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

Last weekend in Highland, Michigan, Rogers dismissed El-Sayed's attempts to whittle away at his GOP base of support. — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Proposition 132 attempts to address these concerns by stiffening legal penalties. — Joshua Barocas, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

For a three month period in 2023, all attempts by John Amos’ family to contact the actor were blocked, the lawsuit says. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

Conservative lawyer Michael Edney cast the move in a long line of other attempts to pare back statutes from that era. — Carrie Johnson, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026

But as Ohtani battled nagging pain in his left knee and a recurring problem with his right biceps, the team didn’t shut down his attempts to return to pitching until the end of August. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Every one of those attempts to gate knowledge failed and hurt the gaters more than the gated. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

The first attempts at a foldable smartphone in the 2010s from other companies tended to be fragile and not all that useful, with a big, ugly crease in the center interrupting the experience. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Samuel’s return has factored in pretty heavily there, thanks to his 74 yards on just seven attempts. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Verb

The Friday afternoon hearing was sparked by Xuan and Zhang’s attorneys attempts to have their clients released on their own recognizance. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

More fundamentally, attempts to weaken the axis misunderstand what holds it together. — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

The batter then attempts to hit an inside-the-park home run, according to the team's website. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

His latest album attempts to reconcile a life of precarity with the spiritual rewards of finding one’s voice. — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026

WingXpand’s approach attempts to make the autonomy layer a reusable component rather than a capability tied to a single vehicle design. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Cinema is designed for watching movies and TV shows, and attempts to retain depth even when the sound is collapsed to a two-channel stereo output (such as from a laptop). — Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

All three asked multiple questions to plaintiff attorney Robert Shelquist over the plaintiffs’ attempts to define the market for the players. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

These attempts to shift the narrative have not been successful. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026