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What is another word for
plodding
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Adjective
Progressing slowly and laboriously
Common, having no unique or outstanding characteristics
Wanting to avoid activity or exertion
Plain as the nose on your face
Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties
Taking place or progressing at a slow or moderate pace
Noun
Tedious, menial and exhausting work
Verb
Present participle for to walk doggedly (and slowly) with heavy steps
Present participle for to move very slowly (towards something)
Present participle for to work slowly and perseveringly, typically at a dull or laborious task
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
labored
US
laboured
UK
steady
slow but sure
slow-moving
boring
uninteresting
monotonous
dreary
wearisome
tiresome
humdrum
dry
drab
tame
stale
pedestrian
wearying
flat
tiring
heavy
stuffy
numbing
colourless
UK
colorless
US
leaden
stodgy
jading
weary
arid
jejune
old
drudging
monochromatic
ho-hum
dusty
stupid
mind-numbing
unexciting
turgid
pedantic
uneventful
unimaginative
uninspired
slack
sluggish
dead
quiet
sleepy
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
stagnant
formal
heavy-going
unproductive
inactive
unprogressive
staid
unoriginal
derivative
wooden
one-horse
fuddy-duddy
deadly dull
banal
verbose
dim
stilted
weighty
banausic
dead-and-alive
heavy going
dry as dust
dull as ditchwater
hard to digest
lifeless
vapid
laborious
barren
cardboard
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Adjective
▲
Common, having no unique or outstanding characteristics
prosaic
dull
commonplace
boring
ordinary
pedestrian
humdrum
common
stale
routine
tedious
banal
monotonous
flat
unremarkable
mundane
dreary
uninspired
everyday
average
trite
normal
unexceptional
unimaginative
bland
dry
hackneyed
usual
drab
workaday
colourless
UK
vapid
uninspiring
colorless
US
insipid
standard
lacklustre
UK
vanilla
conventional
characterless
lackluster
US
tame
lifeless
plain
jejune
undistinguished
heavy
uneventful
spiritless
platitudinous
simple
blah
nothing
prosy
vacuous
dead
nowhere
terrestrial
pabulum
lusterless
lowly
plebeian
zero
straightforward
square
yawn
businesslike
unadorned
unembellished
unemotional
deadpan
clean
run-of-the-mill
ho-hum
garden-variety
standard-issue
cut-and-dried
cut-and-dry
matter-of-fact
nitty-gritty
tiresome
wearisome
slow
uninteresting
tiring
ponderous
wearying
numbing
unexciting
mind-numbing
stodgy
jading
drudging
arid
leaden
stuffy
old
weary
monochromatic
dusty
repetitious
stupid
unvaried
unvarying
repetitive
banausic
monotone
soporific
dullsville
bromidic
lacking variety
dry as dust
dull as dishwater
mediocre
unoriginal
monochrome
samey
mechanical
derivative
featureless
dim
treadmill
tired
deadly
plain vanilla
interminable
common or garden
fatiguing
unenjoyable
unentertaining
no great shakes
stiff
not up to much
draggy
prolix
sluggish
dreich
ho hum
big yawn
OK
quotidian
day-to-day
uncreative
quiet
sleepy
slack
truistic
inane
turgid
typical
customary
regular
labored
US
laboured
UK
longwinded
long-winded
stagnant
bog-standard
stilted
wooden
so-so
half-pie
mindless
white-bread
toneless
garden variety
wishy-washy
passionless
unstimulating
soulless
lame
not so hot
trying
nothing to write home about
laborious
torpid
static
inert
unspirited
yawnsome
irksome
overlong
a dime a dozen
forced
depressed
downcast
yawn producing
lacking variation
deadening
lacking excitement
lacking interest
weariful
dragging
mortal
enervating
exhausting
poky
snooze
worn-out
ornery
middling
indifferent
dismal
endless
depressing
inconspicuous
unmemorable
deadly dull
not fun
long-drawn-out
amateur
amateurish
unspectacular
nothing out of the ordinary
recurrent
unrelieved
uniform
reiterated
monotonic
samely
unchanged
soul-destroying
without variety
all the same
sing-song
flat as pancake
puts one to sleep
stock
stereotyped
nondescript
middle-of-the-road
overused
corny
overworked
hacky
clichéd
old hat
predictable
threadbare
sterile
timeworn
well-worn
mainstream
stereotypical
cornball
shopworn
familiar
set
musty
time-worn
second-rate
moth-eaten
hack
barren
