Struggle and Try

Struggle

Struggle noun - A forceful effort to reach a goal or objective.
Usage example: a physically challenged child's determined struggle to make straight A's in school

Try is a synonym for struggle in attempt topic. In some cases you can use "Try" instead the word "Struggle" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like labor.

Nearby Words: struggled, struggling

Try

Try noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.
Usage example: was granted another try at the field goal

Struggle is a synonym for try in attempt topic. Sometimes you can use "Struggle" instead the word "Try" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

How words are described

good good struggle good try
short short struggle short try
brave brave struggle brave try
entire entire struggle entire try
Other adjectives: real, perpetual, hard, big, great, huge, new, major, valiant, final, last, previous.

Common collocations

life struggle life try life
man struggle man try man
job struggle job try job
name struggle name try name
Other words: problem, series, case, time, way, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Rule of Three The first time, they are able to try and struggle free.
    Source: Rule of Three
  • Recap / Gravity Falls S 2 E 2 Into The Bunker They try to force the creature into one of the lab's cryogenic tubes, and during the struggle Wendy apparently gets hurt, causing Dipper to blurt his feelings.
  • Partially Clips has "Monk Reading", where, After the End, monks study and try to find wisdom in stories about the struggle between the Messiah and the Dark One... in other words, Popeye comics.
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