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striving

Main Entry:
striving
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: attempt
Synonyms: conation, conatus
Main Entry: ambition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: strong desire for success
Synonyms: appetite, ardor, aspiration, avidity, craving, desire, drive, eagerness, earnestness, emulation, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, fire in belly, get up and go, hankering*, hope, hunger, initiative, itch, keenness, longing, love, lust, moxie*, passion, pretension, push, right stuff, spirit, striving, thirst, vigor, yearning, zeal
Antonyms: apathy, contentment, diffidence, humility, indifference, laziness, satisfaction
Main Entry: ambitious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: desiring success
Synonyms: aggressive, anxious, ardent, aspiring, avid, ball of fire, bent upon, climbing, come on, come on strong, designing, desirous, determined, driving, eager, eager beaver, earnest, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, fireball, get up and go, go-getter, goal-oriented, hard ball, high-reaching, hopeful, hungry, industrious, inspired, intent, longing, power-loving, purposeful, pushing, pushy*, resourceful, self-starting, sharp, soaring, striving, thirsty, vaulting, zealous
Antonyms: content, fulfilled, satisfied, unassuming
Main Entry: aspiring
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hopeful
Synonyms: ambitious, aspirant, eager, eager beaver, endeavoring, enthusiastic, impassioned, longing, on the make, striving, wishful, would-be, zealous
Main Entry: attempt
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: try, effort
Synonyms: all one's got, attack, bid*, crack*, dry run, endeavor, exertion, experiment, fling, go, header, lick*, one's all, one's darnedest, one's level best, pursuit, shot, stab, striving, struggle, trial, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack, workout
Antonyms: certainty, laziness, success
Main Entry: competition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: contest
Synonyms: antagonism, athletic event, bout, candidacy, championship, clash, concours, contention, controversy, counteraction, do or die, dog eat dog, emulation, encounter, engagement, event, fight, game, go for it, go for the gold, horse race, jungle*, match, matchup, meeting, one on one, one-upping, opposition, pairing off, puzzle, quiz, race, racing, rat race, rivalry, run, sport, strife, striving, struggle, tilt, tournament, trial, tug-of-war, warfare
Notes: competition refers to an abstract quality, whereas competitiveness implies a practical activity whose manifestation can be observed
Main Entry: conflict
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fight, warfare
Synonyms: battle, clash, collision, combat, competition, contention, contest, emulation, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, rivalry, set-to, strife, striving, struggle, tug-of-war, war
Antonyms: agreement, calm, concord, peace, stability
Main Entry: contest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fight, struggle
Synonyms: action, affray, altercation, battle, battle royal, beef, brawl, brush, combat, conflict, controversy, debate, discord, dispute, emulation, encounter, engagement, fray, go*, hassle, rivalry, row, rumble*, run-in, scrap, set-to, shock, skirmish, static, strife, striving, tug-of-war, warfare, wrangle
Antonyms: agreement, calm, peace, quiet, stillness, tranquility
Main Entry: effort
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: work, exertion
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack*, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling*, force, go*, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try, pains, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot*, spurt, stab*, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug, undertaking, venture, whack
Antonyms: hesitation, idleness, inactivity, laziness, passivity
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