wade

The word “wade” has 1 syllable: wade

It's pronounced as /weɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for wade?

In the thesaurus, “wade” has 60 synonyms and 39 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for wade along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for wade

  • attack
  • attempt
  • bang away
  • bathe
  • dig in
  • drive
  • drudge
  • eke out
  • endeavor
  • essay
  • exercise
  • exert
  • fag
  • fall to
  • ford
  • get feet wet
  • get stuck in
  • go for
  • grub
  • hump
  • hustle
  • initiate
  • jump in
  • knuckle down
  • labor
  • launch
  • light into
  • moil
  • overexert
  • overwork
  • paddle
  • pitch in
  • plod
  • plow
  • plug
  • put out
  • scrabble
  • scratch
  • set about
  • set to
  • slave
  • slog
  • splash
  • start
  • strain
  • strive
  • struggle
  • stumble
  • sweat
  • tackle
  • tear into
  • toil
  • travail
  • trek
  • trudge
  • try
  • tug
  • walk
  • work
  • work through

Antonyms for wade

Meanings of wade

  • noun
    1. An act of wading.
    2. A ford; a place to cross a river.
    3. The plant Isatis tinctoria.
    4. The blue dye made from the leaves of the plant.
  • verb
    1. To walk through water or something that impedes progress.
    2. To progress with difficulty.
    3. To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading.
    4. To enter recklessly.

Example Sentences

  • The hiker decided to wade across the shallow stream to reach the other side.
  • As the tide receded, beachgoers could easily wade in the gentle waves along the shore.
  • The fisherman carefully chose a spot where he could comfortably wade into the river for the best catch.
  • After the heavy rain, the neighborhood children had to wade through the flooded streets to get home.
  • The explorer had to wade through the swampy terrain, facing challenges with each step.

On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wade, such as: attack, attempt, avoid, bang away, bask, bathe, be lazy.

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Related Words

bang away

  • attack
  • dig in
  • drive
  • drudge
  • eke out
  • endeavor
  • essay
  • exercise
  • exert
  • fag
  • grub
  • hump
  • hustle
  • knuckle down
  • labor
  • moil
  • overexert
  • overwork
  • pitch in
  • plod
  • plow
  • plug
  • put out
  • scrabble
  • scratch
  • slave
  • slog
  • strain
  • strive
  • struggle
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • toil
  • travail
  • trudge
  • try
  • tug
  • wade
  • work

banged away

  • attacked
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  • dug in
  • eked out
  • endeavored
  • essayed
  • exercised
  • exerted
  • fagged
  • grubbed
  • humped
  • hustled
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  • pitched in
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  • plugged
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  • slaved
  • slogged
  • strained
  • strived
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  • struggled
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • sweated
  • sweated blood
  • toiled
  • travailed
  • tried
  • trudged
  • tugged
  • waded
  • worked
  • wrought

bangs away

  • attacks
  • digs in
  • drives
  • drudges
  • ekes out
  • endeavors
  • essays
  • exercises
  • exerts
  • fags
  • grubs
  • humps
  • hustles
  • knuckles down
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  • overexerts
  • overworks
  • pitches in
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  • plugs
  • puts out
  • scrabbles
  • scratches
  • slaves
  • slogs
  • strains
  • strives
  • struggles
  • sweats
  • sweats blood
  • toils
  • travails
  • tries
  • trudges
  • tugs
  • wades
  • works

