Trudge - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT trudge /trədʒ/ /trədʒ/ IPA guide

Other forms: trudged; trudging; trudges

To trudge is to walk in a heavy, exhausted way. Your grandpa probably tells you about how he used to trudge six miles uphill through a foot of snow in the brutal cold every morning just to get to school.

Trudge is also a noun that means a difficult, labored walk. If you take a mile-long trudge through heavy snow or mud, your steps will be slower and it will require more effort to put one foot in front of the other. Need help remembering what trudge means? Say it out loud. Trudge rhymes with sludge — and walking through sludge, or thick muck, would cause you to trudge.

Definitions of trudge

verb walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud synonyms: footslog, pad, plod, slog, tramp see moresee less types: slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch, squish walk through mud or mire type of: walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
noun a long difficult walk see moresee less type of: hike, hiking, tramp a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

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