Definition for Strain:

• To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.

Synonyms for Strain:

• n.

  •
  • mode.
  •
  • heave.
  •ancestry (noun)
  • extraction,
  • blood,
  • descent,
  • species,
  • lineage,
  • race.
  •category (noun)
  • designation,
  • caste,
  • classification,
  • grade,
  • denomination,
  • phylum,
  • persuasion,
  • order,
  • kind,
  • rank,
  • series,
  • genotype,
  • brand,
  • degree,
  • set,
  • line,
  • taxonomy,
  • genus,
  • kingdom,
  • grain,
  • clan,
  • stripe,
  • make,
  • level,
  • people,
  • stamp,
  • mold,
  • form,
  • sort,
  • feather,
  • label,
  • step,
  • ilk,
  • category.
  •heritage (noun)
  • birth.
  •melody (noun)
  • descant,
  • measure.
  •pain, due to exertion (noun)
  • tension.
  •strain (noun)
  • nervous strain,
  • mental strain,
  • striving,
  • tenor,
  • straining.
  •suggestion, hint (noun)
  • manner.
  •traction (noun)
  • draught.

• v.

  •stretch, often to limit (verb)
  • rack.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • aria,
  • labour.
  •
  • haul.
  •
  • draw.

Paraphrases for Strain:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Strains.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    deformation.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    deformational.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stresses, stump, counterfoil, fatigue, misrepresentation, deformity, load, elongation, compulsion, deflection, burden, ancestry, exhaustion, bloodline, variant, difficulty, shearing, arm-twisting, tribe, offspring, tensile, friction.
  • Verb, base form
    encumber, burden.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    distortion, sprain, lineage, tiredness, descent, duress.

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.

Homophones for Strain:

• sidearm, side drum, stearin, strymon, styrene, sternum, sauterne, stroma, sweat room, struma, stormy, sterna, strawman, stateroom, squadron, sterninae, saturn, stern, straw wine, southern, Sudatorium, styron, sterne, sheet iron, storeroom, saturnine, storm, saturnia, stream, strawworm, squad room, state attorney, side arm, sectarian, strum, straw man, stroheim.

Hypernym for Strain:

• n.

  • phenomenon
    overstrain.

• v.

  • competition
    bother, overexert oneself, trouble, inconvenience oneself, kill oneself, extend oneself, trouble oneself.
  • consumption
    tax, task, overstrain, overextend.
  • emotion
    rack.

Hyponym for Strain:

• n.

  • phenomenon
    deformation.
  • state
    harm, difficulty, injury, trauma, hurt.

• v.

  • competition
    labor, drive, push, tug, labour.
  • consumption
    employ, apply, utilise, utilize, use.
  • emotion
    afflict.