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. Miuccia Prada:

   I tried to work so the person is more important than the clothes and the fashion, it was more about personal style than fashion.

2. Tara Murphy:

   We then tried the more sensitive MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa. Because the signal was intermittent, we observed it for 15 minutes every few weeks, hoping that we would see it again, luckily, the signal returned, but we found that the behaviour of the source was dramatically different -- the source disappeared in a single day, even though it had lasted for weeks in our previous ASKAP observations.

3. Charles De Gaulle:

   I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.

4. Carl Mueller:

   We understand the policy about not paying ransom, but on the other hand, any parents out there would understand that you would want anything and everything done to bring your child home. And we tried. And we asked. But they put policy in front of American citizens’ lives.

5. John Drake:

   Had it been reported that she was suicidal or that she was going to kill someone and had been made known to us, then we would have tried to get those weapons. But as it stands, we had absolutely no idea, actually, who this person was.