Exact Match:
- trial-and-error
- relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory; "they adopted a trial-and-error procedure"
- trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated; "he argued that all learning is a trial-and-error process that resembles biological evolution"
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- probationary
collapse - under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" related words >
- testing
collapse
- the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works; "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"
- an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox" related words >
- R and D,
- analytic,
- control,
- control experiment,
- controlled experiment,
- cut and try,
- cut-and-try,
- empirical,
- empiricism,
- examinational,
- examinatorial,
- examining,
- experiment,
- experimental,
- experimental design,
- experimental method,
- experimental proof,
- experimentalism,
- experimentation,
- explorational,
- explorative,
- exploratory,
- fact-finding,
- feeling,
- groping,
- heuristic,
- hit and miss,
- hit-or-miss,
- indagative,
- inspectional,
- inspectorial,
- investigational,
- investigative,
- investigatory,
- noble experiment,
- pilot,
- pragmatism,
- probationary,
- probative,
- probatory,
- proving,
- provisional,
- research and development,
- rule of thumb,
- tentative,
- tentative method,
- tentativeness,
- test,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trial-and-error,
- trying,
- verificatory,
- zetetic
- R and D,
- control,
- control experiment,
- controlled experiment,
- cut and try,
- empiricism,
- experiment,
- experimental design,
- experimental method,
- experimental proof,
- experimentalism,
- hit and miss,
- noble experiment,
- pragmatism,
- research and development,
- rule of thumb,
- tentative method,
- tentativeness,
- test,
- testing,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trial run,
- trying
- experimental
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- relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results that supported the hypothesis"
- of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"
- relating to or based on experiment; "experimental physics" related words >
- conjectural,
- cut-and-try,
- determined,
- developmental,
- empirical,
- experiential,
- exploratory,
- heuristic,
- hit-or-miss,
- hypothetical,
- pilot,
- preliminary,
- preparatory,
- probationary,
- probative,
- probatory,
- proving,
- provisional,
- resolute,
- speculative,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- test,
- testing,
- theoretical,
- trial,
- trial-and-error,
- trying,
- venturesome,
- verificatory,
- willing
- heuristic
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- a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem
- of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation related words >
- analytic,
- cut-and-try,
- empirical,
- examinational,
- examinatorial,
- examining,
- experimental,
- explorational,
- explorative,
- exploratory,
- fact-finding,
- feeling,
- groping,
- hit-or-miss,
- indagative,
- inspectional,
- inspectorial,
- investigational,
- investigative,
- investigatory,
- pilot,
- probationary,
- probative,
- probatory,
- proving,
- provisional,
- tentative,
- test,
- testing,
- trial,
- trial-and-error,
- trying,
- verificatory,
- zetetic
- experiment
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- the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
- a venture at something new or different; "as an experiment he decided to grow a beard"
- the testing of an idea; "it was an experiment in living"; "not all experimentation is done in laboratories"
- to conduct a test or investigation; "We are experimenting with the new drug in order to fight this disease"
- try something new, as in order to gain experience; "Students experiment sexually"; "The composer experimented with a new style" related words >
- analysis,
- analyze,
- approach,
- assay,
- attempt,
- bid,
- bring to test,
- confirm,
- crack,
- cut and try,
- effort,
- endeavor,
- enquiry,
- essay,
- examination,
- examine,
- experimentation,
- fling,
- gambit,
- give a try,
- give a tryout,
- go,
- have a go,
- inquiry,
- investigate,
- investigation,
- lick,
- move,
- offer,
- play around with,
- policy,
- practice upon,
- probe,
- procedure,
- proof,
- prove,
- put to trial,
- research,
- road-test,
- run a sample,
- sample,
- scrutinize,
- search,
- shake down,
- shot,
- stab,
- step,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- study,
- substantiate,
- taste,
- tentative,
- test,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trial run,
- try,
- try anything once,
- try it on,
- try out,
- undertaking,
- validate,
- verify,
- weigh,
- whack
- trial and error
collapse
- experimenting until a solution is found related words >
- R and D,
