Synonyms of endeavored

endeavored

verb

past tense of endeavor

1

as in struggled

to devote serious and sustained effort

the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggled
• labored
• wrought
• strived
• worked
• tried
• strove
• sweated
• toiled
• tugged
• hustled
• plowed
• dug (away)
• grubbed
• slaved
• sweat
• plodded
• travailed
• fagged
• humped
• pegged (away)
• plugged
• strained
• slogged
• drudged
• essayed
• sweated blood
• banged away
• attacked
• exerted
• applied (oneself)
• moiled
• sweat blood
• exercised
• pitched in
• dug in
• hammered (away)
• buckled (down)
• beavered (away)
• drove
• scratched
• waded
• eked out
• scrabbled
• trudged
• knuckled down
• overworked
• ground (out)
• overexerted
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• broke
• slackened
• let up
• eased (up)
• shirked
• lounged
• hung (around or out)
• rested
• dallied
• chilled
• loafed
• idled
• lazed
• relaxed
• hanged (around or out)
• reposed
• bummed
• basked
• goofed (off)
• played
• lolled
• hacked (around)
• slacked (off)
• hung
• unwound
• dabbled
• hanged
• trifled
• dillydallied
• doodled
• vegged out
• goldbricked
• footled
• fooled around
• messed around
• hung about
• puttered (around)
• goofed (around)
• pottered (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

2

as in tried

to make an effort to do

our club is forever endeavoring to find ways to raise more money for activities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tried
• attempted
• sought
• strived
• strove
• essayed
• assayed
• wrought
• hoped
• shot at
• shot for
• struggled
• worked
• toiled
• undertook
• aimed
• had a go at
• fought
• tried one's hand (at)
• aspired
• troubled
• assumed
• strained
• took up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropped
• quit
• gave up
• quitted

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of endeavored

Balance Coffee’s founder, James Bellis, recognized this gap in the wellness space and endeavored to sift through all the coffee producers around the world to bring consumers only the most nutritious brews. —Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024

He’s endeavored to start his own combat sports promotion, Dirty Boxing, and Perry has learned how to capitalize on his fame. —Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024

Mattel hit it big with Barbie in 2023, and have since endeavored to create a cinematic universe of their own, telling The New Yorker shortly after Barbie's release that the company had 45 films in development. —Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024

China’s Belt and Road Initiative endeavored to shift energy infrastructure construction overseas to reshape trade and mitigate domestic overspending while advancing foreign policy objectives. —Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024

This is an historic fort built in 1813 that the Yacht Week founders endeavored to restore in partnership with Croatian authorities back in 2012. —Rob Reed, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024