhuman
po-faced
unhumorous
repulsive
superannuated
desensitized
US
groggy
disinterested
tranquil
uninvolved
uncompassionate
lymphatic
hoary
uncharismatic
cliché-ridden
timeworn
senseless
anesthetized
US
yucko
along for the ride
desensitised
UK
detached
without spice
big zero
peaceable
unoffending
vacillating
wavering
antwacky
played out
time-worn
worn out
cut and dried
retiring
drawling
brackish
detestable
yukky
abhorrent
anaesthetized
UK
paralysed
UK
paralyzed
US
still
frequentative
standard issue
unrefined
robust
unsophisticated
rough
natural
grody
unenticing
stinky
icky
forgettable
innoxious
nonprovocative
meek
direct
uninhibited
slavish
inelaborate
pure and simple
normophilic
uncluttered
unornamented
rustic
your basic
modest
unelaborate
uncomplicated
undecorated
submissive
melancholic
dispirited
despondent
mopy
low
dejected
melancholy
white
non-aggressive
non-violent
benign
non-combative
hurtless
stark
nameless
blue
disconsolate
gutless
dopey
broken
sad
drippy
inanimate
downhearted
withdrawn
tempered
pensive
fogeyish
out-of-date
backward-looking
crusty
gentle
friendly
pleasant
frank
chastened
creaky
mouldy
UK
old-fogeyish
controlled
home folk
basic
homey
funky
lowbred
easygoing
lusty
down home
outdoorsy
dated
antique
fusty
moldy
US
past it
old-time
inobtrusive
down in the mouth
down in the dumps
cast down
lacking originality
naked
accurate
impersonal
feasible
truthful
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Adjective
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Lacking in speed
slow
unhurried
leisurely
sluggish
creeping
dawdling
deliberate
lagging
measured
easy
slow-moving
laggard
ponderous
leaden
loitering
moderate
gentle
relaxed
sedate
slow-going
steady
comfortable
dilatory
labored
US
laboured
UK
lazy
sluggardly
tardy
tortoise-like
undemanding
unrushed
crawling
dallying
dillydallying
dragging
languid
leaden-footed
lethargic
listless
pokey
poking
poky
snaillike
snail-like
snail-paced
behindhand
idle
lackadaisical
laggy
late
lollygagging
slothful
torpid
apathetic
delaying
dreamy
drowsy
imperceptible
indolent
inert
passive
phlegmatic
postponing
procrastinating
tortoiselike
remiss
supine
heavy
slack
inactive
laid-back
stagnant
sleepy
cumbersome
slow-paced
gradual
lumbering
easy-going
slow-footed
leisured
restful
easygoing
lax
dull
slow and steady
lumpish
casual
relaxing
nonchalant
calm
unhasty
patient
effortless
lingering
languorous
chilled
good-for-nothing
shiftless
loafing
unexciting
lifeless
workshy
work-shy
negligent
drony
otiose
fainéant
resting
bone idle
hulking
lubberly
overgrown
elephantine
bovine
lead-footed
heavy-footed
shambling
spiritless
unenergetic
enervated
indifferent
somnolent
tired
impassive
limp
careless
inattentive
dormant
uninterested
comatose
lymphatic
fatigued
quiescent
dopey
slumberous
aimless
incompetent
weary
do-nothing
unenthusiastic
inefficient
irresponsible
blah
unambitious
faineant
languishing
worthless
weak
inept
unconcerned
dozy
pococurante
lacking in energy
unenterprising
useless
feckless
feeble
lukewarm
snoozy
insouciant
half-hearted
heedless
neglectful
effete
energyless
unresponsive
quiet
slapdash
moony
offhand
draggy
yawny
hebetudinous
laid back
asthenic
logy
neurasthenic
regardless
insensible
sluggard
abstracted
passionless
unindustrious
unmotivated
vigourless
no-good
no-account
sedentary
derelict
uncaring
spineless
daydreaming
Laodicean
disregardful
static
motionless
lousy
heavy-eyed
bloodless
sleeping
slap-happy
slipshod
half asleep
narcotic
stupefied
down
disinterested
delinquent
neglecting
sloppy
exhausted
stupid
stuporous
nebbish
sleepyhead
stolid
carefree
cold
procrastinative
unoccupied
out of it
insensitive
lacking energy
without energy
ne'er-do-well
flat
depressed
vigorless
yielding
pointless
surplus
irrelevant
hollow
sterile
superfluous
nodding
dozing
shirking
slumbrous
debilitated
acquiescent
submissive
docile
servile
pliant
droopy
blahs
pining
dead
vacant
soporous
soporose
vegetating
mopish
peaceful
bone-idle
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
stretchy
unmoving
wimpy
absent
neutral
bored
disorganized
US
disorderly
unworksome
unaspiring
hibernating
drugged
asleep at the wheel
disorganised
UK
slovenly
asleep on the job
unprofessional
permissive
having spring fever
sleepyheaded
stiff
mooney
sullen
off
drippy
inconscious
out
unfeeling
unanimated
parasitic
vegged out
dead to the world
out to lunch
out cold
wishy-washy
bland
unemotional
vapid
ineffectual
improvident
unkind
coldhearted
anaesthetic
UK
anesthetic
US
numb
deceitful
untrustworthy
dubious
dishonest
suspicious
devious
directionless
hopeless
futile
benumbed
hamstrung
inexpedient
inefficacious
counterproductive
ineffective
drained
paralyzed
US
sodden
latent
paralysed
UK
unthinking
shot
spent
cavalier
meaningless
incautious
unpurposed
fustian
uncareful
unreliable
reckless
wild
artless
detached
unstudied
blasé
backward
unmindful
thoughtless
unheeding
barratrous
forgetful
wearied
sapped
dead tired
worn out
weakened
wooden
beat
shattered
pooped
tired out
kaput
loose
cursory
flippant
superficial
complacent
light
cool
disimpassioned
breezy
time-wasting
unpunctual
happy-go-lucky
devil-may-care
free and easy
simple
informal
blameworthy
culpable
defaultant
woolgathering
inconsistent
oscitant
reprehensible
putting off
tarrying
moratory
problem
flagging
incurious
sentimental
romantic
laissez-faire
halfhearted
easy going
at fault
spring fever
asleep at switch
any which way
any old way
asleep on job
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Adjective
▲
Not able to be tired
untiring
indefatigable
tireless