- approach,
- assay,
- attempt,
- bid,
- control,
- control experiment,
- controlled experiment,
- crack,
- cut and try,
- effort,
- empiricism,
- endeavor,
- essay,
- experiment,
- experimental design,
- experimental method,
- experimental proof,
- experimentalism,
- experimentation,
- fling,
- gambit,
- go,
- hit and miss,
- lick,
- move,
- noble experiment,
- offer,
- pragmatism,
- research and development,
- rule of thumb,
- shot,
- stab,
- step,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- tentative,
- tentative method,
- tentativeness,
- test,
- testing,
- trial,
- trial run,
- try,
- trying,
- undertaking,
- whack
- R and D,
- control,
- control experiment,
- controlled experiment,
- cut and try,
- empiricism,
- experiment,
- experimental design,
- experimental method,
- experimental proof,
- experimentalism,
- experimentation,
- hit and miss,
- noble experiment,
- pragmatism,
- rule of thumb,
- tentative method,
- tentativeness,
- testing,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trying
- R and D,
- control,
- control experiment,
- controlled experiment,
- cut and try,
- empiricism,
- experiment,
- experimental design,
- experimental method,
- experimental proof,
- experimentalism,
- experimentation,
- hit and miss,
- noble experiment,
- pragmatism,
- research and development,
- tentative method,
- tentativeness,
- testing,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trying
- control,
- control experiment,
- controlled experiment,
- cut and try,
- empiricism,
- experiment,
- experimental design,
- experimental method,
- experimental proof,
- experimentalism,
- experimentation,
- hit and miss,
- noble experiment,
- pragmatism,
- research and development,
- rule of thumb,
- tentative method,
- tentativeness,
- testing,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trying
- clerical error,
- corrigendum,
- error,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- human error,
- misapprehension,
- miscalculation,
- miscarriage,
- misconception,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misidentification,
- misjudgment,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- typo,
- typographical error
- clerical error,
- corrigendum,
- erratum,
- error,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- human error,
- misapprehension,
- miscalculation,
- miscarriage,
- misconception,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misidentification,
- misjudgment,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- typographical error
- miscalculation
collapse
- a mistake in calculating related words >
- clerical error,
- corrigendum,
- erratum,
- error,
- error in judgment,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- human error,
- injudiciousness,
- misappreciation,
- misapprehension,
- miscarriage,
- miscomputation,
- misconception,
- misconjecture,
- misconstruction,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misestimation,
- misevaluation,
- misidentification,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreading,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- misvaluation,
- poor judgment,
- skewed judgment,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- wrong construction,
- wrong impression
- misplay
collapse
- play wrong or in an unskillful manner
- play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note related words >
- clerical error,
- corrigendum,
- do amiss,
- erratum,
- error,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- human error,
- misapply,
- misapprehension,
- miscalculation,
- miscall,
- miscarriage,
- miscite,
- misconception,
- misconduct,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misemploy,
- misfield,
- misidentification,
- misjudgment,
- mismanage,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misquote,
- misread,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misspell,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- typo,
- typographical error
- misprint
collapse
- a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
- print incorrectly related words >
- clerical error,
- corrigendum,
- do amiss,
- erratum,
- error,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- human error,
- literal,
- misapply,
- misapprehension,
- miscalculation,
- miscall,
- miscarriage,
- miscite,
- misconception,
- misconduct,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misemploy,
- misfield,
- misidentification,
- misjudgment,
- mismanage,
- misplay,
- misquotation,
- misquote,
- misread,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misspell,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- typo,
- typographical error
- empirical
collapse
- derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known" related words >
- Cyrenaic,
- Eleatic,
- Epicurean,
- Megarian,
- Stoic,
- animist,
- animistic,
- atomistic,
- cosmotheistic,
