as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
the guide halted the tour group so that the plodders who had fallen behind could catch up
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Recent Examples of plodder
Housing market suffers historic reversion to the mean Formerly sizzling metro areas have gone cold, and the unsexy plodders are back in vogue.
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Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
As for any ribbing that his head coach gives him for being an old plodder back, Hammond laughed it off.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
As for any ribbing that his head coach gives him for being an old plodder back, Hammond laughed it off.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plodder
snail
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About 20 races took place at Folsom City Lions Park, with up to nine snails per heat climbing one-foot poles; Mayor Justin Raithel motivated his snail with lettuce and made the semifinals before finishing fourth.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 May 2026
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And cyclists, bus drivers, walkers and the motoring public need to have a head on a swivel paired with the calmness of a snail around such intersections — a lot could be going on.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Plodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plodder. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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