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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | war |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, battle |
| Synonyms: | attack, attempt, bombard, campaign against, challenge, clash, combat, contend, contest, differ, disagree, endeavor, engage in combat, go to war, kill, make war, march against, meet, murder, oppugn, shell, shoot, strive, struggle, take on, take the field against, take up arms, tug, wage war |
| Antonyms: | agree, ceasefire, make peace |
| Main Entry: | work |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be employed; exert oneself |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself, be gainfully employed, buckle down, carry on, dig, do a job, do business, drive, drudge, earn a living, freelance, have a job, hold a job, hustle*, knuckle down, labor, manage, manufacture, moil, moonlight, nine-to-five it, peg away, plug away, ply, punch a clock, pursue, report, scratch, slave, slog, specialize, strain, strive, sweat*, take on, toil, try |
| Antonyms: | idle, laze, relax, rest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wrestle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | struggle physically or mentally with something |
| Synonyms: | battle, combat, contend, endeavor, essay, exert, fight, grapple, grunt, scuffle, strain, strive, tangle, tussle, work |
| Main Entry: | angle (for) |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt |
| Synonyms: | aim for, be after, connive, conspire, contrive, fish for, hint, hunt, invite, look for, maneuver, plan, plot, scheme, seek, solicit, strive, try for |
| Main Entry: | moil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | labor |
| Synonyms: | back, bear down, cultivate, drive, drudge, endeavor, exert oneself, fag, grind*, plod, plug away, pour it on, slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, tend, toil, travail, tug, work, work oneself to the bone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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aligned with, bound for, direct, directed, directed towards, easterly, point towards, straight, straightforward, undeviating, unswerving
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| Main Entry: | toil |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
amain, elaborate, energetic, epitonic, faffle, gymnastic, hard, hard at work, hardscrabble, industrious, insudate, laboriferous, laboring, laborious, laboristic, moliminous, on the stretch, operose, painstaking, palestric, panurgic, strained, strenuous, toilsome, troublesome, trusatile, uphill, wearisome, womanfully
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| Concept: | Essay. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; precursory measures |
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-verbs
try, essay; experiment; endeavor, strive; tempt, attempt, make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance, tempt fortune; try one's fortune, try one's luck, try one's hand; use one's endeavor; feel one's way, grope one's way, pick one's way., try hard, push, make a bold push, use one's best endeavor; do one's best (exertion) [more].
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