efforts

NOUN

work, exertion

Synonyms

STRONGEST

achievement attempt battle creation endeavor exercise force industry intention power production push resolution struggle training

STRONG

accomplishment act aim application aspiration crack deed discipline drill energy enterprise essay feat fling go job labor pains product pull purpose shot spurt stab strain stress stretch strife striving sweat tension toil travail trial trouble try tug undertaking venture whack

WEAK

elbow grease old college try

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destruction idleness incompetence laziness ruin weakness

STRONG

abstention entertainment failure fun happiness inactivity neglect peace relaxation unemployment

WEAK

hesitation passivity

Example Sentences

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Efforts by local and international rescue teams to pull survivors from the rubble grew increasingly desperate in Venezuela four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Efforts to resuscitate her were abandoned 23 minutes later.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

Efforts to stop this proliferation are weakening and treaties are expiring.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

Efforts to crack down on teen vaping appear to be working.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Efforts were made to control it but they were largely fruitless until, in the late 1940’s, the chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides offered new weapons.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson