Endeavor

//ɪnˈdɛv.ə//

Synonyms for "endeavor" (175 found)

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Closest matches (35)

Verb(1 words)
strive

Strong matches (53)

Noun(3 words)
doingseffortendeavour
Verb(1 words)
endeavour

Related words (87)

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derived

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1 entries

related to

6 entries

Translations

177 translations across 41 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • غَايَة noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • مُحَاوَلَة noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ճիգ noun (a sincere attempt)
  • ջանք noun (a sincere attempt)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • начинание noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • предприятие noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • старание noun (a sincere attempt)
  • усилие noun (a sincere attempt)

Catalan

2 entries
  • esforç noun (a sincere attempt)
  • esforç noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 事業 /事业 noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • 企业 noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • 使命 noun (a sincere attempt)
  • 努力 noun (a sincere attempt)

Czech

4 entries
  • snaha noun (a sincere attempt)
  • snaha noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • úsilí noun (a sincere attempt)
  • namáhat se za verb (attempt through application of effort)

Danish

3 entries
  • bestræbelse noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • stræben noun (a sincere attempt)
  • bestræbe sig verb (attempt through application of effort)

Dutch

4 entries
  • ijveren noun (a sincere attempt)
  • inspanning noun (a sincere attempt)
  • inspanning noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • moeite noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • klopodi noun (a sincere attempt)
  • klopodi verb (attempt through application of effort)
  • peni verb (attempt through application of effort)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ponnistus noun (a sincere attempt)
  • pyrkimys noun (a sincere attempt)
  • pyrkimys noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • yritys noun (a sincere attempt)

French

4 entries
  • effort noun (a sincere attempt)
  • effort noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • entreprise noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • se dévouer à quelque chose verb (to work with purpose)

Galician

4 entries
  • afouteza noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • angueira noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • auso noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • barileza noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)

German

4 entries
  • Bemühung noun (a sincere attempt)
  • Bestreben noun (a sincere attempt)
  • Unterfangen noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • Unternehmen noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)

Greek

4 entries
  • απόπειρα noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • προσπάθεια noun (a sincere attempt)
  • αποπειρώμαι verb (attempt through application of effort)
  • πασχίζω verb (attempt through application of effort)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कोशिश noun (a sincere attempt)
  • जतन noun (a sincere attempt)
  • प्रयत्न noun (a sincere attempt)
  • प्रयत्न noun (a sincere attempt)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • igyekezet noun (a sincere attempt)
  • igyekszik verb (attempt through application of effort)

Italian

4 entries
  • impegno noun (a sincere attempt)
  • impegno noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • impresa noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • sforzo noun (a sincere attempt)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 事業 noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • 努力 noun (a sincere attempt)
  • 努力する verb (attempt through application of effort)
  • 努力する verb (attempt through application of effort)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ыждағат ету verb (attempt through application of effort)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ការខំប្រឹងខ្នះខ្នែង noun (a sincere attempt)
  • សហគ្រាស noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)

Latin

2 entries
  • mōlior verb (attempt through application of effort)
  • nītor verb (attempt through application of effort)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • на́пор noun (a sincere attempt)
  • настоју́вање noun (a sincere attempt)
  • о́бид noun (a sincere attempt)
  • обиду́вање noun (a sincere attempt)

Malay

2 entries
  • ikhtiar noun (a sincere attempt)
  • usaha noun (a sincere attempt)

Māori

2 entries
  • whakakoro verb (attempt through application of effort)
  • whakakoro verb (to work with purpose)

Occitan

1 entries
  • esfòrç noun (a sincere attempt)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • صاواش noun (a sincere attempt)
  • دكهمك verb (attempt through application of effort)

Persian

2 entries
  • کوشش noun (a sincere attempt)
  • کوشش کردن verb (attempt through application of effort)

Polish

4 entries
  • dążenie noun (a sincere attempt)
  • przedsięwzięcie noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • próba noun (a sincere attempt)
  • usiłowanie noun (a sincere attempt)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • empenho noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • empreitada noun (a sincere attempt)
  • esforço noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • tentativa noun (a sincere attempt)

Romanian

4 entries
  • strădanie noun (a sincere attempt)
  • strădanie noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • tentativă noun (a sincere attempt)
  • strădui verb (attempt through application of effort)

Russian

4 entries
  • попы́тка noun (a sincere attempt)
  • предприя́тие noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • стара́ние noun (a sincere attempt)
  • стремле́ние noun (a sincere attempt)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • iomairt noun (a sincere attempt)
  • iomairt noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)

Slovak

4 entries
  • podujatie noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • snaha noun (a sincere attempt)
  • úloha noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • úsilie noun (a sincere attempt)

Spanish

4 entries
  • actividad noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • destajo noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)
  • empeño noun (a sincere attempt)
  • empeño noun (enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity)

Swedish

1 entries
  • sträva noun (a sincere attempt)

Tamil

1 entries
  • முயற்சி noun (a sincere attempt)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความพยายาม noun (a sincere attempt)

Turkish

4 entries
  • gayret etmek verb (attempt through application of effort)
  • teşvik etmek verb (attempt through application of effort)
  • uğraş göstermek verb (attempt through application of effort)
  • çaba sarfetmek verb (attempt through application of effort)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • намага́ння noun (a sincere attempt)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cố gắng verb (attempt through application of effort)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ymdrech noun (a sincere attempt)

Sample sentences

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Dieting takes up so much human endeavor with so little to show for it.

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I'm sure your endeavor will bear fruit.

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You must endeavor to improve your English.

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I will endeavor to complete my task.

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