Synonyms of endeavored

endeavored

verb

past tense of endeavor

1

as in struggled

to devote serious and sustained effort

the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggled
• labored
• worked
• tried
• strove
• toiled
• tugged
• hustled
• plowed
• dug (away)
• grubbed
• slaved
• sweat
• plodded
• travailed
• fagged
• humped
• pegged (away)
• strained
• plugged
• slogged
• drudged
• essayed
• banged away
• attacked
• exerted
• applied (oneself)
• moiled
• sweat blood
• exercised
• pitched in
• dug in
• hammered (away)
• buckled (down)
• beavered (away)
• drove
• scratched
• waded
• eked out
• scrabbled
• trudged
• knuckled down
• overworked
• ground (out)
• overexerted
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slackened
• broke
• let up
• eased (up)
• shirked
• lounged
• hung (around or out)
• rested
• dallied
• chilled
• loafed
• idled
• lazed
• relaxed
• reposed
• bummed
• basked
• goofed (off)
• played
• lolled
• hacked (around)
• slacked (off)
• hung
• unwound
• dabbled
• trifled
• dillydallied
• doodled
• vegged out
• goldbricked
• footled
• fooled around
• messed around
• hung about
• puttered (around)
• goofed (around)
• pottered (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

2

as in tried

to make an effort to do

our club is forever endeavoring to find ways to raise more money for activities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tried
• attempted
• sought
• strove
• essayed
• assayed
• shot at
• hoped
• struggled
• toiled
• aimed
• undertook
• worked
• had a go at
• fought
• tried one's hand (at)
• aspired
• troubled
• assumed
• strained
• took up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropped
• quit
• gave up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of endeavored

When Disney+ first launched, the House of Mouse endeavored to make its streaming platform the new home of all things Star Wars. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026

Johnson for months endeavored to appoint his ally ex-Ald. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026

Along the way, Pollan endeavored to find answers to some of the most fundamental questions of existence, like why is there a subjective self at all? — Nick Hilden, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026

One month later, Turning Point’s flagship conference descended into recriminations over the very controversies and conspiracies that its founder had endeavored so assiduously to suppress. — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026

However, the doormat goes to the Hustlers, who like Orlando endeavored to dismantle a successful 2024 playoff team and turn it into the worst team in 2025, a weird look for a team owned by one of the lead investors in the league. — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

Once the institution opened in 1833 with space for more than 400 veterans, naval officers endeavored to provide a comfortable life for the residents. — Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025

For example, in December Norfolk Land Trust and Northeast Wilderness Trust finalized a conservation easement on more than 600 acres of forest that a group of Norfolk families has endeavored to protect since the 1980s. — Shelley Harms, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025

Balance Coffee’s founder, James Bellis, recognized this gap in the wellness space and endeavored to sift through all the coffee producers around the world to bring consumers only the most nutritious brews. — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024