played out
hokey
habitual
general
unnoteworthy
worn out
forgettable
familiar tune
accustomed
fair
anaemic
UK
traditional
worn
warmed-over
cliché
anemic
US
exhausted
bathetic
drained
mildewed
chain
stereotypic
platitudinal
passable
run-of-the-mine
lustreless
overdone
run-of-mine
wonted
medium
ready-made
used-up
cliched
tolerable
frequent
prevailing
prevalent
established
dime-store
household
inferior
unanimated
second-class
ubiquitous
insignificant
bloodless
weak
feeble
limp
inoffensive
zestless
adequate
garden
popular
nothing special
unpretentious
natural
generic
modest
settled
fair-to-middling
dime-a-dozen
cliche
run of the mill
moderate
not much cop
empty
hoary
antiseptic
unimpressive
homespun
orthodox
gray
US
grey
UK
pointless
unchanging
milk-and-water
expected
listless
apathetic
hackney
bog standard
unadventurous
nothing to get excited about
muted
obligatory
cobwebby
pallid
not very good
formulaic
derived
watery
basic
decent
plastic
homely
non-stimulating
daily
bush-league
okay
namby-pamby
fairish
fixed
humble
typic
antiquated
obsolete
par for the course
fair to middling
ten a penny
uninventive
fuddy-duddy
suburban
useless
accepted
unromantic
unpassioned
mean
recognized
US
undistinctive
unappealing
unlively
intermediate
well worn
unprepossessing
hollow
current
sapless
expressionless
worthless
trivial
vacant
poor
characteristic
inconsequential
innocuous
acknowledged
desolate
going
unimportant
domestic
chronic
meh
not bad
boilerplate
regulation
universal
staple
recognised
UK
immaterial
O.K.
archetypal
archetypical
dull as ditchwater
whitebread
middle of the road
proverbial
all right
methodical
of no consequence
sedate
staid
usual thing
long
prosing
pompous
bummer
drag
cloying
drear
bomb
unartistic
menial
workday
sombre
UK
somber
US
unimpressed
unmoved
heavy-handed
formalistic
unspecial
acceptable
outdated
annoying
irritating
classic
earthbound
practical
wordy
unobjectionable
in-between
blending into the background
harmless
outmoded
unpoetic
literal
anonymous
raw
dispiriting
wintry
US
sorrowful
damp
oppressive
windy
safe
wintery
UK
halfhearted
diluted
unnoticeable
tripe
meager
US
meagre
UK
soft
jake
boresome
vexatious
phoned in
respectable
boiled down
without punch
silly
inadequate
out-of-date
periodic
beige
old-hat
serviceable
family
casual
informal
enough
unfeeling
mat
unexpressive
matte
unexcited
dulled
passé
nebbish
tenuous
slight
played-out
old-chestnut
old-saw
scheduled
unfateful
indecisive
noneventful
inconclusive
bleak
dowdy
good
satisfactory
standardized
US
standardised
UK
vieux jeu
antwacky
two a penny
neutral
orderly
no big deal
out of the ark
cut and dried
unseasoned
unpalatable
blind
impersonal
known
repeated
representative
seasonal
plain-Jane
unextraordinary
off-the-shelf
irrelevant
inconsiderable
paltry
cliché-ridden
run-of-the mill
no-frills
true
piddling
not amounting to much
clinical
uninviting
meaningless
whatever
canonical
well-known
acquainted
overall
passive
lethargic
indistinctive
lead balloon
unpleasant
unattractive
disagreeable
unsophisticated
futile
of little consequence
of little importance
not worth mentioning
of no importance
of no great concern
of no account
ruling
collective
emotionless
one-size-fits-all
recognizable
US
recurring
vain
profitless
majority
shared
admitted
pervasive
public
cold
slothful
common variety
well known
native
recognisable
UK
time-honored
unrewarding
inexpressive
widespread
acquired
honored
US
joyless
lank
spent
lacking vitality
institutional
two-dimensional
faceless
monolithic
unproductive
fruitless
rife
constant
aimless
valueless
unprofitable
purposeless
honoured
UK
vulgar
received
grind
boiler plate
ineffectual
otiose
unavailing
unsuccessful
bootless
inefficacious
ineffective
abortive
well established
widely held
unfruitful
unfilled
unprolific
clear
matter-of-course
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Adjective
▲
Wanting to avoid activity or exertion
indolent
lazy
sluggish
slothful
lethargic
listless
idle
torpid
apathetic
languid
inactive
lackadaisical
slow
inert
slack
lifeless
lax
shiftless
dull
negligent
otiose
fainéant
workshy
loafing
remiss
easygoing
lumpish
drony
resting
slow-moving
laid-back
