Synonyms for Strive:

• n.

  •
  • push for.
  •
  • fag,
  • sweat,
  • travail.
  •endeavour (noun)
  • endeavour.

• v.

  •agonize (verb)
  • dis-tress,
  • takes badly,
  • eating heart out,
  • sings the blues,
  • ate heart out,
  • singing blues,
  • dis tress,
  • ex-cruciate,
  • sing blues,
  • sings blues,
  • eats heart out,
  • stewing over,
  • sung blues,
  • took it badly,
  • dis tresses,
  • sung the blues,
  • dis-tressed,
  • sang blues,
  • sang the blues,
  • stews over,
  • taking it badly,
  • dis tressed,
  • taking badly,
  • dis-tresses,
  • took badly,
  • ex cruciate,
  • take badly,
  • stewed over,
  • takes it badly.
  •aim (verb)
  • pro posing,
  • de-signs,
  • sets one sights on,
  • setting one sights on,
  • set ones sights on,
  • pro-pose,
  • zeroed on,
  • set one sights on,
  • de-signing,
  • zeroing on,
  • zeroes in on,
  • zoomed in,
  • pro-posing,
  • de signs,
  • de-signed,
  • sets ones sights on,
  • sets one's sights on,
  • zoom in,
  • setting one's sights on,
  • sets sights on,
  • setting sights on,
  • set sights on,
  • setting ones sights on,
  • zooming in,
  • de signed,
  • de sign,
  • de signing,
  • zeroing in on,
  • pro posed,
  • pro pose,
  • zeroed in on,
  • zooms in,
  • de-sign,
  • zeroes on.
  •angle for (verb)
  • aiming for,
  • was after,
  • being after,
  • tried for,
  • wast after,
  • aimed for,
  • trying for,
  • is after,
  • aims for,
  • casting for,
  • in-vite,
  • casting about for,
  • casts about for,
  • casts for,
  • art after,
  • are after,
  • am after,
  • were after,
  • tries for,
  • in vite,
  • wert after.
  •aspire (verb)
  • are ambitious,
  • were eager,
  • art ambitious,
  • wast ambitious,
  • being eager,
  • is ambitious,
  • wert eager,
  • de siring,
  • am ambitious,
  • wast eager,
  • de sired,
  • am eager,
  • wert ambitious,
  • de sire,
  • were ambitious,
  • being ambitious,
  • de-sire,
  • de-sired,
  • was eager,
  • de-siring,
  • de sires,
  • de-sires,
  • was ambitious,
  • is eager,
  • are eager.
  •attempt (verb)
  • gave it try,
  • has go at,
  • under takes,
  • under took,
  • gives fling,
  • shoot works,
  • took a stab at,
  • having a go at,
  • taking stab at,
  • making a run at,
  • has a go at,
  • gave try,
  • under taken,
  • takes best shot,
  • hadst go at,
  • make run at,
  • give try,
  • gives it go,
  • haddest a go at,
  • has crack,
  • haddest go at,
  • exerted oneself,
  • gave go,
  • hadst crack,
  • tried ones hand at,
  • took best shot,
  • took stab at,
  • tries hand at,
  • shot works,
  • gives it try,
  • give it go,
  • hast a go at,
  • gave best shot,
  • shooting works,
  • makes run at,
  • gave it go,
  • giving it go,
  • give fling,
  • hast go at,
  • did level best,
  • went limit,
  • has a crack,
  • giving a try,
  • hath go at,
  • give whirl,
  • giving go,
  • made run at,
  • had a go at,
  • gives a try,
  • giving a fling,
  • gave it a try,
  • giving it a go,
  • under-takes,
  • went the limit,
  • goes the limit,
  • haddest a crack,
  • had a crack,
  • does level best,
  • hath a go at,
  • didst level best,
  • giving try,
  • haddest crack,
  • made a run at,
  • taking best shot,
  • takes stab at,
  • gives whirl,
  • gives a fling,
  • hast a crack,
  • shot the works,
  • gives it a go,
  • gives a go,
  • trying ones hand at,
  • having crack,
  • give it try,
  • giving whirl,
  • doest level best,
  • tried hand at,
  • shoots works,
  • gave whirl,
  • give go,
  • have crack,
  • making run at,
  • tried one's hand at,
  • gave old college try,
  • makes a run at,
  • under-taken,
  • shoots the works,
  • shooting the works,
  • doth level best,
  • giving best shot,
  • hath a crack,
  • under taking,
  • tries one hand at,
  • gives a whirl,
  • try one hand at,
  • doeth level best,
  • under-take,
  • take stab at,
  • doing level best,
  • hadst a crack,
  • going limit,
  • gives try,
  • giving it try,
  • gives old college try,
  • trying one hand at,
  • having go at,
  • trying one's hand at,
  • gave it a go,
  • goes limit,
  • tried one hand at,
  • gave a fling,
  • had go at,
  • had crack,
  • hast crack,
  • tries ones hand at,
  • giving fling,
  • trying hand at,
  • gave a try,
  • exerting oneself,
  • hath crack,
  • takes a stab at,
  • giving old college try,
  • giving it a try,
  • gave fling,
  • try ones hand at,
  • under-taking,
  • gave a whirl,
  • hadst a go at,
  • go limit,
  • tries one's hand at,
  • gives best shot,
  • dost level best,
  • under take,
  • having a crack,
  • gives it a try,
  • gives go,
  • under-took,
  • going the limit,
  • taking a stab at,
  • gave a go,
  • exerts oneself,
  • have go at,
  • giving a whirl.
