endeavor

Try with determination

Endeavor is a formal word that is roughly synonymous with attempt and try.

Like those two words, endeavor can act as a noun or a verb: Didn’t you endeavor to contact her again? We will take better equipment on our next endeavor to reach the summit.

In referring to a project, endeavor can mean the equivalent of undertaking: They have a lot of venture capital supporting their latest endeavor.

The British spelling of endeavor is endeavour.

attempt

try

Make an effort

  • attemptEffort to accomplish
  • trialJudicial examination of claims
  • shotQuick liquor serving

bid · crack · stab · go · venture · experiment · essay · whack · fling · pass

goal

ambition

Desire for achievement

objective · aim · purpose · goal · hope · desire · yearning · longing · wish · motivation

struggle

toil

Strenuous, prolonged effort

perseverance · diligence · persistence · tenacity · dedication · commitment · grind · hard work · application · industry

project

venture

Risky new undertaking

mission · campaign · task · assignment · scheme · work · engagement · activity · deed · action

business

venture

Risky new undertaking

business · establishment · concern · partnership · corporation · entrepreneurship · going concern

challenge

obstacle

Something blocking the way

hardship · struggle · hurdle · ordeal · test · barrier · setback · complication · uphill battle · gauntlet

achievement

accomplishment

Successful completion of aim

breakthrough · feat · attainment · fulfillment · realization · victory · completion · culmination · fruition · conquest

Categories
Opposites
effort and exertion

endeavoridleness

State of doing nothing

laziness · inactivity · sloth · idle · laze

purpose and intentionality

endeavorwhim

Sudden arbitrary desire

aimlessness · trifle · dalliance · dilly-dally · doodle

commitment and persistence

endeavorquit

Cease doing something

give up · abandon · surrender · drop · neglect

Phrases
Family

endeavors, endeavour, endeavored, endeavoring, endeavours, endeavouring, endeavoured

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G