Synonyms for Strain:

• n.

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

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

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

Antonyms for Strain:

• n.

  • pain, due to exertion
    aid, calmness, ease, health, help, idleness, laziness, peace, relaxation, relief, wellness.
  • suggestion, hint
    information, lot.
  • Other antonyms:
    abundance, barrel, boatload, bonanza, bucket, bundle, bushel, child, chunk, deal, embarrassment, excess, fistful, gobs, heaps, heir, hunk, inheritor, issue, lashings, loads, loosen up, lot, lump, make relaxed, mass, mess, mountain, much, offspring, oodles, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, peck, pile, plenty, posterity, potful, profusion, progeny, quantity, raft, relax, scads, seed, slab, son, stack, successor, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, unlax, unstrain, unwind, volume, wad, wealth, REAMS, passel.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abundance, aid, assist, barrel, bask, boatload, bonanza, break, bucket, bum, bundle, bushel, calm, calmness, child, chill, chunk, comfort, compress, conceal, concentrate, consolation, contract, corrupt, dabble, dally, deal, dillydally, dirty, discourage, dissuade, doodle, ease, ease up, effortlessness, embarrassment, energise, energize, excess, fistful, fix, flood, fool around, footle, gobs, goldbrick, goof, gush, hack, hang, hang around, hang out, health, heaps, heir, help, hide, hunk, idle, idleness, ignore, information, inheritor, issue, lashings, laze, laziness, loads, loaf, loll, loose, loosen, loosen up, lot, lounge, lump, make relaxed, mass, mend, mess, mess around, monkey, monkey around, mountain, much, offspring, oodles, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, pamper, peace, peck, pile, placate, play, please, plenty, pollute, posterity, potful, potter, potter around, pour, procrastinate, profusion, progeny, putter, putter around, raft, refresh, relax, relaxation, release, relief, repose, repress, rest, scads, seed, shirk, shrink, slab, slack, slack off, slacken, son, soothe, stack, stream, successor, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surge, surplus, take it easy, trifle, unburden, undermine, unlax, unstrain, unwind, volume, wad, weaken, wealth, wellness, yield, Fribble, let up, REAMS, passel, hang about, veg out, goof around, goof off, hack around, lack of tension.

• v.

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