100 Best Synonyms for “Attempt”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	address	try to deal with
2.	aim	direct effort toward something
3.	angle for	try indirectly to get
4.	apply oneself	work hard at trying
5.	approach	begin to deal with
6.	aspire to	try to achieve
7.	bend over backward	try very hard to help
8.	bid for	try to obtain
9.	bust a gut	try extremely hard
10.	chance	risk trying something
11.	chase	try to catch or gain
12.	check out	try or examine
13.	chip away at	make gradual effort on
14.	contend with	try to deal with difficulty
15.	cope with	try to manage
16.	dare	be bold enough to try
17.	deal with	try to handle
18.	do all one can	try as much as possible
19.	do one’s best	try as hard as possible
20.	dry-run	practice as a test
21.	embark on	start trying to do
22.	endeavor	try hard to achieve
23.	enter upon	begin undertaking
24.	essay	make an attempt at
25.	exert effort	apply effort to try
26.	exert oneself	make a strong effort
27.	experiment	try out new methods
28.	explore	try to investigate possibilities
29.	feel out	test reactions cautiously
30.	field-test	try in real use
31.	fight for	try hard to gain
32.	give it a crack	try something informally
33.	give it a shot	try something once
34.	give it a try	try something
35.	give it a whirl	try something playfully
36.	give one’s all	try with total effort
37.	go after	try to get or achieve
38.	go all out	try with full effort
39.	go at	attack or try energetically
40.	grapple with	struggle to deal with
41.	hammer at	keep trying persistently
42.	have a bash	make an informal try
43.	have a crack	make an informal try
44.	have a go	make an informal try
45.	have a stab	make a try
46.	have a try	make an attempt
47.	have a whack at	make an informal try
48.	hazard	venture to try
49.	keep at it	continue trying
50.	labor to	work hard to achieve
51.	launch into	begin trying energetically
52.	leave no stone unturned	try every possible option
53.	make a bid	try to obtain something
54.	make a pass at	try to get or do
55.	make a play for	try to gain
56.	make a push	make a strong effort
57.	make a run at	make an energetic try
58.	make an effort	try with effort
59.	make every effort	try as hard as possible
60.	mount a bid	launch an effort to get
61.	mount an effort	organize a serious try
62.	move heaven and earth	try extremely hard
63.	persevere	keep trying despite difficulty
64.	persist	continue trying
65.	pilot	try on a small scale
66.	plug away	keep trying steadily
67.	press for	try strongly to obtain
68.	probe	test or explore tentatively
69.	pull out all stops	try every possible means
70.	pursue	try to achieve or obtain
71.	push for	try actively to achieve
72.	reach for	try to attain
73.	road-test	try under real conditions
74.	sample	try briefly or experimentally
75.	seek	try to obtain or achieve
76.	set about	begin trying to do
77.	set out to	begin trying to do
78.	shoot for	try to reach
79.	sound out	test opinions cautiously
80.	stay with	keep working at
81.	stick at	continue trying with effort
82.	strive	make great efforts toward
83.	struggle to	try with difficulty
84.	tackle	try to deal with
85.	take a fling at	make a try at
86.	take a run at	make a forceful try
87.	take a shot	make a try
88.	take for a spin	try briefly
89.	take on	undertake and try to handle
90.	take steps	begin acting toward a goal
91.	test	try out or examine
92.	toil to	work hard to do
93.	try	make an effort to do
94.	undertake	begin and try to do
95.	venture	dare to try
96.	work at	try steadily to improve
97.	work on	try to improve or solve
98.	work to	try to achieve
99.	work toward	try to achieve gradually
100.	wrestle with	struggle to handle