Synonyms and Antonyms for Digging

Following is a list of 150 synonym words and phrases that are related to digging:

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4 Letter Words

muck

5 Letter Words

drilldelvedoing

6 Letter Words

hollowpiercetappedpokingsearchlovingdigginshoveldiggerlayinghidingwadingrakingpilingpryingburiedsawing

7 Letter Words

rummagedelvingincisedtappingextractopeningdredgedwidenedburyingsiftingpullingspadingfindingputtinghaulingdiggersmuckingdumpingrippingpickingcuttingprobingcombingpushingplowinggnawingcobbinggettinglookingdungingshovelsdigginskickingjumpingplayingtossingchewingmessingclawingworking

8 Letter Words

dredgingdrillingboreholepiercingwideningsnoopingresearchscoopingexcavatenibblingtrompingcrawlinggrubbingsniffingscrapingcheckingstompingtrudgingdraggingscouringpluckingpluggingaugeringperusingproddingbringingfiddlinggroovingmunchingthrowingblastingfiguringgrindingstickingstepping

9 Letter Words

burrowingdeepeningexcavatedrummagingsearchingreburyingshovelingexploringploughingtrenchingexaminingtraipsingcrunchingferretinganalyzingsurveyinghammeringwranglingsleuthing

10 Letter Words

excavationransackingtunnellingexhumationextractionexcavatinguncoveringunearthingcollectingshovellingdissectingextractingscroungingscrabblingredrillingrevisitingscratchingretrievinginspecting

11 Letter Words

prospectingperforationexplorationdiscoveringresearchingrototillingreexaminingbackfilling

13 Letter Words

investigatingexperimentingrediscovering

14 Letter Words

deconstructing

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