Shoveling Synonyms

To make by digging
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. scooping
  2. spading
  3. excavating
  4. digging
To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. mucking
  2. spading
  3. scooping
  4. digging
  5. grubbing
  6. shifting
  7. passing
  8. delving
  9. excavating
  10. moving
  11. throwing

Words Related to Shoveling

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Shoveling Sentence Examples

  • Without another word, he began shoveling dirt around the outside base of the fire pit.

  • Shoveling snow is a very strenuous winter activity.

  • There's more to life than shoveling shit!

  • Instead of everyone running around, slipping and sliding, shoveling slushy muck and shivering, here people just shift into a lower gear, listen to the quiet and enjoy the temporary peace.

  • There was a lingering smell of wood smoke in the night air and all earlier efforts at shoveling the walkway and stairs were lost in the smooth swirls of new fallen whiteness.

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