unflagging
energetic
industrious
vigorous
constant
determined
dogged
dynamic
enthusiastic
forceful
Herculean
incessant
keen
persevering
persistent
spirited
staunch
steady
unfaltering
unremitting
unwearied
zealous
intense
stout
dedicated
devoted
inexhaustible
patient
pertinacious
resolute
strong
tenacious
unceasing
unfailing
unshakeable
unswerving
unwavering
weariless
continued
continuing
fireball
firm
go-go
grind
hyper
indomitable
jumping
perky
plugging
undeterred
unflinching
unrelenting
unstinted
eager beaver
steadfast
relentless
assiduous
diligent
unwearying
undeviating
active
single-minded
sedulous
unyielding
enduring
hard-working
sustained
stubborn
eager
purposeful
driven
unending
resolved
insistent
fixed
obstinate
continuous
continual
perpetual
unshakable
conscientious
endless
strenuous
laborious
committed
ceaseless
eternal
never-ending
nonstop
interminable
studious
uninterrupted
unbroken
everlasting
unabating
non-stop
intent
inexorable
running
unrelieved
immovable
unflappable
ball of fire
obdurate
abiding
persisting
bound and determined
dead set on
painstaking
busy
unabated
lasting
perseverant
decided
unfluctuating
unhesitating
rigorous
on the go
bustling
unvacillating
never-tiring
sure
set
unqualified
operose
unshaken
regular
unvarying
importunate
unchanging
never-failing
round-the-clock
intransigent
dead set
undaunted
careful
attentive
focused
US
earnest
thorough
pigheaded
punctilious
uncompromising
meticulous
hardworking
exacting
headstrong
particular
perennial
engaged
swotty
permanent
bound
employed
working
ongoing
stiff-necked
day-and-night
focussed
UK
hard-nosed
hanging tough
recurrent
timeless
even
uniform
consistent
monotonous
solid
pat
stop at nothing
interminate
invariant
brick-wall
round the clock
set in stone
uncomplaining
long-suffering
unstinting
loyal
unretiring
stalwart
involved
valiant
steely
bullheaded
gritty
mettlesome
unbending
willful
wilful
diehard
game
heedful
remorseless
hell-bent
ironclad
unsinkable
ultra-careful
demanding
unwaning
frequent
strong-minded
self-willed
strong-willed
full of determination
with one's shoulder to the wheel
with one's nose to the grindstone
habitual
repeated
undying
recurring
prolonged
ageless
faithful
accurate
tied-up
close
hopping
correct
searching
elaborate
occupied
minute
iron-willed
grim
chronic
slogging
unstoppable
perseverative
pedantic
strict
religious
fussy
scrupulous
grinding
whiz
staying
repetitive
nose to grindstone
implacable
imperishable
sticky
unappeasable
never-ceasing
long-lasting
mulish
unquestioning
wholehearted
around-the-clock
oft-repeated
in for long haul
like bad penny
stout-hearted
tough nut
bent on
meaning business
never give up
world-without-end
amaranthine
going all the way
day and night
on a treadmill
immortal
infinite
dateless
boundless
without end
deathless
limitless
unfading
unlimited
consecutive
unbounded
indestructible
immeasurable
perdurable
illimitable
sempiternal
indefinite
measureless
incalculable
great
untold
immutable
vast
immense
no end to
no end of
stable
bottomless
undivided
inestimable
without limit
fathomless
immensurable
unfathomable
horizonless
without respite
always-on
forever
connected
aeonian
changeless
never-changing
overlong
termless
undisturbed
undiminished
protracted
long
successive
unchanged
untroubled
fast
direct
inextinguishable
lifelong
neverending
without interruption
abundant
abounding
long-lived
durable
extensive
24-hour
without stopping
cosmic
predictable
periodical
periodic
countless
dependable
reliable
indeterminate
numberless
old
longstanding
invariable
immemorial
always
unchangeable
no strings
steady-going
no holds barred
ever-abiding
unsparing
cursive
unalleviated
hard
harsh
stern
irrepressible
lengthy
unquenchable
lingering
without ceasing
inevitable
inescapable
irrevocable
unavoidable
never-dying
maintained
nagging
undestroyed
ever-enduring
24/7
all day long
extended
closed
pushy
unended
unintermitted
unsuppressible
sound
stationary
unconfined
straight
smooth
unsurpassable
self-perpetuating
multitudinous
regularized
US
standardised
UK
regularised
UK
long-winded
agelong
atemporal
unruffled
profound
deep
progressive
drawn out
drawn-out
at all times
all day and all night
unbottomed
tremendous
inveterate
beyond measure
long-drawn-out
wearisome
stretched out
standardized
US
unrestricted
total
same
rigid
equable
inflexible
static
stabile
annual
returning
yearlong
yearly
seasonal
boring
dragging
rhythmic
through
straightforward
in succession
with no let-up
sustainable
renewable
tedious
seemingly endless
wide open
no strings attached
no catch
long-term
for ever and ever
nonrandom
rambling
ponderous
meandering
undefined
deep-rooted
remaining
long-standing
indelible
surviving
without a break
without surcease
ingrained
secure
established
huge
uncalculable
unbound
looped
dull
all-year-round
irreversible
innumerable
myriad
incomprehensible
wide-open
strung out
spun out
dragged out
inexpungible
indissoluble
not stopping
having no end
till the cows come home
in for the long haul
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Plain as the nose on your face
cut-and-dried
anticipated
clear
expected
foreseen
hackneyed
obvious
plain
predictable
plain as a pikestaff
plain as the nose on your face
Adjective
▲
Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort
onerous
arduous
demanding
taxing
burdensome
crushing
hard
heavy
laborious
difficult
exacting
exhausting
oppressive
troublesome
weighty
formidable
awkward
back-breaking
gruelling
UK
inconvenient
severe
strenuous
toilsome
trying
exigent
grave
Herculean
responsible
tiring
uphill
wearing
challenging
fatiguing
grueling
US
killing
persnickety
punishing
stiff
stressful
wearisome
backbreaking
irksome
austere
cumbersome
distressing
embittering
excessive
galling
grinding
headache
intolerable
merciless
overpowering
overtaxing
painful
ponderous
pressing
rigorous
serious
tedious
time-consuming
tiresome
vexatious
tough
rough
murderous
harsh
testing
rugged
draining
wearying
grievous
sapping
herculean
effortful
moiling
brutal
killer
excruciating
hellacious
sweaty
tall
grim
knackering
hellish
cruel
debilitating
enervating
Augean
stringent
crippling
pick-and-shovel
relentless
labored
US
laboured
UK
harrowing
torturous
fierce
unsparing
operose
bothersome
bitter
worrying
inhuman
strict
searing
ambitious
agonizing
US
hardhanded
hairy
enervative
depleting
tricky
disturbing
worrisome
agonising
UK
vigorous
bruising
thorny
unpleasant
unbearable
unremitting
forbidding
traumatic
sticky
toilful
daunting
tortuous
upsetting
energy-consuming
colossal
intense
shattering
savage
really hard
superincumbent
knotty
painstaking
no picnic
draconian
hectic
mighty
hefty
unforgiving
heavy-handed
solemn
nerve-racking
distressful
extreme
unrelenting
gargantuan
critical
despotic
spartan
uncomfortable
tormenting
imperious
awful
tyrannical
very hard
domineering
tough going
weary
problematic
monumental
inexorable
frustrating
pressured
tight
stern
fraught
impressive
dire
vexing
rigid
bleak
pitiless
exasperating
disagreeable
ruthless
mean
gigantic
authoritarian
staggering
upstream
intimidating
hazardous
prostrating
impossible
unyielding
titanic
flinty
slavish
difficile
tense
forceful
Sisyphean
bold
slow
anxious
unreasonable
abusive
grandiose
boring
overwhelming
drudging
steep
prickly
delicate
daring
punitive
immoderate
aggressive
dictatorial
unfair
racking
murder
dour
repressive
extravagant
agitating
dangerous
wicked
lofty
insufferable
tyrannous
worksome
unjust
almighty
energetic
problematical
ticklish
perilous
chancy
concerning
dodgy
iffy
dark
precarious
bad
nasty
backbreaker
uncompromising
wretched
immense
jarring
busy
unfriendly
dubious
hostile
suspect
questionable
prohibitive
unendurable
ironhanded
ramrod
large-scale
ferocious
high-pressure
troubling
very difficult
hard-hearted
hard-nosed
anxiety-ridden
huge
stretching
exorbitant
a nuisance
physical
massive
dreadful
an imposition
overburdening
carking
protracted
lengthy
hardworking
withering
searching
mammoth
prodigious
thoroughgoing
strained
dogged
nagging
drastic
aggravating
major
Spartan
shocking
heroic
courageous
careful
hypercritical
thorough
precise
nit-picking
pestilent
exerting
large order
heavy sledding
complex
complicated
profound
confused
concentrated
intensive
abstruse
stormy
te
recondite
sensitive
controversial
inflexible
a stinker of a
firm
by the book
intransigent
brassbound
audacious
ominous
unpermissive
dicey
easier said than done
high-impact
torturesome
drudgy
vicious
unnerving
scabrous
uphill battle
hard-won
marathon
problem
not easy
like getting blood out of a stone
discomforting
violent
maleficent
brutish
wolfish
truculent
sadistic
barbaric
cast-iron
hard-line
timewasting
inefficient
long
heightened
barbarous
unfeeling
unkind
callous
autocratic
unrealistic
industrious
chastening
fiendishly difficult
inhumane
intolerant
heartless
unsympathetic
undemocratic
grand
elaborate
intrepid
suppressive
insensitive
unmerciful
improbable
ballsy
brash
idealistic
unfeasible
tremendously difficult
very challenging
implacable
pretentious
visionary
unpitying
illiberal
fanciful
unreal
iron-fisted
humourless
UK
sedate
humorless
US
staid
sober
sobersided
poignant
heartbreaking
unlikely
overbearing
coercive
anti-democratic
magnificent
disquieting
heart-rending
unsmiling
obdurate
no-nonsense
uncomic
astringent
far-fetched
difficult to achieve
high-handed
overweening
peremptory
chronophagous
yukky
hurtful
unwelcome
unhappy
sour
miserable
rotten
distasteful
unpalatable
yucky
afflicting
heartrending
chilling
displeasing
uncongenial
unlovely
unpleasing
unsavory
US
tragic
sad
hard-boiled
hard-shell
disheartening
gloomy
discouraging
sombre
UK
dispiriting
dismal
depressive
somber
US
depressing
confining
icky
sore
remorseless
mortifying
great
po-faced
unsavoury
UK
intemperate
provoking
annoying
inclement
offensive
calamitous
afflictive
frantic
chaotic
rough going
active
eventful
frenzied
frenetic
lively
gut-wrenching
turbulent
restless
flustering
animated
madhouse
tireless
full
tumultuous
riotous
furious
bustling
wild
full on
unruly
spirited
rowdy
action-packed
bumpy
raucous
maddening
terrible
pesky
irritating
infuriating
niggling
plaguy
pestiferous
pestilential
troublous
perturbing
harassing
unsettling
rankling
intractable
ungovernable
objectionable
infernal
irking
abrasive
riling
ugly
unmanageable
chafing
nettling
nettlesome
peeving
incommodious
confounded
undisciplined
disorderly
recalcitrant
wayward
puzzling
rebarbative
cussed
pesty
plaguey
powerful
unrelaxing
uncharitable
high
grating
no piece of cake
repugnant
swingeing
sky-high
inflated
extortionate
enraging
lamentable
deplorable
antagonizing
US
harrying
disappointing
ghastly
foul
horrible
horrid
vile
iniquitous
inordinate
outrageous
teasing
festering
antipathetic
appalling
atrocious
frightful
horrendous
abominable
unsatisfying
unattractive
antagonising
UK
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
grotty
insupportable
perverse
lousy
beastly
improper
discomposing
mystifying
from hell
unacceptable
egregious
importunate
infestive
alarming
damaging
messy
bewildering
intricate
incomprehensible
convoluted
perplexing
baffling
confounding
beyond bearing
not to be borne
