PLODDERS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

plodders

noun

plural of plodder

as in snails

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 plodders Housing market suffers historic reversion to the mean Formerly sizzling metro areas have gone cold, and the unsexy plodders are back in vogue. —

Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026

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snails

Noun

However, borax will not work on pests that aren't interested in eating it, such as termites, bed bugs, mosquitoes, flying insects above ground level, or any number of other outdoor pests, such as slugs and snails.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 17 May 2026
The snails’ iron-rich shell is a vital part of their survival strategy—but not as a protective armor, says Chong Chen, a senior scientist at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and a leading expert on the scaly-foot snail, who led the effort to map its genome.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 May 2026