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

Craig completed six of his seven pass attempts, including throwing back-to-back touchdowns to Dozie Ezukanma on a slant and a jump ball score to tight end Ka’Morreun Pimpton on a fade route in the end zone. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026

Authorities that same month arrested 60 people for spreading false information online to encourage a mass crossing, and blocked more than 11,300 individual attempts in a single month. — Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Moody, a former third-round pick of San Francisco, made all six of his attempts from distances that gradually worked their way back to perhaps 50 yards. — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 31 July 2026

These were the result of years of attempts by traditional healers, who likely recognized the disease but had no treatment to offer. — Borna Nyaoke-Anoke, STAT, 30 July 2026

After attempts to secure locations in Overland Park and at the old Bannister Mall site fell through, Sporting Park opened in 2011 in the far-west Legends area of Kansas City, Kansas. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

The side has also failed to reach the semifinal stage of the European Championship in its last two attempts. — Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

The concept has been around for a while, and multiple attempts have been made to achieve this reality, but success has remained elusive until now. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026

Its targeting by Ukraine appears to be part of Kyiv’s attempts to ensure ordinary Russians feel the impact of the war which has raged on Ukrainian territory for more than four years. — Reuters, NBC news, 24 July 2026

Verb

Thus, the more Pentheus attempts to contain Dionysus, disguised as a foreign holy man, the more vehement and destructive the god becomes. — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2026

Previous attempts to reach an agreement have foundered amid mutual suspicion and each side's insistence that the other must move first. — Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 31 July 2026

As with one of the earlier works, attempts to simulate this on classical hardware require some simplification, and different simplification methods yield different results. — ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026

Tournament purses and the number of annual events could also be reduced as LIV attempts to build a more sustainable operation around media rights, sponsorships and its 13 team franchises. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

As this unfolds, La’An attempts to work the ship’s computer but only finds more footage of Harper, who then shows up in person in desiccated, spectral form before disappearing. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 July 2026

Beutner said the bill attempts to rewrite Proposition 28, which voters approved by a nearly two-thirds margin in 2022. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

As the group tries to find a way out, Wat attempts to escape after the shark is discovered. — Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 29 July 2026

There, zealous volunteer Becky (McKaley Miller) attempts to recruit the two non-believers as summer church camp counselors — an idea that, in the cold light of day, suddenly strikes Grayson as a good one. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 July 2026