Synonyms of attempts

attempts 1 of 2

noun

plural of attempt

1

as in tries

an effort to do or accomplish something

it took several attempts before we made good ice cream with an old-fashioned hand-cranked ice cream freezer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tries
• goes
• stabs
• endeavors
• shots
• bids
• offers
• trials
• passes
• essays
• flings
• cracks
• assays
• whacks
• struggles
• bashes
• whirls
• strivings
• undertakings
• throes
• trial and errors

2

as in attacks

the act or action of setting upon with force or violence

several attempts on the life of the country's chief drug enforcement official

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• assaults
• raids
• offensives
• offenses
• strikes
• onslaughts
• aggressions
• rushes
• bombardments
• incursions
• blitzes
• invasions
• charges
• onsets
• counterattacks
• blitzkriegs
• barrages
• coups de main
• ambushes
• forays
• bombings
• descents
• breakthroughs
• sorties
• sieges
• ambuscades
• sallies
• counteroffensives
• counterstrikes
• air raids
• ravages
• sacks
• envelopments
• volleys
• counteraggressions
• salvos
• counterassaults
• storms
• pillages
• cannonades
• fusillades
• hails
• whammies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defenses
• shields
• guards
• oppositions
• resistances
• securities
• defensives
• protections
• shelters

attempts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of attempt

as in strives

to make an effort to do

after attempting—and failing—to start the lawn mower on my own, I finally succeeded with a neighbor's help

don't even attempt walking on your broken foot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tries
• strives
• seeks
• endeavors
• essays
• hopes
• assays
• shoots at
• struggles
• has a go at
• aims
• troubles
• tries one's hand (at)
• works
• undertakes
• toils
• fights
• aspires
• takes up
• assumes
• strains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drops
• gives up
• quits

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of attempts

Noun

The state has pushed back for years against AT&T’s attempts to cut copper landlines. — Jenny Jarvie follow, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Shaw, a conservative activist who is president of the Chino Valley Unified School District board, pointed out in an X post that voters had previously rejected four attempts to reshape the superintendent’s office. — Lia Russell july 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Anthropic has reported banning accounts and tightening filters after detecting attempts to use Claude for phishing emails, malicious code and safeguard bypasses. — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Footage has been captured from behind the goal and most of the 20 attempts, to be kind, are wayward. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 July 2026

If the shot is converted, the free throw is worth three points on three-point attempts or two points on two-point attempts. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026

Mission managers called off two launch attempts Tuesday and Wednesday due to poor weather around the L-1011’s staging base on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026

While there are have been successful attempts in storing this energy in large water bodies, much of the energy storage relies on chemical batteries. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

Converting on all four attempts for Egypt were Mahmoud Saber, Rami Rabia, Mohamed Salah and Hossam Abdelmaguid. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026

Verb

Rather than simply reducing power use across the board, the system attempts to identify exactly when machinery is wasting energy and proposes operational changes that can reduce consumption without disrupting productivity. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026

Watch On It's set in Japan and follows Malcolm Lee (voiced by André Holland), who attempts to stop the rise of Skynet by creating his own AI named Kokoro. — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 July 2026

Cage’s score is an abstract work based on the Japanese form of collective poetry known as renga, in which each poet attempts to write a line that is as distant as possible in meaning from the preceding line. — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

His character ultimately falls in love with Maggie Sullivan (Morgan Kohan) but Season 4 brought major troubles for the pair after Maggie's ex-husband (Marcus Rosner) shows up and attempts to work his way back into her life. — Joelle Goldstein, USA Today, 2 July 2026

The 10 Happiest Careers In America A new analysis from employee experience platform Blink attempts to answer which are the happiest careers. — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

With the wedding canceled, Enola attempts to juggle her investigations with easing Tewkesbury’s believably bruised heart, but alas, things just don’t slow down. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 June 2026

In 1995's Braveheart, Byrne portrayed Smythe, a vicious solider who attempts to rape Murron (Catherine McCormack), the wife of William Wallace (Mel Gibson). — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026

The success of the LineShine comes as the US and China ratchet up their tech rivalry and Washington attempts to curb Beijing’s access to frontier technologies from AI to chips that could power its military. — John Liu, CNN Money, 24 June 2026