Synonyms for tried
traɪdtried

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1. tested, tried, well-triedadjective

   tested and proved useful or correct

   "a tested method"

   Synonyms:
   tested, well-tried, tried and true, time-tested

   Antonyms:
   unproved, unreliable, undependable, unproven

2. tested, time-tested, tried, tried and trueadjective

   tested and proved to be reliable

   Synonyms:
   tested, well-tried, tried and true, time-tested

   Antonyms:
   unreliable, undependable, unproven, unproved

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1. List of paraphrases for "tried":

   attempted, sought, judged, endeavoured, tempted, prosecuted, deemed, guysfelt, tested, treaty, striven, strived, considered, dabbled

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1. Umme Habiba:

   Starving with no food, we saw a fishing boat nearby and tried to go close, we jumped in the water to swim close to that boat but in the end, we could not.

2. Abraham Lincoln:

   Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

3. Lance Armstrong:

   While I believe that their lawsuit against me was meritless and unfair, and while I am spending a lot of money to resolve it, I have since 2013 tried to take full responsibility for my mistakes and inappropriate conduct, and make amends wherever possible, i rode my heart out for the Postal cycling team, and was always especially proud to wear the red, white and blue eagle on my chest when competing in the Tour de France. Those memories are very real and mean a lot to me.

4. Ole Petter Ottersen:

   I realize there are many feelings involved here. He tried to demolish the system. We have to stay faithful to it.

5. Steve Vladeck:

   The anti-abortion group had tried to rely upon California's' anti-SLAPP' statute to argue that Planned Parenthood was trying to chill Planned Parenthood officials First Amendment rights rather than sue Planned Parenthood officials on legitimate grounds.