a bummer of a
disobedient
rebellious
dysfunctional
defiant
delinquent
socially impaired
belligerent
willful
self-willed
naughty
badly behaved
uncooperative
impudent
erratic
errant
hot-tempered
disturbed
disruptive
badly-behaved
misbehaving
whiny
roguish
sullen
cantankerous
undisciplinable
loudmouthed
contumacious
ill-behaved
bellicose
incorrigible
insolent
maladjusted
rude
confrontational
combative
argumentative
malicious
ill-disciplined
mischievous
pugnacious
unrestrainable
uncontrollable
stubborn
scrappy
uncompliant
rascally
insubordinate
uncontainable
peevish
devilish
petulant
indocile
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties
diligent
industrious
active
assiduous
busy
conscientious
careful
earnest
laborious
persistent
sedulous
attentive
indefatigable
painstaking
persevering
tireless
dedicated
meticulous
studious
exacting
particular
punctilious
rigorous
thorough
dogged
driven
heedful
intent
tenacious
unflagging
untiring
zealous
committed
constant
engaged
pertinacious
steadfast
bustling
eager
employed
unrelenting
operose
persisting
plugging
slogging
swotty
working
hard-working
eager beaver
determined
resolute
scrupulous
occupied
tied-up
unwavering
hopping
purposeful
fussy
strict
single-minded
steady
keen
minute
ultra-careful
close
accurate
religious
exact
searching
unswerving
staunch
correct
pedantic
unremitting
patient
methodical
stubborn
firm
nice
fastidious
obstinate
relentless
enthusiastic
focused
US
energetic
elaborate
insistent
detailed
precise
faithful
strenuous
spirited
unfaltering
finicky
dynamic
persnickety
unshakeable
focussed
UK
obdurate
devoted
demanding
unwearied
intense
wholehearted
hardworking
loving
on the job
perfectionist
unyielding
ardent
punctual
fixed
undeviating
resolved
engrossed
at work
ambitious
enterprising
passionate
on the go
bound and determined
dutiful
hard at work
loyal
perseverant
stalwart
uncompromising
inexhaustible
forceful
immovable
involved
nitpicking
unshakable
pernickety
conscionable
weariless
motivated
unflinching
unwearying
observant
vigorous
strong-willed
regardful
stiff-necked
intransigent
picky
bound
importunate
absorbed
tied up
hard-pressed
hard at it
on the hop
aggressive
at it
stop at nothing
concentrated
rushed off your feet
bold
assertive
indomitable
alert
unfailing
enduring
watchful
dependable
mathematical
hard
thoughtful
finical
militant
devout
proper
concentrating
never-tiring
fervent
overnice
thoroughgoing
bullheaded
listening
complete
exhaustive
sincere
aspiring
hair-splitting
pledged
strong
tough
hanging tough
full
inexorable
preoccupied
sworn
true
stout
immersed
cautious
interested
solid
self-willed
full of determination
dead set
deliberate
ball of fire
circumspect
overloaded
vigilant
rigid
snowed
mad keen
deep-dyed
true blue
busy as a bee
by the numbers
by the book
fast
card-carrying
wrapped up
on the move
in harness
dyed-in-the-wool
hard-driving
out-and-out
self-driven
up to one's ears
goal-oriented
busy as a beaver
go-getting
have one's hands full
self-starting
undaunted
arduous
unceasing
fussbudget
stickler
circumstantial
restless
unending
unretiring
grinding
whiz
Herculean
hard-nosed
pigheaded
headstrong
valiant
steely
fine
delicate
pinpoint
mettlesome
unshaken
gritty
unbending
unflappable
hairline
refined
microscopic
daring
radical
perky
incessant
jumping
unstinting
grind
hyper
right
strong-minded
duteous
stickling
striving
focused on
utilised
UK
utilized
US
judicious
orderly
provident
upright
reliable
with one's shoulder to the wheel
with one's nose to the grindstone
intensive
spot-on
on the trot
too much on plate
head over heels
clocked up
sure
inflexible
adamant
concerned
prim
crossing the t's
white-glove
dotting the i's
nit-picky
fanatical
implacable
cohesive
selfdisciplined
discreet
chary
through and through
fervid
hanging in
playing safe
time-poor
lively
unsinkable
remorseless
hell-bent
ironclad
in-depth
good
pious
stanch
coherent
rock-ribbed
whole
walking on eggs
slaving
in demand
on the run
having enough on one's plate
having a full plate
hustling
harried
having fish to fry
efficient
having many irons in the fire
entire
set
possessive
mulish
sturdy
spunky
unforgetful
true-blue
down-the-line
as keen as mustard
single-hearted
old faithful
given over to
true to the end
going to great lengths
minding p's and q's
heart and soul into
hungry
meaning business
total
sticky
competitive
exclusive
avid
confident
ruthless
thirsty
desirous
nose to grindstone
dead set on
cutthroat
decisive
sustained
feisty
ferocious
inspired
unabated
progressive
bloodthirsty
pioneering
pushy
stringent
assured
stilted
decorous
stiff
ceremonious
formal
starchy
unbroken
undistracted
collective
fierce
warlike
gladiatorial
defiant
brutal
scrappy
unadulterated
unmitigated
absolute
unshared
unreserved
consistent
unqualified
unalloyed
serious
scholarly
intellectual
academic
in for long haul
like bad penny
united
consummate
self-asserting
self-assertive
hang-tough
full-blooded
intensely competitive
iron-willed
high-pressure
go for broke
in-your-face
self-seeking
self-assured
can-do
fiercely competitive
power-loving
gung ho
get up and go
high-reaching
power-hungry
having killer instinct
self-possessed
self-confident
cut-throat
dog-eat-dog
unanimous
continued
concerted
civil
seemly
formalistic
conventional
overconscientious
overscrupulous
polite
courteous
engagé
attached
adherent
all
lock stock and barrel
undivided
bookish
unavailable
erudite
learned
right on
good eye
red-hot
taken
book-loving
donnish
brainy
meditative
reflective
signed
labouring
UK
selected
hired
operating
laboring
US
inked
