waded

The word “waded” has 2 syllables: wad-ed

It's pronounced as /ˈweɪdɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for waded?

In the thesaurus, “waded” has 41 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for waded

  • attacked
  • banged away
  • drove
  • drudged
  • dug in
  • eked out
  • endeavored
  • essayed
  • exercised
  • exerted
  • fagged
  • grubbed
  • humped
  • hustled
  • knuckled down
  • labored
  • moiled
  • overexerted
  • overworked
  • pitched in
  • plodded
  • plowed
  • plugged
  • put out
  • scrabbled
  • scratched
  • slaved
  • slogged
  • strained
  • strived
  • strove
  • struggled
  • sweat
  • sweated
  • toiled
  • travailed
  • tried
  • trudged
  • tugged
  • worked
  • wrought

Antonyms for waded

  • basked
  • broke
  • bummed
  • chilled
  • dabbled
  • dallied
  • dillydallied
  • doodled
  • fooled around
  • footled
  • fribbled
  • goldbricked
  • hanged
  • hung
  • hung about
  • idled
  • lazed
  • let up
  • loafed
  • lolled
  • lounged
  • messed around
  • played
  • relaxed
  • reposed
  • rested
  • shirked
  • slackened
  • trifled
  • unwound
  • vegged out

Meanings of waded

  • 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

  • Despite the heavy rain, the determined hiker waded through the mud to reach the summit.
  • The children gleefully waded in the shallow pool, splashing water with each step.
  • The explorer cautiously waded into the river, searching for hidden treasures along the sandy bottom.
  • With waterproof boots, the angler confidently waded into the stream for a day of fly fishing.
  • As the floodwaters rose, the residents reluctantly waded to higher ground for safety.

On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to waded, such as: attacked, banged away, basked, broke, bummed, chilled, dabbled.

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Related Words

banged away

  • attacked
  • drove
  • drudged
  • dug in
  • eked out
  • endeavored
  • essayed
  • exercised
  • exerted
  • fagged
  • grubbed
  • humped
  • hustled
  • knuckled down
  • labored
  • moiled
  • overexerted
  • overworked
  • pitched in
  • plodded
  • plowed
  • plugged
  • put out
  • scrabbled
  • scratched
  • slaved
  • slogged
  • strained
  • strived
  • strove
  • struggled
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • sweated
  • sweated blood
  • toiled
  • travailed
  • tried
  • trudged
  • tugged
  • waded
  • worked
  • wrought

labored

  • affected
  • arduous
  • artful
  • artificial
  • assumed
  • attacked
  • automatic
  • awkward
  • banged away
  • bogus
  • calculated
  • canned
  • clumsy
  • concocted
  • conscious
  • contrived
  • conventional
  • cultivated
  • cute
  • cutesy
  • deliberate
  • double-dealing
  • drove
  • drudged
  • dug in
  • effortful
  • eked out
  • empty
  • endeavored
  • essayed
  • exaggerated
  • exercised
  • exerted
  • fabricated
  • facile
  • factitious
  • fagged
  • fake
  • false
  • feigned
  • forced
  • formal
  • genteel
  • goody-goody
  • grubbed
  • hard
  • heavy
  • histrionic
  • hokey
  • hollow
  • humped
  • hustled
  • hypocritical
  • impersonal
  • inept
  • inflexible
  • insincere
  • knuckled down
  • left-handed
  • maladroit
  • manufactured
  • mealy
  • mealymouthed
  • mechanical
  • melodramatic
  • mincing
  • mock
  • moiled
  • operose
  • overacted
  • overdone
  • overexerted
  • overrefined
  • overworked
  • overwrought
  • pat
  • phoney
  • phony
  • pitched in
  • plastic
  • plodded
  • plowed
  • plugged
  • ponderous
  • premeditated
  • pretended
  • pseudo
  • put out
  • put-on
  • rigid
  • scrabbled
  • scratched
  • sham
  • simpering
  • simulated
  • slaved
  • slogged
  • spurious
  • stiff
  • strained
  • strenuous
  • strived
  • strove
  • struggled
  • studied
  • stylized
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • sweated
  • sweated blood
  • theatric
  • theatrical
  • toiled
  • toilsome
  • travailed
  • tried
  • trudged
  • tugged
  • two-faced
  • unauthentic
  • unctuous
  • unnatural
  • unreal
  • unrealistic
  • uphill
  • waded
  • weighty
  • wooden
  • worked
  • wrought

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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