work-shy
good-for-nothing
bone idle
slow-going
dawdling
leaden
measured
deliberate
leisurely
crawling
ponderous
laggard
unhurried
creeping
lagging
dilatory
tardy
snaillike
loitering
heavy
phlegmatic
easy
delaying
moderate
procrastinating
tortoiselike
supine
drowsy
dreamy
postponing
passive
sleepy
stagnant
unrushed
steady
gradual
dragging
slow-footed
slow-paced
cumbersome
lumbering
labored
US
laboured
UK
leisured
dallying
dillydallying
sedate
poking
comfortable
poky
snail-paced
languorous
slow and steady
lingering
unhasty
hulking
lubberly
overgrown
elephantine
bovine
lead-footed
shambling
heavy-footed
gentle
relaxed
sluggardly
tortoise-like
undemanding
leaden-footed
snail-like
pokey
late
laggy
behindhand
lollygagging
imperceptible
unenergetic
enervated
indifferent
spiritless
somnolent
tired
impassive
comatose
dopey
uninterested
careless
limp
slumberous
unambitious
fatigued
lymphatic
dormant
inattentive
unenthusiastic
weary
quiescent
do-nothing
incompetent
faineant
unenterprising
feckless
languishing
blah
dozy
pococurante
irresponsible
snoozy
unindustrious
inept
aimless
lacking in energy
inefficient
unmotivated
draggy
unconcerned
insouciant
moony
energyless
casual
hebetudinous
offhand
yawny
laid back
logy
asthenic
neurasthenic
regardless
worthless
sluggard
lukewarm
motionless
vigourless
Laodicean
narcotic
exhausted
heedless
disinterested
slapdash
stupefied
sleepyhead
carefree
lousy
abstracted
stolid
uncaring
nebbish
quiet
daydreaming
static
no-account
effete
down
useless
stupid
stuporous
no-good
out of it
heavy-eyed
half asleep
half-hearted
slap-happy
insensible
without energy
weak
procrastinative
lacking energy
easy-going
sedentary
unmoved
flat
numb
vigorless
sleeping
uninspired
droopy
vacant
vegetating
pointless
surplus
irrelevant
depressed
hollow
sterile
superfluous
nodding
dozing
benumbed
mopish
motivationless
shirking
slumbrous
paralyzed
US
sodden
latent
paralysed
UK
soporous
soporose
unreliable
absent
neutral
bored
unpurposed
wild
dead
unresponsive
ne'er-do-well
out
drugged
insensitive
hibernating
vegged out
out cold
out to lunch
sleepyheaded
mooney
off
drippy
neglectful
unproductive
bone-idle
derelict
unworksome
unaspiring
slipshod
improvident
directionless
ambitionless
disregardful
delinquent
disorganized
US
neglecting
sloppy
disorderly
unoccupied
parasitic
lacking in ambition
asleep at the wheel
disorganised
UK
slovenly
asleep on the job
unprofessional
permissive
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
debilitated
nonchalant
drained
wimpy
unmoving
stretchy
shot
spent
cavalier
artless
detached
unstudied
blasé
having spring fever
wearied
sapped
dead tired
worn out
weakened
wooden
beat
shattered
pooped
tired out
kaput
effortless
loose
cursory
flippant
superficial
complacent
light
cool
disimpassioned
breezy
happy-go-lucky
devil-may-care
free and easy
simple
informal
unpunctual
tarrying
flagging
feeble
passionless
incurious
bloodless
halfhearted
sentimental
romantic
laissez-faire
easy going
spring fever
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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
▲
Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties
diligent
industrious
active
assiduous
busy
conscientious
careful
earnest
laborious
sedulous
attentive
indefatigable
painstaking
persevering
tireless
dedicated
meticulous
studious
exacting
particular
punctilious
rigorous
thorough
driven
heedful
intent
unflagging
untiring
zealous
committed
constant
engaged
bustling
eager
employed
operose
plugging
slogging
swotty
working
hard-working
eager beaver
scrupulous
persistent
occupied
determined
dogged
resolute
hopping
steadfast
fussy
strict
exact
tenacious
tied-up
keen
methodical
accurate
unrelenting
focused
US
fastidious
precise
searching
pertinacious
steady
strenuous
religious
faithful
unswerving
unwavering
focussed
UK
detailed
energetic
elaborate
nice
finicky
unremitting
hardworking
perfectionist
intense
persnickety
enthusiastic
ultra-careful
purposeful
close
minute
pedantic
correct
on the job
regardful
pernickety
single-minded
staunch
unwearied
spirited
dynamic
firm
wholehearted
intensive
exhaustive
thoroughgoing
loving
deliberate
observant
full