- cut-and-try,
- eclectic,
- eudaemonistic,
- existential,
- experiential,
- experimental,
- factual,
- hedonic,
- hedonist,
- hedonistic,
- heuristic,
- hit-or-miss,
- humanist,
- humanistic,
- idealistic,
- instrumentalist,
- materialistic,
- mechanistic,
- metaphysical,
- monistic,
- naturalistic,
- nominalist,
- observed,
- panlogistical,
- pantheistic,
- pilot,
- positivist,
- positivistic,
- practical,
- pragmatic,
- pragmatist,
- probationary,
- probative,
- probatory,
- proving,
- provisional,
- rationalistic,
- realist,
- realistic,
- scholastic,
- sensationalistic,
- syncretistic,
- tentative,
- test,
- testing,
- theistic,
- transcendentalist,
- transcendentalistic,
- trial,
- trial-and-error,
- trying,
- utilitarian,
- verificatory,
- vitalistic,
- voluntarist,
- voluntaristic
- miscarriage
collapse
- failure of a plan related words >
- abortion,
- abortive attempt,
- breakdown,
- clerical error,
- collapse,
- corrigendum,
- defeat,
- dud,
- erratum,
- error,
- failing,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- frustration,
- human error,
- merry chase,
- misapprehension,
- miscalculation,
- miscarrying,
- misconception,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misfire,
- misidentification,
- misjudgment,
- mismanagement,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- vain attempt,
- wet squib,
- wild-goose chase
- abuse of terms,
- catachresis,
- clerical error,
- contorting,
- corrigendum,
- distortion,
- eisegesis,
- erratum,
- error,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- garbling,
- gloss,
- human error,
- malentendu,
- malobservation,
- misapplication,
- miscalculation,
- miscarriage,
- miscitation,
- misconception,
- misconstruction,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misexplanation,
- misexplication,
- misexposition,
- misidentification,
- misintelligence,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreading,
- misrendering,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- mistranslation,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- misuse of words,
- perversion,
- squeezing,
- torturing,
- twisting,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- wrenching
- fallible
collapse
- likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"
- having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity" related words >
- adulterated,
- blemished,
- careless,
- damaged,
- defective,
- deficient,
- errable,
- errant,
- erroneous,
- error-prone,
- faulty,
- found wanting,
- heedless,
- immature,
- impaired,
- imperfect,
- imprecise,
- impure,
- inaccurate,
- inadequate,
- incomplete,
- inexact,
- lacking,
- liable to error,
- makeshift,
- mediocre,
- mixed,
- not perfect,
- off,
- open to error,
- partial,
- patchy,
- short,
- sketchy,
- undeveloped,
- uneven,
- unfinished,
- unperfected,
- unsound,
- unthorough,
- wanting
- inquest
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- an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death related words >
- analysis,
- assize,
- autopsy,
- blue-ribbon jury,
- change of venue,
- coroner,
- country,
- court-martial,
- cross-examination,
- delving,
- examination,
- grand jury,
- hearing,
- hung jury,
- inquirendo,
- inquiring,
- inquiring mind,
- inquiry,
- inquisition,
- investigation,
- jury,
- jury list,
- jury of inquest,
- jury of matrons,
- jury panel,
- jury trial,
- medical examiner,
- mistrial,
- mortality committee,
- necropsy,
- necroscopy,
- panel,
- petit jury,
- police jury,
- postmortem,
- postmortem examination,
- probe,
- probing,
- quest,
- research,
- sessions,
- special jury,
- trial,
- trial by jury,
- trial jury,
- venire
- pragmatism
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- (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value related words >
- Marxism,
- R and D,
- animalism,
- atomism,
- behaviorism,
- commonsense realism,
- control,
- control experiment,
- controlled experiment,
- cut and try,
- dialectical materialism,
- down-to-earthness,
- earthiness,
- earthliness,
- empiricism,
- epiphenomenalism,
- experiment,
- experimental design,
- experimental method,
- experimental proof,
- experimentalism,
- experimentation,
- freedom from illusion,
- functional design,
- functional furniture,
- functionalism,
- hardheadedness,
- historical materialism,
- hit and miss,
- hylomorphism,
- hylotheism,
- hylozoism,
- lack of feelings,
- materialism,
- matter-of-factness,
- mechanism,
- natural realism,
- naturalism,
- new realism,
- noble experiment,
- physicalism,
- physicism,
- positive philosophy,
- positivism,
- practical-mindedness,
- practicality,
- practicalness,
- pragmaticism,
- rationality,
- realism,
- reasonableness,
- representative realism,
- research and development,
- rule of thumb,
- saneness,
- scientism,
- secularism,
- sensibleness,
- sober-mindedness,
- substantialism,
- temporality,
