plod
Move with effort
To plod is to walk heavily and slowly, with effort or weariness: We plodded through the mud for hours.
The word extends to any slow, laborious progress: plodding through paperwork, plodding along on a difficult project.
A plodder works steadily but without brilliance or speed.
The noun plod refers to the act itself or, in British slang, a police officer—from the methodical beat-walking of the job.
Walk slowly, heavily
- slogLaborious persistent effort
- lumberSawn wood for building
- trampWandering homeless person
- stompTread heavily
clump · shuffle · drag · march · trek · schlep · plough · wade
Tiresome lack of change
- drudgeryHard, boring work
- tediumWearisome dullness
- grindCrush into particles
- routineRegular sequence of actions
repetition · humdrum · sameness · wearisome · dreary · thankless · uninspired · laborious
Move slowly, low
- creepStealthy, slow movement
- dawdleLinger without purpose
- ambleRelaxed, slow gait
- saunterRelaxed, aimless stride
shuffle · mosey · lag · snail's pace · pokiness · inch · lumbering · leaden
Continue despite obstacles
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- grindCrush into particles
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
- persistContinue firmly onward
soldier on · press on · push through · keep at it · plug away · labor · work away · chip away
trudge
Walk slowly, heavily
stomp · clump · shuffle · drag · march · trek · schlep · plough · wade · traipse
monotony
Tiresome lack of change
routine · repetition · humdrum · sameness · wearisome · dreary · thankless · uninspired · laborious · tiresome
crawl
Move slowly, low
saunter · shuffle · mosey · lag · snail's pace · pokiness · inch · lumbering · leaden · unhurried
persevere
Continue despite obstacles
persist · soldier on · press on · push through · keep at it · plug away · labor · work away · chip away · stick with it
plodbreeze through
Accomplish with effortless ease
sail through · dash off · knock out · cruise
- plod onContinue wearily forward