unshakeable
on the go
unfaltering
demanding
concentrated
devoted
at work
watchful
passionate
alert
dutiful
hard at work
inexhaustible
weariless
loyal
unwearying
punctual
ardent
nitpicking
orderly
fixed
cautious
solid
vigilant
circumspect
picky
by the book
engrossed
by the numbers
tied up
in-depth
resolved
hard at it
vigorous
on the hop
dependable
persisting
relentless
hard-pressed
at it
rushed off your feet
forceful
ambitious
unflinching
enterprising
concerted
insistent
stalwart
unfailing
perseverant
hard
finical
involved
undeviating
patient
devout
unyielding
conscionable
fervent
mathematical
preoccupied
overnice
motivated
ball of fire
sincere
mindful
concentrating
pledged
never-tiring
judicious
provident
aware
sworn
thoughtful
percipient
perceptive
heeding
acute
noticing
full of determination
concerned
prim
interested
listening
absorbed
rapt
deep
hair-splitting
selfdisciplined
discreet
chary
overloaded
awake
tentie
tenty
snowed
mad keen
deep-dyed
true blue
reckful
fast
busy as a bee
card-carrying
on the move
dyed-in-the-wool
open-eyed
out-and-out
on the ball
up to one's ears
on board
wide awake
on your toes
in harness
paying attention
wide-awake
busy as a beaver
on the lookout
not missing a trick
on one's toes
beady-eyed
on the qui vive
have one's hands full
on guard
going to great lengths
listening carefully
Argus-eyed
aggressive
reliable
restless
bold
arduous
putting one's heart and soul into
critical
unceasing
assertive
concentrative
circumstantial
daring
radical
militant
serious
grinding
whiz
unending
unretiring
thinking twice
extremely careful
fine
delicate
pinpoint
undaunted
with one's shoulder to the wheel
with one's nose to the grindstone
desperate
hairline
proper
refined
microscopic
indomitable
uncompromising
right
action-oriented
all-out
duteous
stickling
aspiring
true
hard-nosed
pigheaded
obstinate
headstrong
immovable
unshakable
valiant
steely
stubborn
bullheaded
striving
inexorable
spot-on
obdurate
mettlesome
unshaken
gritty
unbending
unflappable
fanatical
crossing the t's
white-glove
dotting the i's
nit-picky
remorseless
unsinkable
ironclad
through and through
fervid
overscrupulous
bound and determined
good
pious
stanch
strong-minded
self-willed
hanging tough
strong-willed
dead set
time-poor
lively
hell-bent
whole
labouring
UK
operating
laboring
US
dead set on
entire
nose to grindstone
stop at nothing
going ham
slaving
in demand
on the run
having enough on one's plate
having a full plate
hustling
harried
having fish to fry
tight with time
efficient
having many irons in the fire
true-blue
down-the-line
as keen as mustard
single-hearted
old faithful
given over to
true to the end
self-driven
goal-oriented
self-learning
go-getting
self-starting
hard-driving
on the payroll
in place
on duty
in use
in collar
plugging away
in a job
fussbudget
complete
total
stickler
unavailable
exclusive
immersed
bound
taken
unbroken
undistracted
collective
unadulterated
unmitigated
absolute
unshared
unreserved
consistent
unqualified
unalloyed
wrapped up
engagé
attached
adherent
united
consummate
have a prior engagement
on assignment
have a previous engagement
with a customer
tied down
unanimous
continued
rigid
all
lock stock and barrel
undivided
on the trot
too much on plate
head over heels
strong
red-hot
Herculean
stout
incessant
perky
jumping
grind
hyper
unstinting
unerring
systematic
scientific
literal
veridical
extensive
sweeping
bang on
factual
discriminating
authentic
comprehensive
veracious
unmistakable
explicit
defined
severe
stringent
faultless
truthful
genuine
regular
definite
just
on the button
on the nose
specific
spot on
on the mark
precision
profound
right on
perfect
utter
deft
sharp
discriminative
skilful
UK
skillful
US
concrete
distinct
matter-of-fact
lifelike
sure
ultraprecise
encyclopedic
US
fair
inch-perfect
clear-cut
encyclopaedic
UK
sound
on the nail
on the beam
word-perfect
errorless
unambiguous
flawless
definitive
certain
widespread
infallible
subtle
on the money
nuanced
error-free
drastic
major
hairsplitting
lethal
deadly
convincing
realistic
violent
draconian
finespun
choosy
valid
inflexible
veristic
verisimilar
universal
true to life
dead-on
on-target
so
choosey