have a prior engagement
on assignment
have a previous engagement
with a customer
tied down
cerebral
contemplative
well-read
lettered
well-informed
bookworm
grubbing
on board
in place
on duty
in use
in collar
plugging away
mindful
aware
on the payroll
in a job
percipient
perceptive
heeding
acute
noticing
rapt
deep
awake
tentie
tenty
reckful
on the ball
open-eyed
wide awake
on your toes
paying attention
wide-awake
on the lookout
not missing a trick
on one's toes
beady-eyed
on the qui vive
on guard
listening carefully
Argus-eyed
wilful
opinionated
hardened
willful
perverse
intractable
hardheaded
adamantine
decided
courageous
plucky
gutsy
indurate
brave
ossified
inconvincible
self-opinionated
pat
refractory
hardy
unhesitating
bull-headed
recalcitrant
stout-hearted
intrepid
emphatic
bloody-minded
fearless
unmalleable
unbendable
contumacious
heroic
grim
unpersuadable
bent
uncooperative
game
bent on
balky
iron
lionhearted
gallant
cantankerous
hard-line
settled
rugged
manful
contrary
cussed
robust
purposive
unreasonable
bent upon
audacious
resilient
valorous
stable
hearty
stubborn as a mule
lusty
obsessed
unmanageable
adventurous
sound
incompliant
unmovable
froward
set on
nervy
unafraid
stouthearted
bulldog
imperious
do-or-die
hardline
ballsy
die-hard
cross-grained
diehard
dauntless
domineering
hell-bent on
hell-bent upon
bolshie
positive
unchanging
difficult
exigent
pressing
four-square
uncompliant
clamorous
out
urgent
substantial
muscular
entreating
cast-iron
unappeasable
toughened
authoritative
clamant
burning
durable
set in one's ways
peremptory
doughty
wrong-headed
locked in
pig-headed
imperative
powerful
dogmatic
unswervable
unshrinking
ornery
restive
rebellious
insubordinate
hard and fast
untoward
venturous
heroical
brassbound
win-or-lose
inured
unalterable
resistant
harsh
unfearful
definite
winner-take-all
zero-sum
have-a-go
lion-hearted
capable
heavy-duty
continuous
able-bodied
inveterate
as game as Ned Kelly
deaf to reason
crying
dire
fiery
unaccommodating
awkward
overbearing
vehement
stony
compulsive
resounding
unadaptable
obsessive
all-or-nothing
monomaniacal
independent
irrepressible
unsparing
narrow-minded
stroppy
mighty
brassy
hard-wearing
secure
spartan
heavy
trusty
frightless
dashing
stern
immutable
daredevil
mean
merciless
undauntable
categorical
obstreperous
mule
contrarious
sporting
strapping
venturesome
adventuresome
greathearted
gutty
locked
tight
opinionative
unfearing
athletic
hard-core
hard-bitten
certain
dominant
never-failing
hale
single-minded about
firm about
brick-wall
not giving an inch
able
brawny
intent on
seasoned
stand pat
tough nut
set in stone
obsessive about
inflexible about
insistent on
hang tough
well-built
fixated on
fanatical about
hard as nails
determined to
strongly made
well-made
stupid
repeated
self-disciplined
high-stake
bravehearted
unbudgeable
firmly-based
direct
mullish
hardboiled
buckled down
hellbent
violent
pleading
overconfident
straight
unfluctuating
dour
formidable
impassioned
responsible
tried
tried-and-true
great
beseeching
begging
commanding
redoubtable
noncompliant
high-powered
unvacillating
cruel
cocky
impavid
bullish
stiffened
unblinking
immoveable
red-blooded
vital
pitiless
impassive
persuasive
self-motivated
renitent
high-spirited
imposing
cool
non-compliant
abiding
unquestioning
unstoppable
unintimidated
severe
stony-hearted
unchangeable
unimpressionable
telelogical
calculated
immalleable
unswayable
forward
controlling
sagacious
brisk
unmoved
unimpressible
heady
unbreakable
unforgiving
fire-eating
bossy
unruly
wayward
hulking
husky
beefy
unmodifiable
permanent
quiescent
whole-hearted
impertinent
hardhearted
bullhead
unrepentant
uncompassionate
convinced
unemotional
thrusting
peppery
gingery
temerarious
systematic
wild
instant
emergent
critical
compelling
necessitous
nagging
determinate
in earnest
mean business
collected
composed
thick
thickset
thick-skinned
frisky
sprightly
mettled
prevailing
inexpugnable
iron-fisted
pounding
mortal
hard-headed
go-go
unstinted
continuing
undeterred
fireball
disobedient
incurable
uncontrollable
ungovernable
fractious
orped
cold fish
proof against persuasion
poised
take charge
tried and true
steamroller
powerhouse
tried and tested
explicit
going
going all the way
playing hard ball
dug in
pushful
invincible
through-and-through
hard-and-fast
undisciplined
unquenchable
bitter
furious
granite
hopeful
disturbing
solicitous
annoying
troublesome
suppliant
overeager
harassing
tough nut to crack
with one's feet dug in
pass-fail
sticking to one's guns
with one's toes dug in
high stakes
set in concrete
like a ball of fire
on the make
desiring success
fit
firm in spirit
animated
tough-minded
resourceful
be out for blood
nose to the grindstone
rebel
recusant
consumed
compelled
reiterative
monotonous
tall in the saddle
on one's mettle
intent upon
committed to the idea of
hell bent on
healthy
herolike
death-or-glory
possessed
minding
keen as mustard
two-fisted
self-reliant
out to
fixed upon
anxious to
committed to
intending to
fixed on
obsessed with
resolved on
impatient to
resolved to
decisive about
determined on
galvanized
US
impelled
insoluble
thorny
indocile
unpliable
problematic
knotty
cool-headed
nonmoving
induced
fixated
obsessional
unbudging
difficult to keep down
rolling with punches
quick to recover
quick to bounce back
nonmotile
long-lasting
pushed
steered
guided
impulsive
besetting
galvanised
UK
potent
arrogant
doctrinaire
influential
overly solicitous
immotile
important
imperishable
indestructible
dictatorial
pontifical
significant
fit as a fiddle
acclimatised
UK
well
