| Main Entry: | old college try |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | all-out effort |
Synonyms: |
best effort, college try, serious effort, valiant effort |
| 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, pains, 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 |
Antonyms: |
hesitation, idleness, inactivity, laziness, passivity |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | college try |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | all-out effort |
Synonyms: |
best effort, energetic effort, good effort, old college try, valiant effort |