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| Main Entry: |
try
 [trahy] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt |
| Synonyms: | aim, aspire, attack, bear down, chip away at, compete, contend, contest, do one's best, drive for, endeavor, essay, exert oneself, go after, go all out, go for, have a crack, have a go, have a shot, have a stab, have a whack, knock oneself out, labor, lift a finger, make a bid, make a pass at, make an attempt, make an effort, propose, put oneself out, risk, seek, shoot for, speculate, strive, struggle, tackle, undertake, venture, vie for, work, wrangle |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | try |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, afflict |
| Synonyms: | agonize, annoy, crucify, distress, excruciate, harass, inconvenience, irk, irritate, martyr, pain, plague, rack, strain, stress, tax, tire, torment, torture, trouble, upset, vex, weary, wring |
| Antonyms: | delight, please |
| Main Entry: | try |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring before a judge |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, decide, examine, give a hearing, hear, judge, referee, sit in judgment |
Example Sentences
- She was trying to rig a point scheme for tenure where one refereed article would count the same as a book.
- In the financial world, the old order is still trying to find its new shape.
- Most knew not to pitch books to people trying to chew their dinner.
| Main Entry: | trying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, bothersome |
| Synonyms: | aggravating, annoying, arduous, demanding, exacting, exasperating, exigent, fatiguing, hard, irksome, irritating, onerous, oppressive, pestilent, provocative, rough, severe, sticky, strenuous, stressful, taxing, tight, tiresome, tough, tricky, troublesome, upsetting, vexing, wearisome, weighty |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, mild, moderate, unstressful |
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devote effort to something |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself to, attend to, concentrate on, devote oneself to, dig, direct, engage in, focus on, give, go at, go for, hammer away, have a go at, have at, knuckle down to, peg away, pitch into, plug away at, take care of, take up, throw oneself into, try, turn, turn to, undertake |
| Antonyms: | avoid, cut, disregard, ignore, overlook, pass, shun, slight |
| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
| Synonyms: | agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harrow, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound |
| Notes: | afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with' |
| Antonyms: | aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of |
| Main Entry: | agonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suffer or cause another to suffer |
| Synonyms: | afflict, bleed, carry on, crucify, distress, disturb, eat heart out, excruciate, harrow, hurt, labor, lament, martyr, pain, rack, sing the blues, squirm, stew over, strain, strive, struggle, take it badly, torment, torture, try, wince, worry, writhe |
| Antonyms: | not worry |
| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point or direct at a goal |
| Synonyms: | address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work hard |
| Synonyms: | address, be diligent, be industrious, bear down, bend, buckle down, commit, concentrate, dedicate, devote, dig, direct, give, give all one's got, give best shot, give old college try, grind, hammer away, hit the ball, hustle*, knuckle down, make effort, peg away, persevere, plug*, pour it on, pull out all stops, scratch, study, sweat*, throw, try, turn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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