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Showing words for STRIVING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Striving

striving

7 Letter Words for Striving

stiring, stiving, tirings, virgins

6 Letter Words for Striving

ingirt, rising, riving, sigint, siring, siting, string, tigris, tiring, virgin, viring, vising

5 Letter Words for Striving

giris, girns, girts, givin, grins, grint, grist, grits, ignis, instr, intis, intsv, iring, niris, rings, snirt, sting, strig, tingi, tings, trigs, trins, vingt, vints, visit, vitis

4 Letter Words for Striving

gins, giri, girn, girt, gist, gits, grin, gris, grit, init, inst, inti, intr, invt, iris, isnt, ivin, nisi, nist, nits, rigs, ring, rins, rist, rits, sign, sing, siri, siti, snig, snit, stir, tigs, ting, tins, trig, trin, vigs, vins, vint

3 Letter Words for Striving

gin, gis, git, gns, grs, ign, ing, ins, int, inv, irs, isn, ist, its, nig, nis, nit, rig, rin, rit, riv, rti, sig, sin, sir, sit, sri, stg, str, tgn, tig, tin, tis, tng, tri, trs, tsi, vig, vii, vin, vis

Definitions for Striving

[1] to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
[2] to make strenuous efforts toward any goal: to strive for success.
[3] to contend in opposition, battle, or any conflict; compete.
[4] to struggle vigorously, as in opposition or resistance: to strive against fate.
[5] to rival; vie.
[6] (may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to make a great and tenacious effort to strive to get promotion
[7] (intr) to fight; contend

Words related to Striving

striveconation, conatus

Words nearby Striving

strivestripper, stript, striptease, stripteaser, stripy, strive, strobe, strobe light, strobe lighting, strobe tuner, strobic

Origin of Striving

e1175–1225; Middle English striven < Old French estriver to quarrel, compete, strive < Germanic; compare obsolete Dutch strijven, German streben to strive

Other words from Striving

striv·er , noun
striv·ing·ly , adverb
in·ter·strive , verb (used without object), in·ter·strove, in·ter·striv·en, in·ter·striv·ing.
out·strive , verb (used with object), out·strove, out·striv·en, out·striv·ing.
o·ver·strive , verb (used without object), o·ver·strove, o·ver·striv·en, o·ver·striv·ing.
re·strive , verb (used without object), re·strove, re·striv·en, re·striv·ing.
un·striv·ing , adjective

Word origin for Striving

eC13: from Old French estriver, of Germanic origin; related to Middle High German streben to strive, Old Norse strītha to fight

Synonyms for Striving

conation, conatus