endeavor

1. verb

the company endeavored to expand its activities

Syn:

try, attempt, seek, undertake, aspire, aim, set out; strive, struggle, labor, toil, work, exert oneself, apply oneself, do one's best, do one's utmost, give one's all, be at pains; informal have a go, have a shot, have a stab, give something one's best shot, do one's damnedest, go all out, bend over backwards; formal essay

2. noun

1)

an endeavor to build a more buoyant economy

Syn:

attempt, try, bid, effort, venture; informal go, crack, shot, stab; formal essay

2)

several days of endeavor

Syn:

effort, exertion, striving, struggling, laboring, toil, struggle, labor, hard work, application, industry; pains; informal sweat, 'blood, sweat, and tears', elbow grease; literary travail

3)

an extremely unwise endeavor

Syn:

undertaking, enterprise, venture, exercise, activity, exploit, deed, act, action, move; scheme, plan, project; informal caper