Synonyms for attempt
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : uh-tempt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈtɛmpt |
Top 10 synonyms for attempt Other synonyms for the word attempt
- aim
- all one's got
- crack
- do level best
- dry run
- essay
- exert oneself
- exertion
- fling
- give a fling
- give a whirl
- give best shot
- give it a go
- give it a try
- give old college try
- go
- go the limit
- have a crack
- have a go at
- header
- lick
- make a run at
- one's all
- one's darnedest
- one's level best
- push
- shoot the works
- stab
- strive
- striving
- tackle
- take a stab at
- take best shot
- take on
- trial
- try
- try one's hand at
- tryout
- undertake
- undertaking
- venture
- whack
- workout
Définition of attempt
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French attempter (14c.), earlier atenter "to try, attempt, test," from Latin attemptare "to try" (cf. Italian attentare, Old Provençal, Portuguese attentar, Spanish atentar), from ad- "to, upon" (see ad-) + temptare "to try" (see tempt). Related: Attempted; attempting.
- noun try, effort
- verb try, make effort
- To attempt it finds no support in the principles of our Constitution.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- As to some of the others, I cannot wonder at any thing they do, or attempt to do, where self is concerned.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It was not soon that he risked an attempt to please her with a song of his own.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Those of us who have no form of pietism feel cut off from making the attempt at all.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- And in making this attempt I must write from my own experience.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- To attempt to eliminate fear and retain this concept of God is vain.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- I will attempt no description of the beauties that met them at every turn.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- But by this time Vavasor had resolved to make an attempt to gain his aunt, and so Hester.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- It is in his attempt to explain the mechanism that we believe Weissman fails.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- But any attempt on his part to fathom it only met with cold silence.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Antonyms for attempt
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