  •combat (verb)
  • does battle with,
  • shoots out,
  • puts a fight,
  • with stands,
  • went against,
  • did battle with,
  • puts up a fight,
  • crosses swords with,
  • putting up a fight,
  • with stand,
  • putting up fight,
  • shooting it out,
  • put a fight,
  • doing battle with,
  • goes against,
  • puts fight,
  • putting a fight,
  • crossed swords with,
  • puts up fight,
  • shot it out,
  • doeth battle with,
  • going up against,
  • with stood,
  • with standing,
  • shoots it out,
  • with-stands,
  • with-stand,
  • duelled,
  • with-standing,
  • goes up against,
  • putting fight,
  • put fight,
  • going against,
  • went up against,
  • dost battle with,
  • doest battle with,
  • with-stood,
  • crossing swords with,
  • didst battle with,
  • doth battle with.
  •compete (verb)
  • being in running,
  • is in the running,
  • went for broke,
  • runs for,
  • pitted oneself against,
  • in hunt,
  • was in running,
  • being running,
  • scrambling for,
  • going for the gold,
  • matched wits,
  • being in the running,
  • ran for,
  • is running,
  • was the running,
  • pitted against,
  • goes for the gold,
  • art the running,
  • goes for broke,
  • ins the hunt,
  • art in running,
  • be the running,
  • were running,
  • am the running,
  • jockeys for position,
  • goes for gold,
  • matching strength,
  • seeks prize,
  • were in the running,
  • jockeying for position,
  • pitting against,
  • be in running,
  • pitting oneself against,
  • wast running,
  • wast the running,
  • going for gold,
  • art running,
  • copes with,
  • wast in running,
  • is the running,
  • wert the running,
  • am running,
  • being the running,
  • is in running,
  • ins hunt,
  • jockeyed for position,
  • participating in,
  • inned hunt,
  • takes part,
  • pits oneself against,
  • scrambled for,
  • went after,
  • inning hunt,
  • inning the hunt,
  • are in running,
  • wert in running,
  • are in the running,
  • are the running,
  • wert running,
  • running for,
  • pits against,
  • were the running,
  • wast in the running,
  • went for gold,
  • matched strength,
  • inned the hunt,
  • are running,
  • was in the running,
  • go for gold,
  • went for the gold,
  • wert in the running,
  • were in running,
  • scrambles for,
  • participates in,
  • art in the running,
  • sought prize,
  • matching wits,
  • seeking prize,
  • matches wits,
  • matches strength.
  •conflict (verb)
  • dis agreeing,
  • mis matching,
  • ran against tide,
  • dis-agree,
  • dis cording,
  • squaring off with,
  • dis accords,
  • dis-harmonizing,
  • dis-agreeing,
  • mis match,
  • squared off with,
  • dis-harmonize,
  • bumping heads with,
  • mis-match,
  • inter-feres,
  • disharmonizing,
  • squared with,
  • dis agrees,
  • dis accord,
  • mis-matching,
  • locks horns with,
  • mis matches,
  • runs against tide,
  • running against tide,
  • inter feres,
  • dis-cord,
  • dis harmonizing,
  • locked horns with,
  • mis-matches,
  • dis agree,
  • inter-fere,
  • squares with,
  • dis-accords,
  • inter fere,
  • dis-accorded,
  • dis-harmonizes,
  • dis-agrees,
  • dis cords,
  • dis-accord,
  • mis matched,
  • dis-according,
  • dis-cords,
  • squares off with,
  • dis harmonized,
  • dis-harmonized,
  • dis agreed,
  • bumped heads with,
  • dis cord,
  • dis accorded,
  • bumps heads with,
  • dis-cording,
  • disharmonized,
  • dis-agreed,
  • dis harmonize,
  • locking horns with,
  • dis harmonizes,
  • dis corded,
  • squaring with,
  • dis according,
  • disharmonizes,
  • dis-corded.
  •direct (verb)
  • de-vote,
  • de-votes,
  • de voting,
  • de-voting,
  • de vote,
  • de votes,
  • de voted,
  • de-voted.
  •encounter (verb)
  • clashes with,
  • doest battle,
  • doeth battle,
  • clashing with,
  • did battle,
  • didst battle,
  • doth battle,
  • does battle,
  • dost battle,
  • clashed with.
  •endeavor (verb)
  • study at try.
  •essay (verb)
  • haddest shot,
  • had go,
  • haddest a go,
  • hast a shot,
  • takes a whack at,
  • has shot,
  • took a whack at,
  • hast at it,
  • had at it,
  • hath go,
  • take whack at,
  • hadst at it,
  • hath it,
  • hast a go,
  • hast it,
  • had a shot,
  • takes whack at,
  • having at it,
  • took whack at,
  • puts to the test,
  • putting to test,
  • having it,
  • hast go,
  • hath at it,
  • puts test,
  • having shot,
  • has at it,
  • puts to test,
  • hath shot,
  • putting the test,
  • taking a whack at,
  • puts the test,
  • having a shot,
  • put to test,
  • haddest a shot,
  • has go,
  • hadst go,
  • hath a shot,
  • taking whack at,
  • put test,
  • putting test,
  • hadst a shot,
  • having a go,
  • hath a go,
  • hadst shot,
  • putting to the test,
  • hast shot,
  • have go,
  • hadst it,
  • having go,
  • put the test,
  • haddest go,
  • has a shot,
  • have shot,
  • haddest it,
  • has it,
  • had shot,
  • has a go,
  • hadst a go,
  • haddest at it.