- tentative method,
- tentativeness,
- testing,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trying,
- unidealism,
- unromanticalness,
- unsentimentality,
- utilitarianism,
- worldliness
- assize,
- change of venue,
- court-martial,
- cross-interrogation,
- cross-questioning,
- direct examination,
- examination,
- grill,
- grilling,
- hearing,
- inquest,
- inquiry,
- inquisition,
- interrogation,
- jury trial,
- mistrial,
- police interrogation,
- questioning,
- redirect examination,
- the grill,
- third degree,
- third-degree,
- trial,
- trial by jury
- empiricism
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- the application of empirical methods in any art or science
- (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience related words >
- Christian ethics,
- Marxism,
- R and D,
- Stoicism,
- altruistic ethics,
- animalism,
- aretaics,
- atomism,
- behaviorism,
- casuistry,
- categorical imperative,
- commonsense realism,
- comparative ethics,
- control,
- control experiment,
- controlled experiment,
- cut and try,
- deontology,
- dialectical materialism,
- earthliness,
- egoistic ethics,
- epiphenomenalism,
- ethical formalism,
- ethical philosophy,
- ethology,
- ethonomics,
- eudaemonics,
- evolutionism,
- experiment,
- experimental design,
- experimental method,
- experimental proof,
- experimentalism,
- experimentation,
- golden rule,
- hedonism,
- historical materialism,
- hit and miss,
- hylomorphism,
- hylotheism,
- hylozoism,
- intuitionism,
- materialism,
- mechanism,
- moral philosophy,
- natural realism,
- naturalism,
- new realism,
- noble experiment,
- perfectionism,
- physicalism,
- physicism,
- positive philosophy,
- positivism,
- pragmaticism,
- pragmatism,
- realism,
- representative realism,
- research and development,
- rule of thumb,
- secularism,
- situation ethics,
- substantialism,
- temporality,
- tentative method,
- tentativeness,
- testing,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trying,
- utilitarianism,
- worldliness
- inquisition
collapse
- a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
- a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy related words >
- Areopagus,
- analysis,
- assize,
- board,
- change of venue,
- council,
- court-martial,
- cross-examination,
- cross-interrogation,
- cross-questioning,
- curia,
- delving,
- direct examination,
- examination,
- forum,
- grilling,
- hearing,
- inquest,
- inquirendo,
- inquiring,
- inquiring mind,
- inquiry,
- investigation,
- judicatory,
- judicature,
- judiciary,
- jury trial,
- mistrial,
- police interrogation,
- probe,
- probing,
- quest,
- redirect examination,
- research,
- the Inquisition,
- the grill,
- third-degree,
- trial,
- trial by jury,
- tribunal
- misstatement
collapse
- a statement that contains a mistake related words >
- abstractionism,
- bloomer,
- blooper,
- blunder,
- clerical error,
- coloring,
- confabulation,
- corrigendum,
- deformation,
- distortion,
- equivocation,
- erratum,
- error,
- exaggeration,
- expressionism,
- fabrication,
- failure,
- false coloring,
- false swearing,
- falsehood,
- falsification,
- falsifying,
- fault,
- faute,
- faux pas,
- gaffe,
- garbling,
- howler,
- human error,
- hyperbole,
- inaccuracy,
- injustice,
- lapsus linguae,
- lie,
- litotes,
- misapprehension,
- miscalculation,
- miscarriage,
- miscitation,
- miscoloring,
- misconception,
- misconstruction,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misdrawing,
- misidentification,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- mispainting,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreport,
- misrepresentation,
- miss,
- mistake,
- misteaching,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- nonrealism,
- overdrawing,
- overstatement,
- perjury,
- perversion,
- prevarication,
- slanting,
- solecism,
- straining,
- twisting,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- understatement,
- untruth
- abuse of terms,
- agreement to disagree,
- argument,
- catachresis,
- clerical error,
- contorting,
- controversy,
- corrigendum,
- cross-purposes,
- difference,
- difference of opinion,
- difficulty,
- disagreement,
- discord,
- disparity,
- dispute,
- dissension,
- distortion,
- dividedness,
- division,
- eisegesis,
- erratum,
- error,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- garbling,
- gloss,
- human error,
- malentendu,
- malobservation,
- misapplication,
- misapprehension,
- miscalculation,
- miscarriage,
- miscitation,
- misconception,
- misconstruction,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misexplanation,
- misexplication,
- misexposition,
- misidentification,
- misintelligence,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreading,
- misrendering,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- mistaking,
- mistranslation,
- misuse,
- misuse of words,
- odds,
- perversion,
- polarization,
