Definition for Strain:

• To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.

Synonyms for Strain:

• n.

  •
  • burden,
  • pressure.
  •
  • wrench.
  •
  • exertion,
  • struggle.
  •
  • push.
  •
  • labor,
  • tug.
  •
  • mode.
  •
  • heave.
  •ancestry (noun)
  • descent,
  • extraction,
  • lineage,
  • species,
  • stock,
  • race,
  • blood,
  • Family,
  • breed.
  •category (noun)
  • designation,
  • brand,
  • stripe,
  • taxonomy,
  • category,
  • caste,
  • breed,
  • line,
  • stamp,
  • degree,
  • stock,
  • genotype,
  • grain,
  • level,
  • persuasion,
  • clan,
  • genus,
  • denomination,
  • form,
  • style,
  • classification,
  • mold,
  • type,
  • set,
  • label,
  • make,
  • race,
  • ilk,
  • rank,
  • class,
  • variety,
  • species,
  • grade,
  • sort,
  • step,
  • feather,
  • order,
  • series,
  • kingdom,
  • people,
  • phylum,
  • Family,
  • kind.
  •effort (noun)
  • exertion,
  • struggle.
  •ethnic group (noun)
  • race.
  •heritage (noun)
  • birth.
  •line (noun)
  • line.
  •melody (noun)
  • descant,
  • air,
  • song,
  • tune,
  • measure.
  •pain, due to exertion (noun)
  • tension,
  • stress,
  • endeavor,
  • force,
  • wrench,
  • burden,
  • stretch,
  • pressure,
  • struggle,
  • pull,
  • exertion,
  • sprain.
  •pressure (noun)
  • force,
  • pull.
  •state (noun)
  • stress.
  •strain (noun)
  • nervous strain,
  • stress,
  • breed,
  • straining,
  • tune,
  • stock,
  • line,
  • melody,
  • striving,
  • form,
  • song,
  • air,
  • variety,
  • mental strain,
  • strive,
  • tenor.
  •suggestion, hint (noun)
  • vein,
  • tone,
  • style,
  • manner.
  •tightness (noun)
  • tension.
  •traction (noun)
  • draught.

• v.

  •competition (verb)
  • strive.
  •emotion (verb)
  • stress.
  •stretch, often to limit (verb)
  • tax,
  • rack,
  • push,
  • overwork.
  •work very hard (verb)
  • labor,
  • strive.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • labour,
  • aria,
  • wrench.
  •
  • burden,
  • overwork,
  • pull,
  • labor,
  • tug,
  • drain,
  • tax.
  •
  • exertion,
  • pressure.
  •
  • vein.
  •
  • haul.
  •
  • force.
  •
  • push.
  •
  • draw.
  •effort
  • struggle.
  •twist
  • sprain.
  •Other relevant words:
  • heave,
  • drain,
  • straining,
  • overwork,
  • burden,
  • song,
  • exertion,
  • overstretch,
  • endeavor,
  • draw,
  • rack,
  • struggle,
  • draft,
  • lug,
  • overdraw,
  • line of descent,
  • aria,
  • Elutriate,
  • Overdrawing,
  • make the best of,
  • stretch the truth,
  • phrase,
  • overstrain,
  • tenor,
  • seed,
  • pressure,
  • house,
  • movement,
  • Overcount,
  • overtaxing,
  • tornado,
  • air,
  • mode,
  • haul,
  • push,
  • descent,
  • overrate,
  • torrent,
  • overexertion,
  • Overprize,
  • vein,
  • tone,
  • tug,
  • tax,
  • striving,
  • stretch of the imagination,
  • strive,
  • stretch,
  • succession,
  • passage,
  • manner,
  • lineage,
  • overextension,
  • descant,
  • overvalue,
  • make the most of,
  • tenseness,
  • stretching,
  • Overreckon,
  • mental strain,
  • measure,
  • overstretching,
  • Overstraining,
  • sprain,
  • Melodia,
  • overassess,
  • tune,
  • key,
  • nervous tension,
  • birth,
  • wrench,
  • overextend,
  • overesteem,
  • overestimate,
  • tension,
  • derivation,
  • labour,
  • gust,
  • stem,
  • blood,
  • rush,
  • think too much of,
  • force,
  • exert oneself,
  • pitch,
  • draught,
  • note,
  • Overmeasure,
  • stream,
  • make too much of,
  • pull,
  • bloodline,
  • stress,
  • brood,
  • catch at straws,
  • part,
  • melody,
  • extraction,
  • eyestrain,
  • nervous strain,
  • labor,
  • Stirps,
  • Outreckon,
  • fashion.

Antonyms for Strain:

• n.

  • pain, due to exertion
    health, relaxation, help, laziness, idleness, relief, peace, calmness, ease, aid, wellness.
  • suggestion, hint
    information, lot.
  • Other antonyms:
    hunk, seed, heir, heaps, pile, issue, oversupply, quantity, bonanza, embarrassment, much, overabundance, offspring, child, surplus, plenty, overage, posterity, successor, loads, excess, superabundance, slab, son, overkill, surfeit, overmuch, overflow, inheritor, superfluity, lump, gobs, progeny.

• v.

  • cause mental stress
    assist, please.
  • filter
    dirty, corrupt, pollute.
  • stretch, often to limit
    discourage, energize, contract, refresh, unburden, placate, repress, dissuade, concentrate, mend, calm, shrink, compress, soothe, fix, release, idle, laze, rest.
  • work very hard
    procrastinate, ignore, hide, conceal.