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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try, make effort |
| Synonyms: | aim, attack, do level best, endeavor, essay, exert oneself, experiment, give a fling, give a whirl, give best shot, give it a go, give it a try, give old college try, go the limit, have a crack, have a go at, make a run at, pursue, push, seek, shoot the works, solicit, strive, tackle, take a stab at, take best shot, take on, try one's hand at, undertake, venture |
| Antonyms: | be lazy |
| Main Entry: | persist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry on, carry through |
| Synonyms: | abide, be resolute, be stubborn, continue, endure, follow through, follow up*, go all the way, go on, go the limit, grind, hold on, insist, keep up, last, leave no stone unturned, linger, obtain, perdure, perseverate, persevere, prevail, pursue, recur, remain, repeat, see through, stick it out, stick to guns, strive, tough it out |
| Antonyms: | cease, give up, leave, quit, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plunge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dive or fall fast |
| Synonyms: | belly-flop, career, cast, charge, dash, descend, dip, drive, drop, duck, fling, go down, go the limit, go whole hog, hurtle, immerge, immerse, jump, keel, lunge, lurch, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunk, propel, rush, shoot the works, sink, sound, submerge, submerse, swoop, take a flyer, take a header, tear, throw, throw oneself, thrust, topple, tumble |
| Antonyms: | ascend, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | strive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try for, exert oneself |
| Synonyms: | aim, assay, attempt, bear down, bend over backward, break one's neck, compete, contend, do one's best, do one's utmost, drive, endeavor, essay, fight, go after, go all out, go for broke, go for the jugular, go the limit, hassle, jockey, knock oneself out, labor, leave no stone unturned, make every effort, moil, offer, push, scramble, seek, shoot for, strain, struggle, sweat, tackle, take on, toil, try hard, tug, work |
| Antonyms: | forget, skip |
| Main Entry: | survive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue to live |
| Synonyms: | be extant, be left, bear, carry on, carry through, come through, cut it, endure, exist, get on, get through, go all the way, go the limit, handle, hold out, keep, keep afloat, last, live, live down, live on, live out, live through, make a comeback, make the cut, outlast, outlive, outwear, persevere, persist, pull out of it, pull through, recover, remain, remain alive, revive, ride out, see through, stand up, subsist, suffer, sustain, tough it out, weather, withstand |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
| Antonyms: | cease, die |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Concept: | Plunge. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking; diver.
-verbs
plunge, dip, souse, duck; dive, plump; take a plunge, take a header; make a plunge; bathe (water)., submerge, submerse; immerse; douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom., get out of one's depth; go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead balloon; founder, welter, wallow.
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| Antonyms: | leap |
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