fighting fit
in fine fettle
acclimatized
US
physically fit
in good condition
hale and hearty
fresh
in rude health
burly
hefty
in good health
in good shape
irremovable
forcible
authoritarian
high-handed
intolerant
arbitrary
stark
immobile
urged on
brash
brazen
unquestionable
downright
unchallengeable
entrenched
opinioned
perduring
impervious
long-continued
made to last
diuturnal
perdurable
magisterial
small-minded
reinforced
sinewy
big
unblenching
puissant
despotic
fascistic
high and mighty
unequivocal
bigoted
prejudiced
cocksure
one-sided
tyrannical
egotistical
dictative
anchored
rooted
well-founded
in fine feather
nailed
quiet
hitched
hooked
situated
unmoving
stationary
still
established
located
devil-may-care
made fast
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Taking place or progressing slowly or by degrees
gradual
moderate
slow
even
piecemeal
regular
steady
unhurried
continuous
measured
progressive
cautious
circumspect
restrained
successive
unspectacular
gentle
systematic
consistent
softly-softly
uniform
bit-by-bit
continuing
creeping
graduate
ongoing
stepwise
bit by bit
little by little
step by step
by degrees
happening slowly
slow but sure
natural
unforced
incremental
spontaneous
free
organic
Noun
▲
Tedious, menial and exhausting work
drudgery
toil
grind
labour
UK
labor
US
travail
moil
work
slavery
chore
donkeywork
drudge
fatigue
yakka
chores
gruntwork
backbreaker
skivvying
tedium
workout
swink
hard
hard work
donkey work
hard labour
donkey-work
menial work
sweated labour
daily grind
hard yakka
menial labor
menial labour
rat race
slog
sweat
exertion
effort
graft
struggle
trouble
endeavor
US
industry
endeavour
UK
pains
elbow grease
strain
burden
tribulation
hassle
trial
blood, sweat and tears
stress
hardship
toiling
diligence
ordeal
pain
treadmill
activity
suffering
grindstone
routine
headache
spadework
energy
hard labor
manual labor
while
uphill battle
expenditure
imposition
tough grind
difficult task
tall order
tough assignment
load
hard graft
adversity
bother
drain
encumbrance
nine-to-five
sweat of one's brow
no picnic
battle
problem
grubwork
moonlight
test
application
torture
difficulty
millstone
agony
killer
beast
striving
weight
job
occupation
bear
anguish
nightmare
heavy labour
UK
uphill struggle
strength
muscle
persistence
heavy labor
US
inconvenience
service
dirty work
blood, swear, and tears
hard slog
task
challenge
squirrel cage
working day
hack work
strife
perseverance
painstaking
conflict
oomph
drag
Herculean task
bore
scutwork
elbow juice
physical effort
employment
slogging
push
conscientiousness
undertaking
duty
long haul
force
salt mines
vigor
US
power
grit
vigour
UK
intensity
operation
value
grunt work
assiduity
tenacity
assiduousness
slaving
privation
distress
tears
scut work
thankless task
determination
attempts
pangs
trials and tribulations
backbreaking work
difficult project
pattern
groove
rut
drill
rote
lockstep
pace
more ❯
“This song, in particular, lacks the energy and dynamism of the previous two singles, merely
plodding
along at its own pace.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps
trudging
clumping
lumbering
stomping
tramping
slogging
stumping
flogging
floundering
stumbling
barging
blundering
bumbling
dragging
galumphing
limping
lumping
pounding
scuffing
scuffling
shambling
shuffling
sloughing
stamping
struggling
treading
tromping
trogging
clomping
dragging oneself
hiking
schlepping
traipsing
trampling
walking
walking heavily
wallowing
plodding along
staggering
hobbling
lurching
tottering
footslogging
trailing
reeling
toiling
trekking
wading
thundering
thumping
teetering
waddling
thudding
doddering
banging
yomping
ambling
grinding
clunking
ploughing
UK
wobbling
sauntering
plowing
US
slouching
faltering
treading heavily
drifting
straggling
marching
strolling
laboring
US
labouring
UK
clopping
swaying
moseying
padding
wandering
trundling
rambling
clonking
crawling
muddling
walking slowly
fighting your way
moving laboriously
dragging your feet
pushing one's way
weaving
galloping
crushing
champing
pressing
clattering
trooping
pitching
walking clumsily
running heavily
stepping
plugging along
fighting
sweating
drudging
treading clumsily
chugging
pushing
lingering
hirpling
wavering
moving with difficulty
falling
gimping
creeping
blundering about
battling
pottering round
pottering about
pottering around
fumbling
groping
confusing
misjudging
hopping
pushing yourself
lolling
moping
loafing
moving clumsily
scrambling
skulking
changing
shifting
walking with a limp
clambering
battling one's way
sputtering
grinding away
walking with difficulty
walking haltingly
walking lamely
walking unevenly
losing your balance
loitering
making one's way with difficulty
shinnying
lagging
meandering
dawdling
shilly-shallying
going slowly
following
tailing
straying
tarrying
roaming
roving
falling behind
hanging back
tagging along
tagging along behind
getting no place fast
dragging along
bringing up the rear
moving slowly
toddling
careening
pottering
halting
puttering
dabbling
mooching
pattering
rocking
waggling
duckwalking
wiggling
shaking
trembling
sashaying
rolling
quivering
shivering
quaking
dallying
walking like a duck
delaying
hesitating
seesawing
slipping
walking unsteadily
shimmying
tripping
toppling
sliding
zigzagging
wheeling
quavering
shuddering
walking casually
fiddling
tinkering
maundering
moving falteringly
idling
hitching
moving unsteadily
lallygagging
dilly-dallying
lollygagging
poking
diddling
dillydallying
bimbling
tootling
footling
frittering
fribbling
lurking
slackening
hanging out
hovering
frittering away
hanging about
passing time
procrastinating
flagging
putting off
pausing
messing about
poking along
more ❯
“The men
plod
, doggedly, with large unwieldy blackboards slung over their shoulders, but everywhere they look nobody is interested in reading and writing when living from day to day is such a concern.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to apply great and continuous effort
toiling
drudging
grubbing
laboring
US
persevering
slaving
sweating
endeavouring
UK
endeavoring
US
humping
hustling
labouring
UK
moiling
ploughing
UK
plowing
US
plugging
slogging
straining
striving
struggling
travailing
tugging
working
grinding
slogging away
banging away
beavering away
digging away
grinding away
soldiering on
bearing down
buckling down
knuckling down
pegging away
ploughing through
plugging away
grafting
sweating blood
exerting oneself
working hard
killing oneself
working like a Trojan
working like a dog
keeping at it
knocking oneself out
working your fingers to the bone
bullocking
driving
working day and night
trudging
going for it
bending over backwards
making every effort
keeping your nose to the grindstone
lumbering
giving it your all
pouring it on
staggering
pushing
dragging oneself
trailing
trying hard
making an effort
applying oneself
slaving away
grubbing away
plodding away
going all out
going for broke
working oneself to the bone
pulling out all the stops
breaking one's back
leaning over backwards
doing your best
exerting yourself
pegging
schlepping
skivvying
mucking
fighting
overworking
grappling
hammering
persisting
busting a gut
rupturing yourself
doing all one can
hammering away
making an all-out effort
putting one's back into something
pegging along
burning the candle at both ends
falling over backwards
plugging along
giving it your best shot
keeping your head down
sweating away
working like a slave
putting yourself out
doing your damnedest
suffering
banging on
cultivating
tending
groveling
US
grovelling
UK
digging
performing
pounding
hiking
dragging
trampling
working your guts out
going ham
going hard
overworking oneself
working very hard
pegging away at
applying oneself to
purposing
applying
working fingers to bone
pushing yourself
pressing on
heading-down
keeping going
carrying on
exerting
grafting away
keeping nose to grindstone
tolling
breaking your neck
doing your utmost
having a crack
taking pains
working hard to
pushing oneself
straining every nerve
going all out for
going for the doctor
driving oneself to the limit
making a supreme effort
pushing oneself to the limit
sparing no effort
trying very hard
making a great effort
working one's butt off
sticking at
sticking with it
getting your head down
working away
trying
aiming
battling
moving heaven and earth
undertaking
seeking
aspiring
attempting
venturing
doing one's best
essaying
scrambling
giving your all
assaying
contending
leaving no stone unturned
trying one's hardest
taking on
putting one's back into it
having a crack at
doing all you can
breaking sweat
busting chops
driving oneself
going hammer and tongs
working one's socks off
taking care
taking great pains
puttering
having a shot at
having a swing at
making a run at
having one's nose to grindstone
enduring
campaigning
withstanding
digging in
acquiting oneself
pitching in
plodding along
grinding out
giving best shot
making effort
giving all one's got
standing up to
going all-out for
emptying the tank
going the whole nine yards
going all-out
putting up a fight against
going to war
taxing
competing
oppressing
punishing
overexerting
overtaxing
jockeying
flogging
offering
tackling
jumping through hoops
trying for
having a go at
having a stab at
going for the jugular
giving it a whirl
going the limit
shooting for
trying as hard as one can
tussling
scuffling
combatting
combating
vying
jostling
rassling
wrangling
brawling
clashing
tangling
grunting
scrapping
wrestling
coming to grips
getting to grips
more ❯
“He is still
plodding
away at the same job.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move very slowly (towards something)
crawling
creeping
limping
inching
dragging
nosing
snailing
poking
oozing
slouching
creaking along
lagging
edging
loitering
moping
trailing
moving slowly
advancing slowly
moseying
toddling
moving at a snail's pace
sliding
slipping
pushing
getting no place fast
schlepping along
easing
nudging
steering
moving
maneuvering
US
squeezing
shoving
manoeuvring
UK
easing forward
dawdling
dallying
lingering
delaying
tarrying
dillydallying
diddling
lollygagging
lallygagging
straggling
shuffling
draggling
shilly-shallying
lagging behind
hanging back
going slowly
trailing behind
limping along
creeping along
hanging heavy
wearing on
slowing down
appearing to pass slowly
going on too long
going on and on
becoming tedious
guiding
inducing
removing
working
righting
extricating
handling
moving carefully
pushing gently
drawing out
dropping behind
falling behind
dragging your feet
slinking
worming
sidling
tiptoeing
stealing
advancing stealthily
worming your way
slipping past
slipping by
picking your way
easing oneself
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for work slowly and perseveringly at a dull task
plowing
US
ploughing
UK
toiling
trawling
wading
laboring
US
labouring
UK
slogging
soldiering
proceeding laboriously
soldiering on
drudging
toiling away at
proceeding with difficulty
working one's way
working through
plugging away at
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be in motion by moving one's feet in a slow and alternative manner
walking
striding
strolling
treading
trudging
