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

Neibch, whose older brother Burke is the usual starter, was up to the task, completing 9 of 12 pass attempts for 93 yards and a touchdown. — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026

Hitschler’s secondary will be challenged by Washington, who led the conference in pass attempts last season with 473 and leads the Big Ten thus far with 116. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Record attempts built around influencer marketing are becoming a repeatable playbook rather than a novelty. — Agung Dwi Sandi, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Of Packers quarterback Jordan Love’s 29 attempts against the Jets, 21 went over the middle. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026

The Navy recorded 356 suicide attempts in 2024, that last year of publicly available data. — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Lee’s attempts to cast her protagonists in the best possible light is understandable. — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Mensah finished the game with 30 completions on 34 attempts, 220 yards and three touchdowns. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Verb

Wever plays Andie Bender, a Dateline NBC producer who attempts to keep the show on its upward ratings trajectory while constantly fielding the neuroses of its host, Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson). — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

As noted in reviews by Maryland’s PDAB, attempts to track how these financial benefits are utilized hit a wall because participating entities faced remarkably low compliance and disclosure rates. — Christina Smith, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026

Those capabilities include autonomous self-improvement, attempts to evade oversight, and certain forms of unauthorized system access. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026

That includes a pivotal scene from Hazelwood’s book, in which Tom (Arty Froushan), an associate professor at Harvard and Adam’s old graduate school friend, attempts to pressure Olive into sleeping with him. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

Meta’s Muse attempts to let average users manage their own digital assistants through simple prompts and an easy-to-navigate interface. — Ella Chakarian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

The effort to keep the analysis secret also has drawn sharp reaction from critics as the latest in a long line of Florida government attempts to protect and bolster insurers. — Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

The concrete that has kept his house from sinking into the earth until now is in disrepair; Wilson attempts to patch it himself, leaving behind a craggy keloid on the patio. — Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2026

But the stakes are high as the FAA attempts to address the shortage of air traffic controllers while also deploying new AI tools. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026