  •exert (verb)
  • ex pended,
  • ex-pends,
  • ex-pending,
  • ex pend,
  • ex-pended,
  • bring in to play,
  • sweats it,
  • applied oneself,
  • ex pends,
  • applies oneself,
  • sweating it,
  • ex pending,
  • ex-pend,
  • tries hard,
  • trying hard,
  • putting forth,
  • puts forth,
  • bring bear,
  • applying oneself,
  • sweated it.
  •fight (verb)
  • exchanging blows,
  • light in to,
  • engaging in,
  • make stand against,
  • lighted in to,
  • rowdied,
  • flaring up,
  • puts argument,
  • lighting into,
  • spares no effort,
  • waged war,
  • lighting in to,
  • takes up the gauntlet,
  • bandying with,
  • carried on war,
  • putting argument,
  • mixes it up,
  • puts an argument,
  • mixed it up,
  • up hold,
  • engages in,
  • puts up an argument,
  • take gauntlet,
  • brushed with,
  • went to war,
  • spared no effort,
  • up-holds,
  • makes a stand against,
  • plies weapons,
  • making a stand against,
  • take up gauntlet,
  • up holds,
  • carrying war,
  • take comers,
  • lay in to,
  • takes up gauntlet,
  • carrying on war,
  • takes gauntlet,
  • stood to,
  • taking field,
  • up held,
  • takes all comers,
  • take field,
  • stands up to,
  • sparing no effort,
  • toiling on,
  • putting an argument,
  • bandied with,
  • carries war,
  • goes war,
  • puts up argument,
  • mixt it up,
  • brushes with,
  • making stand against,
  • toiled on,
  • up holding,
  • carried war,
  • put an argument,
  • going to war,
  • up-hold,
  • going war,
  • took all comers,
  • exchanges blows,
  • lights into,
  • stands to,
  • took up gauntlet,
  • take the gauntlet,
  • goes to war,
  • takes comers,
  • mixing it up,
  • taking the field,
  • carry war,
  • takes field,
  • up-held,
  • lighted into,
  • makes stand against,
  • plying weapons,
  • taking gauntlet,
  • took gauntlet,
  • bandies with,
  • taking all comers,
  • exchanged blows,
  • lit into,
  • takes the field,
  • taking up the gauntlet,
  • rowdying,
  • took comers,
  • putting up argument,
  • up-holding,
  • flared up,
  • took field,
  • took up the gauntlet,
  • fell out,
  • go war,
  • brushing with,
  • standing up to,
  • wages war,
  • taking comers,
  • taking the gauntlet,
  • toils on,
  • putting up an argument,
  • lights in to,
  • takes the gauntlet,
  • plied weapons,
  • pushing forward,
  • made a stand against,
  • put argument,
  • made stand against,
  • took the gauntlet,
  • carries on war,
  • taking up gauntlet,
  • went war,
  • lit in to,
  • took the field.
  •flounder (verb)
  • comes apart seams,
  • comes apart the seams,
  • missing one's cue,
  • stubs ones toe,
  • makes a mess of,
  • tripping up,
  • trips up,
  • coming apart seams,
  • missed ones cue,
  • miss one cue,
  • missing one cue,
  • stubbed toe,
  • comes apart at the seams,
  • misses ones cue,
  • came apart at seams,
  • pratfalled,
  • come apart seams,
  • came apart the seams,
  • stubs one toe,
  • stubs toe,
  • stub ones toe,
  • made a mess of,
  • goes backwards,
  • made mess of,
  • dropped ball,
  • stubbed one toe,
  • went backwards,
  • stub one toe,
  • missed one's cue,
  • casting about,
  • missed one cue,
  • snafuing,
  • go pieces,
  • coming apart at seams,
  • going at backwards,
  • misses one cue,
  • drops the ball,
  • stubbing one's toe,
  • drop ball,
  • stubbing toe,
  • stubbing one toe,
  • dropt the ball,
  • misses one's cue,
  • makes mess of,
  • stubbed one's toe,
  • misses cue,
  • came apart seams,
  • stubbing ones toe,
  • goes at backwards,
  • come apart the seams,
  • stubbed ones toe,
  • coming apart at the seams,
  • working at,
  • missing cue,
  • slipt up,
  • going backwards,
  • comes apart at seams,
  • making mess of,
  • make mess of,
  • missing ones cue,
  • came apart at the seams,
  • stubs one's toe,
  • dropt ball,
  • miss cue,
  • missed cue,
  • coming apart the seams,
  • making a mess of,
  • works at,
  • pratfalling,
  • dropping ball,
  • miss ones cue,
  • drops ball,
  • casts about,
  • went at backwards,
  • wrought at.