wandering
hiking
marching
tramping
trekking
advancing
ambling
going
sauntering
traipsing
moving
promenading
rambling
stepping
footslogging
patrolling
trooping
pacing
perambulating
prowling
roaming
ambulating
moseying
padding
proceeding
toddling
pootling
stepping out
yomping
cantering
filing
locomoting
lumbering
meandering
parading
prancing
racing
roving
scuffing
shambling
shuffling
slogging
stalking
strutting
stumping
touring
traversing
making your way
plodding on
taking a turn
taking the air
knocking about
hitting the road
wending your way
stretching your legs
legging it
hoofing it
hoofing
footing it
footing
going on foot
ranging
travelling
UK
traveling
US
peregrinating
trogging
tripping
pattering
jogging
journeying
tromping
stamping
trampling
stomping
mincing
pilgrimaging
voyaging
descending
skipping
tiptoeing
ascending
climbing
backpacking
scrambling
exploring
trailing
migrating
pressing on
going down
going up
going forward
going walkabout
going by foot
moving forward
traveling on foot
travelling on foot
drifting
cruising
gallivanting
stravaiging
mooching
tootling
galavanting
maundering
jaunting
straying
bimbling
straggling
batting
kicking around
gadding about
dawdling
floating
gadding
circumambulating
going for a walk
knocking around
pottering
vagabonding
rolling
taking a walk
globe-trotting
following one's nose
globetrotting
swanning
sashaying
coasting
taking a trip
circumnutating
hopscotching
milling around
milling round
milling about
mooching around
walking the tracks
crossing
streeling
progressing
hitting the bricks
puttering
passing
percolating
loitering
ankling
scouring
moping
lingering
dallying
getting some exercise
getting some air
setting out
passing over
setting forth
circumlocuting
making one's way
stooging
schlepping
bumming
divagating
transitioning
pounding the pavement
swinging
toiling
trekking through
departing
venturing
wayfaring
sweeping
going off at a tangent
getting sidetracked
wandering aimlessly
getting off the point
moving aimlessly
struggling along
bumming around
going for a constitutional
trilling
oozing
tarrying
dragging oneself
going on a excursion
going on a trip
going on a journey
reconnoitering
US
searching
reconnoitring
UK
encompassing
pushing on
hitting the trail
spreading through
making circuit
taking a stroll
going for a stroll
boogying
boogieing
walking casually
shifting
itinerating
emigrating
travelling around
leaving
transferring
traveling around
immigrating
nomadizing
transmigrating
winding
zigzagging
clambering
moving about
moving around
covering
batting around
riding
coursing
transiting
navigating
tracking
following
circumnavigating
junketing
transmitting
hopping
sailing
cutting across
wending
junketting
overnighting
moving round
proceeding along
going round
covering ground
going riding
getting through
passing through
taking a train
going into orbit
taking a boat
taking a plane
making a journey
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for idle away time
wasting time
dilly-dallying
frittering away
hanging about
hanging around
lagging behind
burning daylight
dallying
dawdling
delaying
dillydallying
fiddling about
frittering away time
goofing off
killing time
lingering
loitering
lollygagging
losing time
passing the time
piddling
procrastinating
shilly-shallying
taking one's own sweet time
taking one's time
tarrying
whiling away the time
lagging
moping
lallygagging
poking
diddling
dragging
crawling
creeping
dragging your feet
trailing
idling
straggling
falling behind
putting off
sauntering
stalling
ambling
trudging
staying
puttering
pottering about
marking time
waiting
hanging fire
pottering around
pottering round
whiling away time
dithering
fooling around
taking your time
horsing around
getting no place fast
staggering
pottering
loafing
trifling
diddle-daddling
toddling
frittering time away
scrounging around
shlepping along
bumming around
hanging out
sitting around
sitting on one's butt
warming a chair
hesitating
tottering
temporizing
US
waiting around
using delaying tactics
holding back
humming and hawing
hanging on
putting off doing something
staying put
buying time
temporising
UK
filibustering
vacillating
playing for time
pausing
stonewalling
playing a waiting game
hanging back
diminishing
failing
dropping
falling back
flagging
decreasing
dragging behind
slackening
trailing behind
ebbing
waning
meandering
retarding
faltering
slowing up
shuffling
tailing
tooling
slowing
slouching
inching along
bringing up the rear
limping
losing strength
inching
dropping behind
jellying
lounging
hobbling
moving slowly
falling off
drifting
boondoggling
fooling with
whiling away
trifling with
playing games with
fooling about
mooching
goofing around
wandering
rambling
traipsing
lounging about
taking too long
doing nothing much
fannying about
lolling
strolling
moseying
kicking around
spinning one's wheels
farting around
beating the meat
frittering
taking time
walking slowly
taking a stroll
strolling along
taking it easy
twiddling
skulking
fribbling
halting
hovering
lurking
passing time
shambling
sloughing
going slowly
dabbling
puttering around
messing around
doodling
fiddling around
playing
monkeying around
galavanting
roaming
cruising
straying
gallivanting
roving
batting
floating
ranging
deviating
gadding about
knocking about
maundering
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to walk with effort through water or another liquid or viscous substance
wading
paddling
dabbling
slopping
wallowing
splashing
sploshing
squelching
trudging
splashing about
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