EFFORTS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

efforts

noun

plural of effort

as in works

the active use of energy in producing a result the finished parade float was well worth the effort

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Recent Examples of efforts Clues about classified material Included among the Epstein files is an eight-page timeline of the FBI's New York office's initial efforts last year to track down and deliver its voluminous files to the Justice Department's Washington headquarters. — Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 His efforts to end diplomatic isolation have included visits to Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 Certified by Alaska Green Adventure for its sustainability efforts, the luxury resort has operated on the island since 2013 and hosts a max of 24 guests. — Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026 Jackson County voters will soon decide whether to extend a sales tax that supports efforts to address criminal activity and drug use. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026 However, a Meta spokesperson is pushing back against fears that the new commercial terms are intended to support the company’s already controversial AI training efforts, which are facing lawsuits. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026 Nondisclosure agreements have stymied Owens' efforts to learn more. — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026 But complicating the government's efforts to bring the French deficit under control are widespread protests that have turned increasingly violent since starting as a Parisian student movement last month. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 These efforts were designed to slow floodwater, but the project also allowed the track to reopen. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for efforts

Noun

See his portraits—and relive the concert’s joyous celebration of one of musical theater’s most groundbreaking and influential works—below.

— Vogue, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Sam Wasson, one of Hollywood’s preeminent historians and biographers, has published searching books on the lives and works of Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Mazursky, Blake Edwards and Roman Polanski.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of works

Noun

Lula very pointedly locates the threat differently, emphasizing the ability to resist a foreign power’s undue exertions of leverage.

— Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Ayuso possibly lacks the top-end explosivity, while surely Mas’ legs are not in race-winning shape given his exertions over the past month — but the Mallorcan is in the form of his career.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of exertions

Noun

The couple took pains to preserve historical details like the house's original wooden shutters.

— Sophie Caldwell,Valentina Duarte, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Nearly every single recipe from the Fizz’s golden age takes pains to specify that it should be made very cold, served without ice, and consumed immediately after delivery, an instruction that may seem pedantic but is nonetheless ubiquitous.

— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of pains

Noun

According to the district’s chief business officer Gerardo Castillo, Sac City Unified’s initial report included only its 2025-26 expenditures and left out spending from 2024-25.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
However, skeptics are getting more vocal in their concerns that returns on AI investment won't justify the capital expenditures.

— Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026