  •intend (verb)
  • de crees,
  • re-solving,
  • wast resolved,
  • re-solved,
  • de creed,
  • looks forward,
  • in tended,
  • de-noted,
  • de-creed,
  • were resolved,
  • being determined,
  • de noted,
  • re-serves,
  • are resolved,
  • re-solves,
  • hadst mind,
  • have mind,
  • in tending,
  • hath in mind,
  • had in mind,
  • has mind,
  • ex-pressing,
  • hath mind,
  • wert determined,
  • were determined,
  • was determined,
  • am determined,
  • art determined,
  • re serving,
  • is determined,
  • sets aside,
  • re solves,
  • ex press,
  • re solve,
  • in-tended,
  • aspired to,
  • haddest in mind,
  • ex pressed,
  • re-serving,
  • looked forward,
  • in-tending,
  • de-cree,
  • re-solve,
  • ex pressing,
  • in-tend,
  • being resolved,
  • figures on,
  • de-crees,
  • de-note,
  • de cree,
  • in tend,
  • de-notes,
  • re-served,
  • figured on,
  • de notes,
  • re-serve,
  • having in mind,
  • ex-press,
  • had mind,
  • re served,
  • art resolved,
  • is resolved,
  • are determined,
  • in-tends,
  • having mind,
  • haddest mind,
  • hoped to,
  • wast determined,
  • was resolved,
  • am resolved,
  • figuring on,
  • hopes to,
  • aspires to,
  • hoping to,
  • hast in mind,
  • hadst in mind,
  • re serve,
  • in tends,
  • de-noting,
  • hast mind,
  • de note,
  • wert resolved,
  • de noting.
  •labor (verb)
  • work the bone,
  • worked to the bone,
  • wrought oneself to the bone,
  • wrought to the bone,
  • worked oneself bone,
  • worked oneself the bone,
  • working oneself the bone,
  • work bone,
  • works the bone,
  • work oneself the bone,
  • working the bone,
  • worked to bone,
  • working oneself bone,
  • working oneself to bone,
  • wrought to bone,
  • work to bone,
  • worked oneself to the bone,
  • works oneself bone,
  • working oneself to the bone,
  • wrought oneself to bone,
  • wrought oneself the bone,
  • plugged away,
  • works to the bone,
  • work oneself to bone,
  • worked bone,
  • works oneself to the bone,
  • worked oneself to bone,
  • works to bone,
  • working bone,
  • works bone,
  • wrought bone,
  • worked the bone,
  • working to bone,
  • works oneself the bone,
  • wrought oneself bone,
  • plugs away,
  • wrought the bone,
  • works oneself to bone,
  • working to the bone,
  • work to the bone,
  • work oneself bone.
  •participate (verb)
  • hast do with,
  • are party to,
  • gotten act,
  • art participant,
  • took interest in,
  • am a participant,
  • being into,
  • was participant,
  • sate on,
  • being participant,
  • get on act,
  • being a participant,
  • lend hand,
  • art into,
  • sate in on,
  • gets in on,
  • am into,
  • was in to,
  • getting on act,
  • lends a hand,
  • got the act,
  • were party to,
  • got in the act,
  • being a party to,
  • getting in on the act,
  • wast a party to,
  • enter in to,
  • has to do with,
  • latching on,
  • art in to,
  • gat in on the act,
  • lends hand,
  • gets on act,
  • got in on the act,
  • gotten the act,
  • gets in the act,
  • had to do with,
  • am party to,
  • gotten on the act,
  • is into,
  • am participant,
  • be in to,
  • hath a hand in,
  • is a participant,
  • wert a participant,
  • hath hand in,
  • were into,
  • had a hand in,
  • having do with,
  • lending hand,
  • gat in on act,
  • is party to,
  • gotten in on,
  • hast to do with,
  • getting in on act,
  • wast party to,
  • gotten in on act,
  • get the act,
  • getting act,
  • sat in on,
  • were a participant,
  • gat act,
  • co operated,
  • joins in,
  • got act,
  • was into,
  • hadst hand in,
  • gets the act,
  • hast a hand in,
  • taking an interest in,
  • latches on,
  • got on act,
  • be participant,
  • art a participant,
  • gets in on the act,
  • sate in,
  • gat the act,
  • had hand in,
  • gat on act,
  • gotten in the act,
  • hadst a hand in,
  • has a hand in,
  • getting in the act,
  • haddest a hand in,
  • were a party to,
  • has do with,
  • get in act,
  • was a party to,
  • hast hand in,
  • being in to,
  • wast participant,
  • lending a hand,
  • art party to,
  • get in on act,
  • haddest hand in,
  • gotten on act,
  • lent a hand,
  • having a hand in,
  • are a participant,
  • getting in on,
  • gets act,
  • takes interest in,
  • are in to,
  • was party to,
  • having hand in,
  • gat in act,
  • co operates,
  • gat on the act,
  • were participant,
  • hadst do with,
  • lent hand,
  • have hand in,
  • associating with,
  • getting the act,
  • co operate,
  • co operating,
  • getting in act,
  • gets on the act,
  • wert in to,
  • were in to,
  • have do with,
  • get on the act,
  • got in on act,
  • wast into,
  • sitting in,
  • getting on the act,
  • wast in to,
  • is in to,
  • sitting in on,
  • had do with,
  • gotten in act,
  • was a participant,
  • wert a party to,
  • being party to,
  • art a party to,
  • sits on,
  • sat on,
  • gets in act,
  • wert into,
  • gotten in on the act,
  • sits in,
  • am a party to,
  • is a party to,
  • hadst to do with,
  • wert participant,
  • tunes in,
  • sits in on,
  • wert party to,
  • takes an interest in,
  • gat in the act,
  • take interest in,
  • associates with,
  • taking interest in,
  • get act,
  • has hand in,
  • is participant,
  • are into,
  • wast a participant,
  • go in to,
  • got in act,
  • hath to do with,
  • took an interest in,
  • gat in on,
  • got on the act,
  • haddest to do with,
  • hath do with,
  • gets in on act,
  • haddest do with,
  • entering into,
  • are participant,
  • are a party to.
  •persist (verb)
  • re-peats,
  • sees through,
  • sticks guns,
  • re peat,
  • sticking it out,
  • re curring,
  • went all the way,
  • toughing out,
  • re-curring,
  • held on,
  • perdured,
  • are resolute,
  • sticked it out,
  • re main,
  • re-curred,
  • sticks to guns,
  • leaves no stone unturned,
  • sticked to guns,
  • wast stubborn,
  • was stubborn,
  • goes all the way,
  • left no stone unturned,
  • were stubborn,
  • pre vailed,
  • pre vail,
  • pre-vailed,
  • perseverates,
  • stick guns,
  • pre vails,
  • re mains,
  • am stubborn,
  • re-mains,
  • went all way,
  • holding on,
  • toughs out,
  • was resolute,
  • re-peat,
  • leaved no stone unturned,
  • went way,
  • re-main,
  • sticked guns,
  • stuck it out,
  • re mained,
  • re curred,
  • went the way,
  • pre-vail,
  • sticking guns,
  • go way,
  • pre-vails,
  • wert resolute,
  • being resolute,
  • being stubborn,
  • pre vailing,
  • stuck guns,
  • perseverated,
  • saw through,
  • wert stubborn,
  • sticking to guns,
  • go all way,
  • go the way,
  • toughs it out,
  • are stubborn,
  • were resolute,
  • re peats,
  • art stubborn,
  • leaving no stone unturned,
  • toughed it out,
  • is stubborn,
  • going the way,
  • art resolute,
  • perseverating,
  • perdures,
  • stuck to guns,
  • am resolute,
  • going way,
  • re maining,
  • sticks it out,
  • wast resolute,
  • is resolute,
  • toughed out,
  • goes all way,
  • toughing it out,
  • goes the way,
  • goes way,
  • going all way.
  •pursue (verb)
  • sleuth,
  • chase,
  • dog,
  • search,
  • tail,
  • undertake,
  • harry,
  • quest,
  • hunt,
  • stalk,
  • track,
  • trail,
  • pursue,
  • follow.
  •quarrel (verb)
  • dis approve,
  • gotten tough with,
  • were loggerheads,
  • being at loggerheads,
  • hath words,
  • is loggerheads,
  • haddest it out,
  • was loggerheads,
  • dis sents,
  • wert loggerheads,
  • dis approved,
  • wert at loggerheads,
  • hath out,
  • wast at loggerheads,
  • hadst out,
  • finds fault,
  • gat tough with,
  • gets tough with,
  • got tough with,
  • be loggerheads,
  • dis sent,
  • am loggerheads,
  • dis approving,
  • being loggerheads,
  • took exception,
  • had out,
  • having out,
  • had words,
  • dis-approves,
  • were at loggerheads,
  • art loggerheads,
  • objects to,
  • objected to,
  • having words,
  • setting to,
  • hadst it out,
  • hadst words,
  • has it out,
  • found fault,
  • getting tough with,
  • haddest out,
  • had it out,
  • art at loggerheads,
  • dis-approve,
  • was at loggerheads,
  • is at loggerheads,
  • sets to,
  • wast loggerheads,
  • objecting to,
  • hast words,
  • takes exception,
  • dis approves,
  • are loggerheads,
  • having it out,
  • hath it out,
  • has words,
  • have out,
  • are at loggerheads,
  • hast out,
  • hast it out,
  • haddest words,
  • dis-approving,
  • am at loggerheads,
  • dis-sents,
  • has out,
  • dis-sent,
  • dis-approved.
  •scramble (verb)
  • looking alive,
  • looks alive,
  • makes haste,
  • making haste,
  • looked alive.
  •strain (verb)
  • went all out,
  • goes all out.
