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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt |
| Synonyms: | all one's got, best shot, bid, crack*, dab, effort, endeavor, essay, fling*, go*, jab, pop*, shot*, slap, stab*, striving, struggle, trial, undertaking, whack, whirl* |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | abstention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | endeavor |
| Synonyms: | attempt, crack, effort, essay, try, venture |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gamble, risk |
| Synonyms: | bet, craps game, fall of the cards, hazard, jeopardy, lottery, raffle, speculation, stake, throw of the dice, try, venture, wager |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to do something |
| Synonyms: | fling, go, opportunity, pop, shot, stab, try, whack, whirl |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endeavor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to achieve something |
| Synonyms: | aim, all*, best shot, crash project, dry run, effort, enterprise, essay, exertion, fling, full blast, full court press, full steam, go, header, labor, lick*, old college try, one's all, one's level best, push, shot*, stab*, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, try, try-on, undertaking, venture, whack, whirl*, work |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | idleness, laziness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, undertaking |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, attempt, baby*, bag*, ballgame, big idea, biggie, bit*, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do*, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, firm, flier, follow through, game*, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outfit, performance, pet project, plan, plunge*, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | experiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation, test |
| Synonyms: | R and D, agreement, analysis, assay, attempt, check, dissection, dry run, enterprise, essay, examination, exercise, experimentation, fling*, measure, observation, operation, practice, probe, procedure, proof, quiz, rehearsal, research, research and development, scrutiny, search, speculation, study, trial, trial and error, trial run, try, try-on, tryout, undertaking, venture, verification |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unrestrained behavior |
| Synonyms: | affair, attempt, binge, celebration, crack*, essay, fun, gamble, go*, good time, indulgence, orgy, party, rampage, shot*, splurge, spree, stab*, trial, try, venture, whirl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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