fag

  • annoy
  • attack
  • back
  • bang away
  • bankrupt
  • be disregarded
  • be neglected
  • bear down
  • bedraggle
  • biri
  • bore
  • break
  • brood
  • burden
  • burn out
  • bush
  • bust
  • butt
  • cancer stick
  • cause ennui
  • cig
  • cloy
  • coffin nail
  • collapse
  • conk out
  • crawl
  • cubeb
  • cultivate
  • debilitate
  • decline
  • deject
  • deplete
  • depress
  • desire
  • despond
  • deteriorate
  • die on vine
  • dig in
  • disable
  • disgust
  • dishearten
  • dispirit
  • displease
  • distress
  • do in
  • do up
  • drain
  • draw
  • drive
  • droop
  • drop
  • drowse
  • drudge
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • eke out
  • endeavor
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • ennui
  • essay
  • exasperate
  • exercise
  • exert
  • exert oneself
  • exhaust
  • fade
  • fag out
  • fail
  • faint
  • fall off
  • fatigue
  • fizzle
  • fizzle out
  • flag
  • fold
  • frazzle
  • gasper
  • give out
  • glut
  • go soft
  • go stale
  • go to pieces
  • grieve
  • grind
  • grow tired
  • grow weary
  • grub
  • hanker
  • harass
  • have had enough
  • hump
  • hunger
  • hustle
  • impoverish
  • irk
  • irritate
  • jade
  • kill
  • knock out
  • knuckle down
  • labor
  • languish
  • leave one cold
  • long
  • lose interest
  • make discontented
  • moil
  • nauseate
  • oppress
  • outwear
  • overburden
  • overdo
  • overexert
  • overextend
  • overfatigue
  • overstrain
  • overtax
  • overtire
  • overwork
  • pain
  • pall
  • peter out
  • pine
  • pitch in
  • plague
  • plod
  • plow
  • plug
  • plug away
  • poop
  • poop out
  • pour it on
  • prostrate
  • puff
  • put out
  • put to sleep
  • reefer
  • repine
  • rot
  • run ragged
  • sag
  • sap
  • scrabble
  • scratch
  • sicken
  • sigh
  • sink
  • slave
  • slog
  • smoke
  • snivel
  • sorrow
  • strain
  • strive
  • struggle
  • succumb
  • suck dry
  • suffer
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • take
  • take it out of
  • tax
  • tend
  • tire
  • tire out
  • tobacco
  • toil
  • travail
  • trudge
  • try
  • try the patience of
  • tucker
  • tucker out
  • tug
  • use up
  • vex
  • wade
  • wash out
  • waste
  • waste away
  • weaken
  • wear
  • wear down
  • wear out
  • wear to a frazzle
  • weary
  • weigh
  • wilt
  • wither
  • work
  • work oneself to the bone
  • worry
  • yawn
  • yearn

fagged

  • all in
  • annoyed
  • ashen
  • asleep
  • attacked
  • banged away
  • beat
  • been around
  • blah
  • bleary
  • blown
  • bone-tired
  • bored
  • bowed low
  • broke
  • broken-down
  • burned out
  • burnt out
  • bushed
  • bust
  • busted
  • careworn
  • collapsing
  • consumed
  • cool
  • dead
  • dead tired
  • debilitated
  • dejected
  • depleted
  • depressed
  • did in
  • did up
  • disarmed
  • disbursed
  • discontented
  • disgusted
  • dissipated
  • distressed
  • dog-tired
  • done
  • done for
  • done in
  • done it all
  • down the drain
  • drained
  • drawn
  • drooping
  • droopy
  • drove
  • drowned
  • drowsy
  • drudged
  • dug in
  • dulled
  • effete
  • eked out
  • emaciated
  • empty
  • endeavored
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • essayed
  • exasperated
  • exercised
  • exerted
  • exhausted
  • expended
  • faded
  • faint
  • far-gone
  • fatigued
  • fed up
  • finished
  • flagging
  • frazzled
  • fretted
  • gaunt
  • ghastly
  • grubbed
  • had it
  • haggard
  • harassed
  • humped
  • hustled
  • immobilized
  • impatient
  • incapacitated
  • inconsolable
  • indifferent
  • irked
  • irritated
  • jaded
  • killed
  • knocked out
  • knocked over
  • knuckled down
  • labored
  • lank
  • lean
  • limp
  • lost
  • moiled
  • narcoleptic
  • obedient
  • on last leg
  • out of gas
  • outwore
  • overcome
  • overexerted
  • overtaxed
  • overworked
  • pale
  • pallid
  • paralyzed
  • petered out
  • pinched
  • pitched in
  • played-out
  • plodded
  • plowed
  • plugged
  • pooped
  • prostrate
  • prostrated
  • punchy
  • put out
  • ready to drop
  • run down
  • sapped
  • sated
  • satiated
  • scrabbled
  • scraggy
  • scratched
  • scrawny
  • shattered
  • shot
  • shrunken
  • sick and tired
  • sick of
  • skinny
  • slaved
  • sleepy
  • slogged
  • spare
  • spent
  • stale
  • starved
  • strained
  • strived
  • strove
  • struggled
  • surfeited
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • sweated
  • sweated blood
  • taxed
  • thin
  • thrown away
  • tired
  • tired-out
  • toiled
  • travailed
  • tried
  • trudged
  • tuckered
  • tuckered out
  • tugged
  • up to here
  • used
  • used-up
  • waded
  • wan
  • washed out
  • washed-out
  • washed-up
  • wasted
  • weak
  • weakened
  • wearied
  • weary
  • wiped-out
  • wore
  • wore out
  • wore to a frazzle
  • worked
  • worn
  • worn-down
  • worn-out
  • wrinkled
  • wrought
  • zonked

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