endeavored

VERB

attempt to achieve something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aspire bid for strive take pains undertake

STRONG

address aim apply assay buck determine dig essay grind hassle hump hustle intend labor offer plug purpose push risk scratch seek strain struggle sweat try venture

WEAK

do one's best drive at go for go for broke hammer away have a crack have a shot at have a swing at make a run at make an effort peg away pour it on take on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

forget

STRONG

conceal hide idle ignore laze neglect overlook pass rest withhold

WEAK

be idle procrastinate put off

Example Sentences

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Lam endeavored to merge his life and work, to create a personal vocabulary with universal reach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

And while Yates’ signing might have been the least splashy, it provided the latest example of how the Dodgers have endeavored to make as many significant pitching upgrades as possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2025

The summer before, NBC News aired "If Japan Can . . . Why Can't We?" which endeavored to demystify the reasons for that country’s famed productivity.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024

Still, she and other faculty endeavored to make it a place where Native students could find community, but Bacone’s old problems never went away.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024

He endeavored to trap and nourish the impression in order to predict, and perhaps even control, what incident would occur next, but the afflatus melted away unproductively, as he had known beforehand it would.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller