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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Notes: | a hobo is a migratory worker who likes to travel, a tramp travels without working, and a bum does not travel or work |
| Antonyms: | tiptoeing |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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