Synonyms of striven

striven 1 of 2

verb (1)

variants or strived

past participle of strive

1

as in endeavored

to devote serious and sustained effort

not only must we strive for peace in time of war, we must strive mightily to maintain that peace

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in tried

to make an effort to do

let us strive to make the most of this opportunity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tried
• attempted
• endeavored
• sought
• essayed
• assayed
• shot at
• hoped
• shot for
• struggled
• wrought
• toiled
• aimed
• aspired
• had a go at
• fought
• tried one's hand (at)
• undertaken
• troubled
• worked
• assumed
• strained
• taken up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropped
• quit
• given up
• quitted

strove

2 of 2

verb (2)

variants also strived

past tense of strive

1

as in struggled

to devote serious and sustained effort

not only must we strive for peace in time of war, we must strive mightily to maintain that peace

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in attempted

to make an effort to do

let us strive to make the most of this opportunity

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropped
• quit
• gave up
• quitted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of striven

Verb

Working with Poway High, troop leaders, and the Poway Library, Juza strived to inspire young girls to pursue a future in STEM. —Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025

The series has never strived to be anything more than opulent fluff, but it still gets consistently pilloried for its lack of realism. —Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025

Verb

Working with Poway High, troop leaders, and the Poway Library, Juza strived to inspire young girls to pursue a future in STEM. —Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025

The series has never strived to be anything more than opulent fluff, but it still gets consistently pilloried for its lack of realism. —Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025