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striving
Overview of noun striving
The noun striving has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) striving, nisus, pains, strain -- (an effortful attempt to attain a goal)
Overview of verb strive
The verb strive has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (13) endeavor, endeavour, strive -- (attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy")
2. (6) strive, reach, strain -- (to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun striving
1 sense of striving
Sense 1
striving, nisus, pains, strain
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun striving
1 sense of striving
Sense 1
striving, nisus, pains, strain
=> jihad, jehad
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun striving
1 sense of striving
Sense 1
striving, nisus, pains, strain
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Antonyms of noun striving
Member Holonyms of noun striving
Substance Holonyms of noun striving
Part Holonyms of noun striving
Member Meronyms of noun striving
Substance Meronyms of noun striving
Part Meronyms of noun striving
Meronyms of noun striving
Holonyms of noun striving
Attributes of noun striving
Derived Forms of noun striving
1 sense of striving
Sense 1
striving, nisus, pains, strain
RELATED TO>(verb) strive#1
=> endeavor, endeavour, strive
Domain of noun striving
Domain Terms of noun striving
Familiarity of noun striving
striving used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun striving
1 sense of striving
Sense 1
striving, nisus, pains, strain
> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> batting
=> best
=> worst
=> bid, play
=> crack, fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
=> essay
=> foray
=> contribution, part, share
=> liberation
=> mug's game
=> power play, squeeze play, squeeze
=> seeking
=> shot, stab
=> shot
=> striving, nisus, pains, strain
=> struggle, battle
=> takeover attempt
=> test, trial, run
=> test, trial
Meronyms of noun striving
1 sense of striving
Holonyms of noun striving
Grep of noun striving
striving
Antonyms of verb strive
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb strive
2 senses of strive
Sense 1
endeavor, endeavour, strive
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> act, move
Sense 2
strive, reach, strain
=> tug, labor, labour, push, drive
=> fight, struggle
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb strive
2 senses of strive
Sense 1
endeavor, endeavour, strive
=> struggle
=> take pains, be at pains
=> buck
Sense 2
strive, reach, strain
=> extend oneself
=> kill oneself, overexert oneself
=> trouble oneself, trouble, bother, inconvenience oneself
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb strive
2 senses of strive
Sense 1
endeavor, endeavour, strive
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
Sense 2
strive, reach, strain
=> tug, labor, labour, push, drive
'Cause To' of verb strive
Derived Forms of verb strive
1 of 2 senses of strive
Sense 1
endeavor, endeavour, strive
RELATED TO>(noun) striving#1
=> striving, nisus, pains, strain
Domain of verb strive
Domain Terms of verb strive
Familiarity of verb strive
strive used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb strive
2 senses of strive
Sense 1
endeavor, endeavour, strive
*> Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sense 2
strive, reach, strain
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb strive
2 senses of strive
Sense 1
endeavor, endeavour, strive
> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> take a dare, pick up the gauntlet
=> fight, struggle
=> have a go, give it a try
=> grope
=> endeavor, endeavour, strive
=> give it a whirl, give it a try
=> gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
=> risk, put on the line, lay on the line
Sense 2
strive, reach, strain
> tug, labor, labour, push, drive
=> strive, reach, strain
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb strive
Sense 1
endeavor, endeavour, strive
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
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Sense 2
strive, reach, strain
=> tug, labor, labour, push, drive
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Grep of verb strive
strive
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