Synonyms for strive
straɪv; ˈstrɪv ənstrive

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1. striveverb

   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, endeavor, endeavor, essay, try, undertake

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

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1. strive

   Synonyms:
   labor, endeavor, aim, contest, toil, try, struggle, contend, vie

   Antonyms:
   relax, surrender, succumb, submit, yield, withdraw

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. endeavor, endeavour, striveverb

   attempt by employing effort

   "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

   Synonyms:
   reach, endeavor, strain, endeavour

2. strive, reach, strainverb

   to exert much effort or energy

   "straining our ears to hear"

   Synonyms:
   touch, progress to, strain, try, hit, arrive at, pass on, attain, filter out, sift, reach, sieve, puree, get hold of, make, extend, get to, gain, give, distort, filter, separate out, achieve, endeavour, pass, deform, reach out, tense up, turn over, accomplish, contact, endeavor, tense, filtrate, stress, extend to, get through, hand

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1. • Push
   • Try

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. striveverb

   Synonyms:
   labor, endeavor, toil, struggle, try, aim, exert one's self, make an effort, do one's best, lay one's self out

2. striveverb

   Synonyms:
   contend, contest, fight, compete, cope, have a contest

3. striveverb

   Synonyms:
   [Poetical.] vie, compare, be comparable

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1. striveverb

   Synonyms:
   struggle, try, endeavor, contend, vie, cope

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1. List of paraphrases for "strive":

   endeavour, seek, try, fight, aspire, aim, striving, struggle

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How to use strive in a sentence?

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   In the crucial months ahead, we must strive to make America beautiful again. Trump's daily lack of civility has provoked responses that are predictable but unacceptable. As we go forward, we must conduct elections in a way that achieves unity from sea to shining sea.

2. Steve Lebsock:

   Members, please remember that we should always strive to do the right thing.

3. George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004:

   For too long, many nations, including my own, tolerated, even excused, oppression in the Middle East in the name of stability. Oppression became common, but stability never arrived. We must take a different approach. We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations.

4. Sipho P Nkosi:

   Strive to win or learn in spite of competition.

5. Horst Seehofer:

   No one can predict the consequences of a Grexit other than that a lot of Greece's debts would have to be written off and at the same time monetary help would be necessary, on top of that there would be utter chaos. If Greece were not prepared to reform, a path like that would have to be accepted but one shouldn't strive for it oneself or organize it.