on target
prissy
telling it like it is
fact-based
far-reaching
blow-by-blow
wide-ranging
unmistaken
amen
undistorted
as it really happened
nit-picking
sensitive
calculated
measured
minding p's and q's
forcible
ordered
controlled
verbatim
similar
effective
well aimed
broad
wide
wholesale
resembling
particularized
US
well organized
revolutionary
word for word
manic
full-scale
real
itemized
US
stiff
furious
clocklike
specialized
US
particularised
UK
itemised
UK
specialised
UK
puritanical
tough
sticklerish
priggish
personal
immediate
formal
discerning
selective
intricate
experienced
squeamish
fussbudgety
fretful
hard to please
difficult
fuddy-duddy
obsessive
old-maidish
full-on
dinkum
firsthand
penetrating
direct
honest
downright
certified
pukka
veritable
echt
satisfactory
pucka
pure
sure-enough
sheer
certifiable
admissible
outright
arrant
essential
elemental
irrefutable
undeniable
conclusive
undisputed
unquestionable
unimpeachable
unrefuted
compendious
undoubted
watertight
immaculate
in every respect
indubitable
inerrant
bona fide
solemn
extreme
special
intimate
categorical
appropriate
standard
OK
cyclopedic
embracive
acceptable
O.K.
panoramic
inclusive
omnibus
first-hand
right as rain
on the right track
dead on
for sure
on track
legitimate
on the right lines
impeccable
free of error
righteous
right stuff
actual
along the right lines
stone
okay
cooking with gas
equitable
according to Hoyle
pervasive
excessive
leaving no stone unturned
all-embracing
all-inclusive
all-encompassing
advanced
ultra
iconoclastic
broad-gauge
cover-all
broad-gauged
all-in
top-to-bottom
root-and-branch
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Taking place or progressing at a slow or moderate pace
gradual
slow
moderate
unhurried
continuous
measured
cautious
circumspect
restrained
unspectacular
softly-softly
continuing
ongoing
happening slowly
slow but sure
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
sweat
slog
burden
hassle
imposition
headache
exertion
graft
no picnic
grindstone
activity
struggle
grubwork
moonlight
treadmill
inconvenience
elbow grease
trial
hard labor
manual labor
tribulation
heavy labour
UK
killer
beast
nine-to-five
heavy labor
US
job
hard graft
bear
task
hack work
spadework
dirty work
trouble
hard slog
effort
squirrel cage
working day
industry
pains
application
tough grind
backbreaking work
difficult task
difficult project
tall order
tough assignment
uphill battle
toiling
occupation
slaving
blood, sweat and tears
bore
scutwork
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to walk doggedly (and slowly) with heavy steps
trudging
tramping
lumbering
shuffling
stumbling
clumping
shambling
stomping
slogging
stumping
stamping
floundering
galumphing
sloughing
scuffling
barging
traipsing
tromping
flogging
walking
scuffing
lumping
limping
hiking
pounding
blundering
bumbling
treading
struggling
clomping
trogging
trampling
dragging
wallowing
schlepping
dragging oneself
walking heavily
plodding along
trekking
marching
staggering
footslogging
hobbling
wading
wandering
rambling
lurching
tottering
reeling
ambling
yomping
sauntering
stepping
ploughing
UK
padding
plowing
US
trailing
strolling
toiling
legging it
teetering
waddling
doddering
thumping
thundering
striding
thudding
grinding
ambulating
roaming
roving
hoofing it
moseying
trooping
moving laboriously
banging
faltering
pushing one's way
slouching
wobbling
clunking
pacing
straggling
laboring
US
labouring
UK
drifting
treading heavily
going
footing
moving
perambulating
hoofing
footing it
going on foot
trundling
muddling
drudging
swaying
pressing
clopping
advancing
promenading
crawling
meandering
clonking
proceeding
walking slowly
prowling
tripping
scrambling
prancing
strutting
fighting your way
hitting the road
dragging your feet
walking clumsily
galloping
crushing
champing
clattering
pattering
chugging
wavering
dawdling
weaving
blundering about
pitching
running heavily
moving clumsily
creeping
lolling
moping
loafing
plugging along
fighting
sweating
treading clumsily
skulking
ranging
fumbling
groping
pushing
bobbling
careening
falling
shifting
changing
moving slowly
lingering
going walkabout
losing your balance
