What is another word for effort?
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"
Synonyms:
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?
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.
This is not a white conspiracy dreamt up by the far right or victimization of the Pakistani community as some claim, this is a concerted effort by a minority of Pakistani men who have groomed, abused and raped young white girls.
Volkswagen is so far not handling the scandal correctly, every additional gramme of nitrogen oxide increases the health risks for our citizens. Volkswagen has not acknowledged that in any way or made any effort to really solve the problem.
I don't think we can be a police leader in today's policing landscape and not be a champion of reform. And so it's been thrust upon me to promote people to the leadership team that I believe are committed to reform and to have those tough conversations with people who I think are not, it really is a top-down type of effort. If the department doesn't see that I take reform seriously, no one else in the department would take it seriously.
It's just another example of an effort to violate not only the jurors' First Amendment rights, but also Mr. Kelly's right to a jury of his own peers.
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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