| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compete, fight |
Synonyms: |
argue, battle, clash, confront, contest, controvert, cope, dispute, emulate, encounter, face, give all one's got, give one's all, go after, go for, go for broke, go for it, go for jugular, grapple, have at, jockey for position, jostle, knock oneself out, litigate, lock horns, make play for, meet, mix it up with, oppose, oppugn, push, push for, resist, rival, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, skirmish, stand, strive, struggle, tangle with, tug, vie, withstand |
Antonyms: |
abandon, desert, give up, leave, retreat |
| Main Entry: | strive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try for, exert oneself |
Synonyms: |
aim, assay, attempt, bear down, bend over backward, break one's neck, compete, contend, do one's best, do one's utmost, drive, endeavor, essay, fight, go after, go all out, go for broke, go for the jugular, go the limit, hassle, jockey, knock oneself out, labor, leave no stone unturned, make every effort, moil, offer, push, scramble, seek, shoot for, strain, struggle, sweat, tackle, take on, toil, try hard, tug, work |
Antonyms: |
forget, skip |
| Main Entry: | toil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work hard |
Synonyms: |
drive, drudge, grind, knock oneself out, labor, moil, peg away, plod, plug, push oneself, slave, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, tug, work, work like a dog |
Antonyms: |
idle, laze, neglect |
| Main Entry: | try |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt |
Synonyms: |
aim, aspire, attack, bear down, chip away at, compete, contend, contest, do one's best, drive for, endeavor, essay, exert oneself, go after, go all out, go for, have a crack, have a go, have a shot, have a stab, have a whack, knock oneself out, labor, lift a finger, make a bid, make a pass at, make an attempt, make an effort, propose, put oneself out, risk, seek, shoot for, speculate, strive, struggle, tackle, undertake, venture, vie for, work, wrangle |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
Antonyms: |
abstain |
| Main Entry: | toil |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
amain, elaborate, energetic, epitonic, faffle, gymnastic, hard, hard at work, hardscrabble, industrious, insudate, laboriferous, laboring, laborious, laboristic, moliminous, on the stretch, operose, painstaking, palestric, panurgic, strained, strenuous, toilsome, troublesome, trusatile, uphill, wearisome, womanfully
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