strive

strive is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
2. intransitive verb. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth.
3. intransitive verb. To vie; to compete; to be a rival.
4. noun. An effort; a striving.
5. noun. Strife; contention.
6. verb. to exert much effort or energy

   "straining our ears to hear"

   Synonyms: reach, strain

7. verb. attempt by employing effort

   "we endeavor to make our customers happy"

   Synonyms: endeavor, endeavour

Synonyms

reach, strain, endeavor, endeavour

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in strive:

rivets, stiver, trevis, verist

Common word forms

strived, striver, strives, striving

Words from these letters

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