  •struggle (verb)
  • wrought like a dog,
  • break one neck,
  • had ones nose to grindstone,
  • breaking one back,
  • taking a crack,
  • brake back,
  • breaks one neck,
  • took crack,
  • having one's nose to grindstone,
  • breaks one's back,
  • gave the old college try,
  • breaks back,
  • have nose to grindstone,
  • breaking neck,
  • having one's nose grindstone,
  • give one's best shot,
  • brake one back,
  • took a crack,
  • giving it ones best shot,
  • have one's nose grindstone,
  • had ones nose grindstone,
  • trying hardest,
  • had one nose to grindstone,
  • breaks neck,
  • giving it one best shot,
  • tried one hardest,
  • broke one back,
  • works like dog,
  • have nose grindstone,
  • breaking back,
  • broke ones neck,
  • have ones nose grindstone,
  • gives it one's best shot,
  • had one nose grindstone,
  • haddest ones nose to grindstone,
  • gives it one best shot,
  • hadst one nose to grindstone,
  • brake one's back,
  • haddest ones nose grindstone,
  • hath one nose to grindstone,
  • brake one neck,
  • breaking ones back,
  • hast nose grindstone,
  • hath nose grindstone,
  • trying one hardest,
  • hast one nose grindstone,
  • try one hardest,
  • hadst nose grindstone,
  • wrought like dog,
  • have one nose to grindstone,
  • broke ones back,
  • hath one's nose to grindstone,
  • haddest nose to grindstone,
  • has ones nose to grindstone,
  • giving it best shot,
  • tries one hardest,
  • haddest one nose grindstone,
  • give it one best shot,
  • gives one's best shot,
  • having nose to grindstone,
  • tries one's hardest,
  • broke one neck,
  • breaks ones neck,
  • hath ones nose grindstone,
  • giving the old college try,
  • took a stab,
  • has one nose grindstone,
  • gives one best shot,
  • has one's nose to grindstone,
  • takes a stab,
  • hath ones nose to grindstone,
  • had one's nose grindstone,
  • breaking ones neck,
  • break ones back,
  • gives it best shot,
  • having one nose to grindstone,
  • gave it ones best shot,
  • hadst one nose grindstone,
  • gave it one best shot,
  • haddest one's nose grindstone,
  • has nose grindstone,
  • has one nose to grindstone,
  • giving it one's best shot,
  • hadst one's nose grindstone,
  • tries ones hardest,
  • works like a dog,
  • gave one's best shot,
  • taking stab,
  • has ones nose grindstone,
  • breaks one back,
  • tries hardest,
  • have one nose grindstone,
  • breaking one neck,
  • gave ones best shot,
  • hadst ones nose grindstone,
  • haddest one's nose to grindstone,
  • have ones nose to grindstone,
  • hast ones nose grindstone,
  • brake one's neck,
  • gives the old college try,
  • give it ones best shot,
  • takes a crack,
  • brake ones neck,
  • took stab,
  • hast ones nose to grindstone,
  • broke one's back,
  • broke back,
  • gave it one's best shot,
  • try ones hardest,
  • has nose to grindstone,
  • having nose grindstone,
  • hast one's nose to grindstone,
  • breaking one's neck,
  • giving one's best shot,
  • breaks ones back,
  • broke neck,
  • gives ones best shot,
  • gives it ones best shot,
  • trying ones hardest,
  • try hardest,
  • hast one's nose grindstone,
  • give it best shot,
  • had nose to grindstone,
  • tried ones hardest,
  • makes every effort,
  • giving one best shot,
  • tried one's hardest,
  • hath one nose grindstone,
  • making every effort,
  • hadst nose to grindstone,
  • haddest nose grindstone,
  • taking crack,
  • trying one's hardest,
  • breaks one's neck,
  • break ones neck,
  • made every effort,
  • having one nose grindstone,
  • give one best shot,
  • work like dog,
  • haddest one nose to grindstone,
  • having ones nose grindstone,
  • brake neck,
  • hath nose to grindstone,
  • working like dog,
  • worked like a dog,
  • taking a stab,
  • having ones nose to grindstone,
  • worked like dog,
  • take stab,
  • gave it best shot,
  • take crack,
  • breaking one's back,
  • takes crack,
  • gave one best shot,
  • has one's nose grindstone,
  • hath one's nose grindstone,
  • break neck,
  • tried hardest,
  • giving ones best shot,
  • had nose grindstone,
  • hast one nose to grindstone,
  • takes stab,
  • broke one's neck,
  • had one's nose to grindstone,
  • hadst ones nose to grindstone,
  • hast nose to grindstone,
  • give ones best shot,
  • hadst one's nose to grindstone,
  • working like a dog,
  • break one back,
  • brake ones back.
  •toil (verb)
  • pushed oneself,
  • pushes oneself,
  • pushing oneself.
  •try (verb)
  • hast a stab,
  • has a whack,
  • having a stab,
  • has whack,
  • lifted finger,
  • hadst whack,
  • lifting finger,
  • made an attempt,
  • hath stab,
  • make bid,
  • had a whack,
  • hast whack,
  • making a bid,
  • had stab,
  • hast stab,
  • hath a stab,
  • vying for,
  • has a stab,
  • makes a pass at,
  • haddest whack,
  • hath whack,
  • had whack,
  • making attempt,
  • lifts a finger,
  • have whack,
  • drave for,
  • having stab,
  • hath a whack,
  • making bid,
  • chipping away at,
  • putting oneself out,
  • makes attempt,
  • hadst stab,
  • made attempt,
  • making a pass at,
  • lift finger,
  • hadst a stab,
  • have stab,
  • chips away at,
  • makes bid,
  • makes pass at,
  • made a pass at,
  • vied for,
  • haddest a whack,
  • making pass at,
  • making an attempt,
  • makes a bid,
  • make attempt,
  • lifting a finger,
  • makes an attempt,
  • lifts finger,
  • made a bid,
  • made pass at,
  • hast a whack,
  • lifted a finger,
  • puts oneself out,
  • having a whack,
  • hadst a whack,
  • drives for,
  • vies for,
  • make pass at,
  • had a stab,
  • driving for,
  • has stab,
  • drove for,
  • haddest a stab,
  • haddest stab,
  • made bid,
  • having whack.
  •vie (verb)
  • plays off,
  • am rivals,
  • are rivals,
  • playing off,
  • wast rivals,
  • wert rivals,
  • being rivals,
  • is rivals,
  • goes for the jugular,
  • was rivals,
  • went for the jugular,
  • were rivals,
  • going for the jugular,
  • art rivals.
