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 The Max 10's certification represents another milestone in Boeing's efforts to restore its reputation and financial footing after years of safety, quality and production challenges. — Arkansas Online, 21 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 As efforts continue, Barradell is asking people around the Sea of Cortez to remain on the lookout. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 For years, Democrats and rural Republicans in Texas blocked efforts to create education savings accounts. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 The experience of this year’s conflict, in which successive rounds of fighting outran diplomatic efforts to contain them, offers little reason for that confidence. — Ali Vaez, Time, 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 Save the Rhino Namibia, with support from Namibia’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism as well as other organizations, has long led the conservation efforts for wild black rhinos in northwestern Namibia. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026 This month, among other efforts, the coalition launched a website. — Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for efforts

Noun

Under a contributory infringement claim, all authors need to prove is that Meta facilitated transfers of their works.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
To sign off, Danchig-Waring didn’t just curate a matinee program with needle-moving classics alongside 21st-century works that reflect his love of process.

— Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 20 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

Between Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta, over $720 billion of capital expenditures is projected to be spent this year, most of it on AI infrastructure, according to analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
But the attorney general said the expenditures have been worth it, salvaging billions in state funding that the administration had sought to claw back, and protecting the rights of the state and its residents.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026