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efforts - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | effort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, exertion |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack*, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease*, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling*, force, go*, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try*, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot*, spurt, stab*, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug*, undertaking, venture, whack*, pains |
| Antonyms: | hesitation, idleness, laziness, inactivity, passivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accomplishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something successfully done, completed |
| Synonyms: | ability, achievement, act, art, attainment, capability, completion, conclusion, consummation, coup, deed, effort, execution, exploit, feat, finish, fulfillment, performance, production, proficiency, realization, skill, stroke, talent, triumph, bringing about, carrying out, effecting |
| Antonyms: | defeat, failure, frustration, nullification |
| Main Entry: | achievement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something completed successfully; goal reached |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, acquisition, act, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, contrivance, creation, deed, effort, enactment, execution, exploit, feat, fulfillment, hit, masterpiece, performance, production, realization, stroke, success, tour de force, triumph, victory, acquirement, actualization, effectuation, encompassment |
| Antonyms: | defeat, failure, forfeit, injury, miscue, misfortune, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | individual deed |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, act, blow, commission, dealings, doing, effort, enterprise, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, handiwork, maneuver, manipulation, move, operation, performance, procedure, step, stroke, thrust, transaction, undertaking |
| Main Entry: | application |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard work |
| Synonyms: | attention, commitment, concentration, consideration, dedication, deliberation, diligence, effort, industry, perseverance, study, zeal, assiduity, attentiveness, busyness |
| Main Entry: | bid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | endeavor |
| Synonyms: | attempt, crack, effort, essay, try, venture |
| Main Entry: | care |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness, attention to detail |
| Synonyms: | alertness, caution, concentration, concern, conscientiousness, consideration, diligence, direction, discrimination, effort, enthusiasm, exactness, exertion, forethought, heed, interest, management, nicety, precaution, prudence, regard, solicitude, thought, trouble, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness, circumspection, fastidiousness, meticulousness, pains, particularity, scrupulousness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, neglect, negligence, omission, oversight |
| Main Entry: | chore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task |
| Synonyms: | assignment, burden, duty, effort, errand, grind, housework, job, routine, stint, trial, tribulation, workout, KP, devoir, scutwork |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | campaign for cause |
| Synonyms: | action, advance, appeal, crusade, effort, enterprise, initiative, push, surge, get-up-and-go |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's will to achieve |
| Synonyms: | ambition, clout, effort, energy, enterprise, goods*, gumption*, guts*, impetus, impulse, initiative, momentum, motivation, motive, moxie*, pep, pressure, punch*, push*, right stuff*, spunk*, steam*, stuff*, vigor, vitality, zip*, fire in belly, get-up-and-go, impellent, what it takes |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elbow grease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard work |
| Synonyms: | blood sweat and tears, effort, exertion, labor, muscle, oomph, oomph*, physical effort, strain, strength, sweat, sweat of one's brow, toil, travail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endeavor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to achieve something |
| Synonyms: | aim, all*, best shot*, crash project, dry run*, effort, enterprise, essay, exertion, fling, full blast*, full court press, full steam, go, header, labor, lick*, old college try*, one's all, one's level best, push, shot*, stab*, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, try, try-on, undertaking, venture, whack*, whirl*, work |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | idleness, laziness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, undertaking |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, attempt, baby*, bag*, bit*, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do*, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, firm, flier*, follow through*, game*, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outfit, performance, plan, plunge*, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work, ballgame, big idea, biggie, pet project |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | essay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | try, attempt |
| Synonyms: | aim, bid, dry run*, effort, endeavor, exertion, experiment, hassle, labor, one's all, one's level best, shot*, striving, struggle, test, toil, travail, trial, try on*, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack*, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, pass |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard work |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, application, attempt, effort, elbow grease*, employment, endeavor, exercise, industry, labor, operation, strain, stretch, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, trouble, use, hard pull, long pull, pains, utilization |
| Antonyms: | idleness, laziness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exploit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, adventure, attainment, coup, deed, do, effort, enterprise, escapade, feat, job, maneuver, performance, stroke, stunt, tour de force, venture |
| Main Entry: | feat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, adventure, attainment, conquest, consummation, coup, deed, effort, enterprise, execution, exploit, performance, stunt, tour de force, triumph, venture, victory |
| Antonyms: | failure, idleness, inaction |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical energy, power |
| Synonyms: | arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, draft, duress, effort, enforcement, extortion, fury, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, potency, potential, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock*, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, strength, stress, stuff*, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor, violence, constrait, dynamism, exaction, full head of steam, horsepower, pains, pow, strong arm, subjection, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | try, attempt |
| Synonyms: | bid, crack, effort, essay, fling, pop, shot, slap, stab, turn, whack, whirl |
| Main Entry: | industry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard work |
| Synonyms: | activity, application, attention, care, determination, diligence, effort, energy, enterprise, labor, patience, perseverance, persistence, toil, vigor, zeal, assiduity, dynamism, intentness, inventiveness, pains, tirelessness |
| Antonyms: | idleness, indolence, laziness, lethargy, worthlessness, unemployment |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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