drudge

1. 1.

   one who works hard at boring tasks

   Synonymshackhacker

   Broaderunskilled person

   Narrowerplodder
2. 2.

   a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

   Synonymspeonnavvygalley slave

   Broaderlaborer

1. 1.

   work hard

   “She was digging away at her math homework”

   “Lexicographers drudge all day long”

   Synonymslaborlabourtoilfagtravailgrinddigmoil

   Broaderwork

Other forms of drudge

plural

drudges·

past tense

drudged·

present participle

drudging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about drudge

What does drudge mean?

drudge means "one who works hard at boring tasks". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in drudge?

drudge has 1 syllable: drudge. In IPA it is /ˈdɹʌdʒ/.

What is another word for drudge?

Close synonyms include hack, hacker, peon, navvy, galley slave. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drudge a common word?

drudge is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.