Antonyms for endeavors

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : en-dev-er

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈdɛv ər

Definition of endeavors

Origin : c.1400; see endeavor (n.). Related: Endeavored; endeavoring.

noun attempt to achieve something
verb attempt to achieve something

Example sentences :

Joseph gave up his endeavors, and returned to Corsica to help his mother.
Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

Her endeavors were confined to horses, and one of her paintings is considered fair.
Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous

"All our endeavors are like the labors of those babies," thought he.
Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant

Bodhisatta, a seeker of the bodhi, one who endeavors to become a Buddha.
Extract from : « The Buddha » by Paul Carus

Fanny wants to know “what you are gone for,” and endeavors to pronounce Etruria.
Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

The citizens united in their endeavors to have him bring his minstrels to the town.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

Toward what quarter of the world should they direct their endeavors?
Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne

In their endeavors to capture it they drove it up the mountain side.
Extract from : « The Forest King » by Hervey Keyes

If he did, he was more successful than wiser men have been in their endeavors.
Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.

The spectators hustled and elbowed in their endeavors to obtain a good position.
Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant

Synonyms for endeavors

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