'Plodding' definitions:
Definition of 'plodding'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Plodding'
From: GCIDE
- Plod \Plod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plodded; p. pr. & vb. n. Plodding.] [Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike or pelt with a clod or clods.]
- 1. To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. "Plodding schoolmen." --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Plodding'
From: GCIDE
- Plodding \Plod"ding\, a. Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. --{Plod"ding*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plodding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- application,
- arid,
- assiduity,
- assiduous,
- assiduousness,
- banausic,
- barren,
- blah,
- blank,
- bloodless,
- bulldog tenacity,
- characterless,
- cold,
- colorless,
- concentration,
- constancy,
- constant,
- continuing,
- dead,
- diligence,
- diligent,
- dim,
- dismal,
- dogged,
- dogged perseverance,
- doggedness,
- draggy,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- drudging,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dusty,
- effete,
- elephantine,
- empty,
- endurance,
- enduring,
- engrossment,
- etiolated,
- fade,
- faithful,
- fidelity,
- flat,
- grinding,
- grubbing,
- hardworking,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- hollow,
- humdrum,
- immutable,
- inalterable,
- inane,
- indefatigability,
- indefatigable,
- indomitable,
- industrious,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- inexcitable,
- insipid,
- insistence,
- insistency,
- insistent,
- invincible,
- jejune,
- laboring,
- lasting,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- low-spirited,
- loyal,
- loyalty,
- monotone,
- monotonous,
- never-tiring,
- obstinacy,
- obstinate,
- pale,
- pallid,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- pedestrian,
- pegging,
- permanence,
- permanent,
- perseverance,
- perseverant,
- persevering,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- pertinacious,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- plugging,
- pointless,
- poky,
- ponderous,
- preoccupation,
- preoccupied,
- rapt,
- relentless,
- relentlessness,
- resolute,
- resolution,
- sedulity,
- sedulous,
- sedulousness,
- single-minded,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of purpose,
- slaving,
- sleepless,
- slogging,
- slow,
- solemn,
- spiritless,
- stability,
- stable,
- stamina,
- staying power,
- steadfast,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- steady,
- sterile,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stiff,
- stodgy,
- straining,
- striving,
- struggling,
- stubborn,
- stubbornness,
- stuffy,
- superficial,
- sweating,
- tasteless,
- tedious,
- tenacious,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- tireless,
- tirelessness,
- toiling,
- unabating,
- unconquerable,
- undaunted,
- undiscouraged,
- undrooping,
- unfailing,
- unfaltering,
- unflagging,
- unflinching,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unlively,
- unnodding,
- unrelaxing,
- unrelenting,
- unremitting,
- unremittingness,
- unsleeping,
- unswerving,
- unswerving attention,
- untiring,
- unwavering,
- unwearied,
- unwearying,
- unwinking,
- utterly attentive,
- vapid,
- weariless,
- wooden,
- working