  •war (verb)
  • makes war,
  • making war,
  • engaging in combat,
  • took the field against,
  • taking field against,
  • campaigning against,
  • takes arms,
  • takes up arms,
  • took arms,
  • engages combat,
  • took up arms,
  • took field against,
  • made war,
  • campaigned against,
  • takes field against,
  • takes the field against,
  • taking arms,
  • engages in combat,
  • engaging combat,
  • taking up arms,
  • marched against,
  • engaged combat,
  • taking the field against,
  • campaigns against,
  • take field against,
  • engage combat,
  • marches against.
  •work (verb)
  • didst job,
  • punching a clock,
  • hath job,
  • doing job,
  • does a job,
  • earn living,
  • re-porting,
  • do job,
  • doing a job,
  • didst business,
  • doth a job,
  • haddest job,
  • wert gainfully employed,
  • doth business,
  • are gainfully employed,
  • punched a clock,
  • has job,
  • punched clock,
  • doest business,
  • earns a living,
  • having a job,
  • punches a clock,
  • earning a living,
  • have job,
  • hast job,
  • doest job,
  • held job,
  • hast a job,
  • earned a living,
  • holds a job,
  • haddest a job,
  • doeth business,
  • had job,
  • hath a job,
  • having job,
  • doest a job,
  • doeth a job,
  • didst a job,
  • punches clock,
  • punching clock,
  • hold job,
  • doth job,
  • wast gainfully employed,
  • re-ported,
  • being gainfully employed,
  • earned living,
  • does business,
  • art gainfully employed,
  • hadst a job,
  • were gainfully employed,
  • does job,
  • has a job,
  • did a job,
  • re porting,
  • re ported,
  • had a job,
  • hadst job,
  • holding a job,
  • dost a job,
  • was gainfully employed,
  • did job,
  • holds job,
  • held a job,
  • earning living,
  • is gainfully employed,
  • doeth job,
  • punch clock,
  • nine to five it,
  • holding job,
  • dost business,
  • dost job,
  • earns living.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ramrod,
  • bite off,
  • chase down,
  • buck for,
  • work toward,
  • shoot for,
  • specialize,
  • grasp at,
  • press for.
  •
  • shoot at,
  • gun for,
  • bear down on or upon,
  • hammer away at,
  • bear down,
  • regroup,
  • jockey,
  • go at someone.
  •
  • make of.
  •
  • school.
  •
  • turn on.
  •
  • go for.
  •
  • put up,
  • court.
  •battle
  • feud.
  •conflict
  • square off with,
  • disharmonize,
  • romp,
  • discording,
  • mismatching,
  • discorded,
  • square with,
  • Romped,
  • mismatched,
  • bump heads with,
  • run against tide,
  • lock horns with.
  •contend
  • have at,
  • shot at,
  • make play for,
  • knock oneself out,
  • mix it up with,
  • litigate,
  • had at,
  • give all one's got,
  • Jostled,
  • go for it,
  • mix up with,
  • mixed with,
  • go for jugular,
  • give one's all,
  • mixed up with,
  • mix with,
  • tangle with.
  •disagree
  • quarrel.
  •endeavor
  • peg away,
  • have a swing at,
  • humping,
  • make an effort,
  • take pains,
  • bid for,
  • have a shot at,
  • humped,
  • Endeavoring,
  • pour it on,
  • do one's best,
  • pour on,
  • bad for.
  •exert
  • Exerted,
  • expend,
  • try hard,
  • apply oneself,
  • tried hard,
  • Wielding,
  • put forth,
  • make effort,
  • sweat it.
  •intend
  • set apart,
  • hope to,
  • be determined,
  • sets apart,
  • adding up,
  • have in mind,
  • looking forward,
  • aspiring to,
  • look forward,
  • figure on,
  • adds up,
  • has in mind,
  • aspire to,
  • setting aside,
  • be resolved,
  • setting apart,
  • importing.
  •moil
  • fagged,
  • Fagging,
  • FAGS,
  • Moiling.
  •participate
  • co-operates,
  • associated with,
  • be party to,
  • be a party to,
  • co-operating,
  • get in the act,
  • have a hand in,
  • having to do with,
  • get in on the act,
  • latched on,
  • take an interest in,
  • got in on,
  • sit on,
  • joined in,
  • join in,
  • sit in on,
  • sat in,
  • tuned in,
  • latch on,
  • tune in,
  • sit in,
  • lend a hand,
  • sitting on,
  • joining in,
  • be a participant,
  • have to do with,
  • co-operated,
  • be into,
  • get in on,
  • associate with,
  • tuning in,
  • co-operate.
