Synonyms for endeavor
en·deav·or

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1. endeavorverb

   To attempt is to take action somewhat experimentally with the hope and purpose of accomplishing a certain result; to endeavor is to attempt strenuously and with firm and enduring purpose. To attempt expresses a single act; to endeavor, a continuous exertion; we say I will endeavor (not I will attempt) while I live. To attempt is with the view of accomplishing; to essay, with a view of testing our own powers. To undertake is to accept or take upon oneself as an obligation, as some business, labor, or trust; the word often implies complete assurance of success; as, I will undertake to produce the witness. To strive suggests little of the result, much of toil, strain, and contest, in seeking it; I will strive to fulfil your wishes, i. e., I will spare no labor and exertion to do it. Try is the most comprehensive of these words. The original idea of testing or experimenting is not thought of when a man says "I will try." To attempt suggests giving up, if the thing is not accomplished at a stroke; to try implies using other means and studying out other ways if not at first successful. Endeavor is more mild and formal; the pilot in the burning pilot-house does not say "I will endeavor" or "I will attempt to hold the ship to her course," but "I'll try, sir!"

   Synonyms:
   attempt, essay, strive, try, undertake

   Antonyms:
   abandon, dismiss, drop, give up, let go, neglect, omit, overlook, pass by, throw away, throw over, throw up

2. endeavornoun

   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, effort, essay, exertion, struggle, trial

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. enterprise, endeavor, endeavournoun

   a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

   "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"

   Synonyms:
   attempt, try, endeavour, initiative, go-ahead, effort, enterprisingness, enterprise

2. attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, tryverb

   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, effort, movement, campaign, sweat, attack, cause, try, enterprise, crusade, exertion

3. endeavor, endeavour, striveverb

   attempt by employing effort

   "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

   Synonyms:
   reach, strive, strain, endeavour

Matched Categories

1. • Try
   • Undertaking

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1. endeavornoun

   Synonyms:
   effort, attempt, essay, trial, struggle, exertion, aim

2. endeavorverb

   Synonyms:
   try, attempt, essay, labor, strive, aim, make an effort, make an attempt

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "endeavor":

   endeavour, effort

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1. Dean Cheng:

   In the first place, any crewed mission is significant, if only because space travel by humans remains a risky endeavor, this will certainly be their longest mission, which is quite impressive when you consider how early it is in their human spaceflight regimen.

2. Unknown, Often attributed to Abraham Lincoln:

   I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money-power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.

3. Kim Jong:

   I'll endeavor towards a result that will be welcomed by the international community.

4. Alan Stewart Paton:

   Life has . taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors. She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.

5. Baruch Spinoza, The Ethics:

   He who loves God cannot endeavor that God should love him in return.