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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: | 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: | verb |
| Definition: | walk heavily |
| Synonyms: | crush, footslog, gallop, hike, hop, march, navigate, plod, pound, ramble, range, roam, rove, slog, stamp, stodge, stomp, stroll, stump, thud, toil, tour, traipse, trample, tread, trek, trip, tromp, trudge, walk over |
| 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: | tiptoe |
| Main Entry: | trek |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | journey |
| Synonyms: | be on the move, be on the trail, foot, hike, hit the road, march, migrate, plod, range, roam, rove, slog, traipse, tramp, travel, trudge, walk |
| Antonyms: | stay |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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