Attempt and Show

Attempt

Attempt noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

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Show and attempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Show" instead the word "Attempt" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Show noun - An outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect.

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Attempt and show are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead the word "Show" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: showy, showed, showing, showcase, shown

good	good attempt	good show
best	best attempt	best show
similar	similar attempt	similar show
complete	complete attempt	complete show
Other adjectives: original, fake, single, actual, entire, real, successful, serious, little, bad, new, early, final, short-lived, later, next, last, earlier, previous.

power	attempt power	show power
kind	attempt kind	show kind
form	attempt form	show form
scene	attempt scene	show scene
Other words: time, nothing, events.

There Are No Therapists: Averted, of course, and the show makes an attempt to show their work.

Source: Series / Necessary Roughness
The show seems to have been an attempt to recreate the magic of The Muppet Show in a different format.

Source: Series / That Puppet Game Show
Notably a revival in 2011 instead featured wrestlers from the independent circuit in an attempt to move with the times, but it still fell headlong into the show's old trap.

Source: Deader Than Disco / Professional Wrestling

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Show and Attempt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/show

Attempt & Show. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/show>.

Show or Attempt. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/show.

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