Synonyms of the word

essay

• n. A written composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject.
• n. (obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.
• n. (now rare) An attempt.
• v. (dated, transitive) To try.
• v. (intransitive) To move forth, as into battle.

act

• n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
• n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
• n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
• n. The process of doing something.
• n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
• n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
• n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
• n. (countable) Any organized activity.
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
• n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
• v. (intransitive) To do something.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
• v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
• v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
• v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
• v. (transitive) To play (a role).
• v. (transitive) To feign.
• v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

assay

• n. Trial, attempt, essay.
• n. Examination and determination; test.
• n. The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
• n. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
• n. Tested purity or value.
• n. The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially,…
• n. The alloy or metal to be assayed.
• v. (transitive) To attempt (something).
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something).
• v. (transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight.
• v. To affect.
• v. To try tasting, as food or drink.

attempt

• v. To try.
• v. (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
• v. (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
• v. (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
• n. The action of trying at something.
• n. An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.

effort

• n. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
• n. An endeavour.
• n. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
• v. (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To stimulate.

endeavor

• n. A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal.
• n. Enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity.
• v. (obsolete) To exert oneself.
• v. (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To attempt (something).
• v. To work with purpose.

endeavour

• n. British standard spelling of endeavor.
• v. British standard spelling of endeavor.

evaluate

• v. (transitive) to draw conclusions from examining; to assess.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) to compute or determine the value of (an expression).
• v. (transitive, computing, mathematics) To return or have a specific value.

examine

• v. To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
• v. To check the health or condition of something or someone.
• v. To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.
• v. To interrogate.

judge

• n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
• n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
• n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
• n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
• v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
• v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
• v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
• v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

prove

• v. (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.
• v. (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
• v. (copulative) To turn out to be.
• v. (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
• v. (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To experience.
• v. (printing, dated, transitive) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
• v. simple past tense of proove.

seek

• v. (transitive) To try to find, to look for, to search.
• v. (transitive) To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
• v. (transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To go, move, travel (in a given direction).
• v. (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

test

• n. A challenge, trial.
• n. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
• n. (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
• n. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to…
• n. (cricket, normally “Test”) A Test match.
• n. (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars…
• n. (botany) Testa; seed coat.
• n. (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
• v. To challenge.
• v. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
• v. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle…
• v. (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
• v. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its…
• v. (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
• v. (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
• n. (obsolete) A witness.
• v. (obsolete) To make a testament, or will.

try

• v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
• v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
• v. To test, to work out.
• v. To experiment, to strive.
• v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
• v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
• v. (slang, chiefly African American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want.
• n. An attempt.
• n. An act of tasting or sampling.
• n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
• n. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
• n. (American football) a field goal or extra point.
• adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.

writing

• n. (uncountable) Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning.
• n. (uncountable) Something written, such as a document, article or book.
• n. (uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.
• n. (countable) A work of an author.
• n. (countable) The style of writing of a person.
• n. (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing.
• v. present participle of write.