hirpling
battling
loitering
jogging
moving with difficulty
dragging along
mincing
getting no place fast
gimping
skipping
ascending
descending
tiptoeing
pottering about
pottering around
pottering round
hopping
pushing yourself
peregrinating
battling one's way
sputtering
grinding away
clambering
pressing on
going by foot
moving forward
going down
going up
traveling on foot
travelling on foot
going forward
shilly-shallying
going slowly
walking with a limp
shinnying
making one's way with difficulty
walking haltingly
walking lamely
walking with difficulty
walking unevenly
patrolling
proceeding with difficulty
toiling away at
plugging away at
working one's way
working through
toddling
pootling
stepping out
cantering
traversing
touring
parading
filing
racing
locomoting
stalking
taking a turn
plodding on
making your way
taking the air
knocking about
wending your way
stretching your legs
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 move very slowly (towards something)
crawling
creeping
limping
inching
dragging
nosing
snailing
poking
oozing
slouching
creaking along
lagging
loitering
moping
lingering
dawdling
dallying
tarrying
delaying
dillydallying
diddling
lollygagging
lallygagging
shilly-shallying
trailing
straggling
edging
dragging your feet
shuffling
idling
moving slowly
procrastinating
lagging behind
dilly-dallying
getting no place fast
dithering
toddling
advancing slowly
staggering
stalling
sauntering
hanging back
staying
trailing behind
waiting
wasting time
falling behind
putting off
killing time
slowing down
taking your time
pottering round
pottering about
hanging about
marking time
hanging around
hanging fire
pottering around
moseying
moving at a snail's pace
schlepping along
pottering
loafing
slipping
pushing
sliding
nudging
easing
steering
trifling
fooling around
sitting on one's butt
frittering away
diddle-daddling
scrounging around
shlepping along
bumming around
frittering time away
hanging out
sitting around
warming a chair
moving
squeezing
shoving
manoeuvring
UK
maneuvering
US
faltering
easing forward
tailing
trudging
dropping
dropping behind
falling back
slowing up
dragging behind
inching along
bringing up the rear
falling off
hesitating
whiling away time
vacillating
temporizing
US
stonewalling
ambling
pausing
puttering
tottering
temporising
UK
filibustering
waiting around
using delaying tactics
holding back
humming and hawing
hanging on
putting off doing something
staying put
goofing off
taking one's time
buying time
playing for time
playing a waiting game
horsing around
draggling
going slowly
limping along
creeping along
wearing on
hanging heavy
appearing to pass slowly
going on and on
going on too long
becoming tedious
dragging your heels
drifting
mooching
drooping
lolling
straying
wavering
losing ground
holding off
strolling
losing
slacking
shirking
fiddling
batting
mooning
languishing
stooging
slow-walking
poking along
wabbling
teetering
demurring
halting
wobbling
scrupling
retarding
havering
postponing
deferring
protracting
prolonging
adjourning
cooling
swithering
goldbricking
hovering
biding
wandering
taking a raincheck
suspending action
postponing action
deferring action
letting something slide
kicking the can down the road
staying in the background
staying back
shrinking back
shying away
roaming
meandering
ranging
hanging round
losing time
goofing around
dangling
roving
sagging
rambling
straddling
spreading
walking slowly
hanging down
erring
scrambling
maundering
poking around
strining out
more ❯
“The bearcats
plod
stealthily behind me. Soon, I'm surrounded still by a chorus of low growls.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to work slowly and perseveringly, typically at a dull or laborious task
toiling
labouring
UK
struggling
laboring
US
slogging
drudging
slaving
striving
working
sweating
moiling
travailing
straining
endeavoring
US
endeavouring
UK
plowing
US
hustling
plugging
grubbing
grinding
tugging
humping
ploughing
UK
persevering
soldiering
trawling
wading
beavering away
pegging away
banging away
digging away
plugging away
slogging away
grinding away
bearing down
soldiering on
knuckling down
buckling down
ploughing through
proceeding laboriously
grafting
exerting oneself
working hard
sweating blood
killing oneself
knocking oneself out
working like a Trojan
keeping at it
working like a dog
bending over backwards
going for it
giving it your all
trying hard
applying oneself
going all out
making every effort
pouring it on
working your fingers to the bone
bullocking
driving
pushing
trudging
making an effort
lumbering
busting a gut
keeping your nose to the grindstone
making an all-out effort
digging deeper
giving it your best shot
doing your best
going for broke
digging deep
rupturing yourself
working day and night
doing your damnedest
staggering
dragging oneself
trailing
hammering away
working oneself to the bone
breaking your neck
slaving away
pulling out all the stops
breaking one's back
leaning over backwards
grubbing away
plodding away
exerting yourself
pegging
schlepping
skivvying
fighting
mucking
overworking
grappling
hammering
persisting
applying
purposing
doing all one can
putting one's back into something
jumping through hoops
pegging along
working at
doing your utmost
having a crack
moving heaven and earth
burning the candle at both ends
taking pains
falling over backwards
plugging along
keeping your head down
sweating away
working hard to
doing one's best
working like a slave
setting out
putting yourself out
banging on
suffering
tending
digging
performing
pounding
overworking oneself
working very hard
going ham
going hard
working your guts out
working fingers to bone
pressing on
heading-down
keeping going
carrying on
exerting
keeping nose to grindstone
tolling
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
pegging away at
working one's butt off
applying oneself to
pushing yourself
grafting away
pushing oneself
sticking at
sticking with it
getting your head down
working away
trying
attempting
essaying
aiming
seeking
assaying
undertaking
giving your all
aspiring
scrambling
battling
doing all you can
venturing
leaving no stone unturned
offering
trying as hard as one can
busting chops
jockeying
scrabbling
showing dedication
showing commitment
studying hard
taking on
having a crack at
trying one's hardest
putting one's back into it
buckling to
devoting yourself
committing oneself
shooting for
having a stab
having a go at
getting stuck in
making effort
giving it a burl
having a go
giving it a fly
taking it on oneself
having a bash
having a shot
giving best shot
giving all one's got
breaking sweat
digging in
driving oneself
going the whole nine yards
going all-out
going hammer and tongs
using some elbow grease
working one's socks off
taking care
taking great pains
vying
having a shot at
having a swing at
making a run at
having one's nose to grindstone
enduring
campaigning
withstanding
entreating
going all-out for
devoting
standing up to
taxing
acquiting oneself
pitching in
plodding along
grinding out
giving
committing
moving mountains
putting up a fight against
going to war
emptying the tank
pursuing
oppressing
punishing
overexerting
overtaxing
aspiring to
dedicating
taking special pains
trying your best
making a special effort
going out of the way
flogging
addressing
concentrating
competing
contending
bending
directing
giving it all you've got
putting in effort
paying attention
studying
making an attempt
having a whack
tackling
putting effort
applying yourself
driving for
going for
pulling out all stops
giving old college try
putting one's back in it
hitting the ball
putting one's shoulder to the wheel
applying to
lifting a finger
making a bid
going after
vying for
putting in one hundred percent
trying for
having designs
having in view
setting one's sights
chipping away at
taking a crack at
making a pass at
fronting up
diving in
giving it all one has
having a stab at
going for the jugular
giving it a whirl
going the limit
putting the pedal to the metal
getting down to it
putting one's heart and soul into it
putting pedal to the metal
putting in work
more ❯
“He would find himself locked in a room upstairs, trying to
plod
through his homework, while Nick was tearing around the house.”
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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