Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun plodder
3 senses of plodder
Sense 1
trudger, plodder, slogger -- (someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner)
=> pedestrian, walker, footer -- (a person who travels by foot)
Sense 2
plodder, slogger -- (someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours)
=> hack, drudge, hacker -- (one who works hard at boring tasks)
Sense 3
plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, slowcoach -- (someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach")
=> dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke -- (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)