  •work
  • freelances,
  • do business,
  • moonlighting,
  • be gainfully employed,
  • have a job,
  • nine-to-five it,
  • hold a job,
  • punch a clock,
  • moonlighted,
  • do a job,
  • earn a living,
  • did business,
  • freelanced,
  • doing business,
  • freelancing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • contact,
  • slog,
  • let,
  • sift,
  • attempt to,
  • advance,
  • expand,
  • skirmish,
  • get hold of,
  • box,
  • repugn,
  • energetic,
  • get,
  • contention,
  • drudge,
  • give a shot,
  • tense,
  • lay about one,
  • frequently,
  • fib,
  • fixedly,
  • distort,
  • industrious,
  • busy,
  • controversy,
  • tourney,
  • bad,
  • acquire,
  • hand,
  • donate,
  • habitually,
  • challenge,
  • give,
  • rigid,
  • assignment,
  • stand fast,
  • attain,
  • get through,
  • joust,
  • easily,
  • adventure,
  • profession,
  • strife,
  • jostle,
  • arduous,
  • wade through,
  • allow,
  • laborious,
  • obligation,
  • stress,
  • perpetually,
  • cruel,
  • commitment,
  • bear up against,
  • deform,
  • tackle,
  • puree,
  • be staunch,
  • pass on,
  • accomplish,
  • cross swords,
  • devote,
  • grind,
  • clash,
  • fence,
  • turn over,
  • be steadfast,
  • huff and puff,
  • pass,
  • pitch in,
  • DO,
  • difficult,
  • chore,
  • ever,
  • make profit,
  • strike oil,
  • strive for,
  • inflexible,
  • persevere,
  • bestow,
  • riot,
  • agonise,
  • progress to,
  • twist,
  • continuously,
  • penetrating,
  • touch,
  • obtain,
  • use,
  • normally,
  • try one's luck,
  • reach out,
  • deface,
  • redundancy,
  • be proof against,
  • effortful,
  • business,
  • plug,
  • slave,
  • diligent,
  • vigorous,
  • buckle down,
  • argumentation,
  • emulate,
  • try one's hand,
  • generally,
  • hassle,
  • facilely,
  • filter,
  • exertion,
  • scuffle,
  • enlarge,
  • uncompromising,
  • astute,
  • customarily,
  • resolve,
  • derive,
  • charge,
  • hold firm,
  • discerning,
  • study,
  • produce,
  • discord,
  • dissension,
  • get to,
  • Familiarly,
  • active,
  • sharp,
  • commonly,
  • Hards,
  • pull,
  • filtrate,
  • sieve,
  • turn to account,
  • give satisfaction,
  • buffet,
  • short of,
  • sweat blood,
  • often,
  • stand one's ground,
  • tilt,
  • aim to,
  • persist in,
  • hold one's own,
  • lightly,
  • do one's utmost,
  • stand,
  • rassle,
  • crane,
  • smoothly,
  • gain,
  • HIT,
  • shoulder,
  • prosper,
  • be deficient in,
  • engagement,
  • stretch,
  • grapple with,
  • resist,
  • tense up,
  • strong,
  • bear up under,
  • hustle,
  • disagreement,
  • broil,
  • swot,
  • continually,
  • duty,
  • close,
  • Striven,
  • grub,
  • ceaselessly,
  • commit,
  • tempt,
  • be persistent,
  • make a stab at,
  • arrive at,
  • wrangle,
  • usually,
  • uniformly,
  • Reluct,
  • rival,
  • venture,
  • stand firm,
  • experiment,
  • welter,
  • raging,
  • hard,
  • ordinarily,
  • argument,
  • function,
  • battle with,
  • sedulous,
  • speculate,
  • test,
  • withstand,
  • give and take,
  • go about,
  • create,
  • Reluctate,
  • work hard,
  • come to blows,
  • peg,
  • hardworking,
  • labor in vain,
  • spar,
  • incessantly,
  • Expectedly,
  • dispute,
  • continuingly,
  • plod,
  • collide,
  • square,
  • achieve,
  • Strove,
  • impossible,
  • affairs,
  • cyclically,
  • intimately,
  • speed,
  • hump,
  • bend over backward,
  • take a crack at,
  • knuckle down,
  • indefinitely,
  • waste,
  • make progress,
  • beaver,
  • brawl,
  • ply,
  • extend to,
  • hold out,
  • dig,
  • intermittently,
  • stave,
  • constantly,
  • assiduous,
  • reach,
  • take on,
  • regularly,
  • striver,
  • plow,
  • overtake,
  • make one's way,
  • violent,
  • stiff,
  • tempt fortune,
  • stand out,
  • broadly,
  • extend,
  • separate out,
  • bust a gut,
  • take wing,
  • Pickeer,
  • too late,
  • filter out,
  • stand up against,
  • Justle,
  • endlessly,
  • intense,
  • fighting,
  • strenuous,
  • make,
  • engage.

Paraphrases for Strive:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, plural
    seeks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    striving.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    endeavour, struggle.
  • Noun, plural
    endeavours, endeavors, moves, attempts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    endeavor, endeavour.
  • Adverb
    best, endeavour.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    struggling, pursuing, trying, Attempting, Facilitating, contributing, Addressing, focusing, helping, going.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are, attained, Hid, aspire, endeavour, achieve, commit, desire, struggle, tend.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, aspire, endeavor, wrestle, contend, endeavour, aspirate, achieve, commit, struggle, tend.

Antonyms for Strive:

• v.

  • try for, exert oneself
    discourage, skip, surrender, dissuade, forget, relax, make peace, repress, yield, agree.
  • Other antonyms:
    doodle, abandon, bum, lounge, dismiss, slacken, monkey, ease, overlook, drop, idle, rest, veg out, dabble, throw away, neglect, laze, potter, pass by, shirk, slack, putter, fool around, omit, unwind, throw over, footle, loaf, play, dillydally, quit, hack, give up, goof, hang, break, repose, chill, hang about, mess around, let go, goldbrick, Fribble, trifle, throw up.