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Synonyms for effort
ˈɛf ərtef·fort
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Wiktionary
effortnoun
Synonyms:
struggleNouneffortnoun
To make an effort.
It took a lot of effort to find a decent-sized, fully-furnished apartment withing walking distance of the office.
Synonyms:
struggleNouneffortnoun
An endeavour.
Although he didn't win any medals, Johnson's effort at the Olympics won over many fans.
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struggleNoun
English Synonyms and Antonyms
effortnoun
Effort denotes the voluntary putting forth of power to attain or accomplish some specific thing; it reaches toward a definite end; exertion is a putting forth of power without special reference to an object. Every effort is an exertion, but not every exertion is an effort. Attempt is more experimental than effort, endeavor less strenuous but more continuous. An effort is a single act, an endeavor a continued series of acts; an endeavor is sustained and enduring, and may be lifelong; we do not have a society of Christian Attempt, or of Christian Effort, but of Christian Endeavor. A struggle is a violent effort or strenuous exertion. An essay is an attempt, effort, or endeavor made as a test of the powers of the one who makes it. Compare ENDEAVOR, v.
Synonyms:
attempt, endeavor, endeavor, essay, exertion, struggle, trial
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
effort
Synonyms:
trial, attempt, endeavor, exertionAntonyms:
failure, misadventure, unsuccess, frustration, futility, inactivity, ease, facility, spontaneity
Princeton's WordNet
attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, trynoun
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
"made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"
Synonyms:
attempt, endeavour, elbow grease, travail, exploit, feat, drive, movement, campaign, sweat, attack, cause, try, enterprise, crusade, exertion, endeavoreffort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweatnoun
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
"he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"
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attempt, endeavour, elbow grease, lather, travail, parturiency, exploit, campaign, childbed, feat, drive, labour, sudor, perspiration, movement, try, sweat, fret, stew, cause, labor, swither, lying-in, confinement, crusade, exertion, endeavorfeat, effort, exploitnoun
a notable achievement
"he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"
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elbow grease, attempt, campaign, feat, try, endeavour, endeavor, crusade, sweat, movement, drive, exploit, travail, cause, exertioncampaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effortnoun
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
"he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"
Synonyms:
political campaign, motility, driveway, thrust, exertion, case, reason, movement, apparent motion, private road, exploit, elbow grease, motion, attempt, causal agent, driving force, move, apparent movement, grounds, front, bowel movement, driving, cause, bm, causa, military campaign, travail, crusade, trend, feat, endeavour, drive, parkway, social movement, sweat, safari, ride, run, campaign, drift, try, hunting expedition, causal agency, lawsuit, endeavor, suit
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "effort":
efforts, endeavour, attempt, work, initiative, commitment, endeavor, utmost, action
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#125 | work | |
#287 | case | |
#473 | action | |
#672 | run | |
#684 | try | |
#737 | drive | |
#794 | front | |
#1142 | move | |
#1223 | cause | |
#1246 | reason | |
#1452 | trial | |
#1460 | enterprise | |
#1871 | motion | |
#1992 | effort | |
#2023 | driving | |
#2118 | efforts | |
#2137 | labor | |
#2171 | campaign | |
#2262 | attack | |
#2293 | movement | |
#2968 | ride | |
#3056 | attempt | |
#3318 | commitment | |
#3380 | safari | |
#3455 | initiative | |
#3526 | labour | |
#3709 | suit | |
#4405 | trend | |
#5087 | grounds | |
#5490 | essay | |
#5905 | struggle | |
#8076 | bm | |
#8565 | lawsuit | |
#9611 | feat | |
#10264 | exploit | |
#10703 | sweat | |
#11054 | parkway | |
#11779 | drift | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#16219 | endeavor | |
#16531 | driveway | |
#17620 | utmost | |
#18225 | crusade | |
#18303 | endeavour | |
#19223 | stew | |
#19967 | confinement | |
#27090 | fret | |
#29951 | travail | |
#35034 | motility | |
#38020 | exertion | |
#46155 | perspiration | |
#58020 | lather | |
#59052 | causa |
How to use effort in a sentence?
I was watching 'Antiques Roadshow,' and I was totally shocked, i couldn't think about work anymore. I had to give my best effort to owning these dolls.
The Tuttle family respects Kim Ogg’s effort to prosecute those who are responsible for murdering Dennis Tuttle but to have that process delayed because of the behavior of a single prosecutor is more than disappointing-it hurts, what seems to be lost here is any focus on what this family has gone through, what they continue to go through….
That was a real group effort, man.
We view our effort as one to identify the source of illegal calls, and encourage those whose networks are being used to not allow illegal traffic over it, the good guys will take that information and do the right thing.
As we were literally in court facing our abuser, MSU was paying a firm to monitor us, the only other person that monitored my social media profiles in an effort to discredit me, was my abuser, Larry Nassar.
Translations for effort
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- مجهود, جهدArabic
- старание, усилиеBulgarian
- esforçCatalan, Valencian
- úsilí, snahaCzech
- indsatsDanish
- Anstrengung, AufwandGerman
- προσπάθειαGreek
- klopodoEsperanto
- esfuerzoSpanish
- تلاشPersian
- vaiva, ponnistus, yritysFinnish
- effortFrench
- iomairtScottish Gaelic
- מאמץHebrew
- प्रयासHindi
- erőfeszítésHungarian
- ճիգ, ջանքArmenian
- effortioInterlingua
- usahaIndonesian
- sforzoItalian
- 努力Japanese
- 노력, 努力Korean
- ڕهنجKurdish
- conatusLatin
- inspanningDutch
- wysiłekPolish
- esforçoPortuguese
- efort, solicitareRomanian
- старание, усилиеRussian
- nápor, trȗdSerbo-Croatian
- ansträngning, insatsSwedish
- juhudiSwahili
- کوششUrdu
- nỗ lực, 努力Vietnamese
- 功夫Chinese
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