- quarrel,
- rift,
- squeezing,
- torturing,
- twisting,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- variance,
- wrenching,
- wrong impression
- all wet,
- all wrong,
- amiss,
- catachrestic,
- distorted,
- eisegetical,
- erring,
- erroneous,
- fallacious,
- false,
- faulty,
- flawed,
- garbled,
- in error,
- inaccurate,
- incorrect,
- misapprehended,
- misconceived,
- misconstrued,
- misguided,
- misinformed,
- misinterpreted,
- misread,
- misunderstood,
- off,
- out of order,
- perverted,
- twisted,
- under an error,
- warped,
- wrong
- misbelieve
collapse
- hold a false or unorthodox belief related words >
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- abuse of terms,
- catachresis,
- clerical error,
- contorting,
- corrigendum,
- defectiveness,
- delusion,
- deviancy,
- distortion,
- eisegesis,
- errancy,
- erratum,
- erroneousness,
- error,
- failure,
- fallaciousness,
- fallacy,
- falseness,
- falsity,
- fault,
- faultiness,
- faute,
- flaw,
- flawedness,
- garbling,
- gloss,
- hamartia,
- heresy,
- heterodoxy,
- human error,
- illusion,
- malentendu,
- malobservation,
- misapplication,
- misapprehension,
- miscalculation,
- miscarriage,
- miscitation,
- misconception,
- misconstruction,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misdoing,
- misexplanation,
- misexplication,
- misexposition,
- misfeasance,
- misidentification,
- misintelligence,
- misinterpretation,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreading,
- misrendering,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- mistranslation,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- misuse of words,
- peccancy,
- perversion,
- self-contradiction,
- sin,
- sinfulness,
- squeezing,
- torturing,
- twisting,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- unorthodoxy,
- untrueness,
- untruth,
- untruthfulness,
- wrenching,
- wrong,
- wrongness
- misconception
collapse
- an incorrect conception related words >
- abuse of terms,
- airy nothing,
- autism,
- bubble,
- catachresis,
- chimera,
- clerical error,
- contorting,
- corrigendum,
- daydream,
- deception,
- deluded belief,
- delusion,
- dereism,
- distortion,
- dream,
- dream vision,
- dreamland,
- dreamworld,
- eisegesis,
- erratum,
- error,
- failure,
- false belief,
- fault,
- faute,
- garbling,
- gloss,
- human error,
- ignis fatuus,
- illusion,
- malentendu,
- malobservation,
- misapplication,
- misapprehension,
- misbelief,
- miscalculation,
- miscarriage,
- miscitation,
- misconstruction,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misexplanation,
- misexplication,
- misexposition,
- misidentification,
- misintelligence,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreading,
- misrendering,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- mistranslation,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- misuse of words,
- perversion,
- pipe dream,
- self-deceit,
- self-deception,
- self-delusion,
- squeezing,
- torturing,
- trick,
- trip,
- twisting,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- vapor,
- wrenching,
- wrong impression
- accidental,
- ad hoc,
- adventitious,
- aleatory,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- backup,
- band-aid,
- casual,
- circumstantial,
- conditional,
- contingent,
- counterfeit,
- cut-and-try,
- dangerous,
- dependent,
- desultory,
- dummy,
- empirical,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- experimental,
- fake,
- fixed,
- forehanded,
- foreseeing,
- foresighted,
- forethoughted,
- forethoughtful,
- given,
- hazardous,
- heuristic,
- hit-or-miss,
- imitation,
- improvisational,
- improvised,
- incidental,
- inessential,
- infirm,
- insecure,
- insubstantial,
- interim,
- jury-rigged,
- makeshift,
- makeshifty,
- mock,
- nonessential,
- occasional,
- perilous,
- phony,
- pilot,
- pinch,
- precarious,
- precautional,
- precautionary,
- precautious,
- preparative,
- preparatory,
- prerequisite,
- pro tem,
- probationary,
- probative,
- probatory,
- propaedeutic,
- provident,
- proving,
- provisory,
- proxy,
- qualified,
- reserve,
- risky,
- rough-and-ready,
- rough-and-tumble,
- secondary,
- shaky,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- slippery,
- spare,
- specificative,
- specified,
- stated,
- stipulated,
- stipulatory,
- stopgap,
- substitute,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- test,
- testing,
- ticklish,
- token,
- transitional,
- treacherous,
- trial,
- trial-and-error,
- trying,
- undependable,
- unessential,
- unfaithworthy,
- unreliable,
- unsolid,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unsubstantial,
- unsure,
- untrustworthy,
- utility,
- verificatory,
- vicarious
- attempt
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- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" related words >
- accept,
- affair,
- aim to,
- approach,
- assault,
- assay,
- assume,
- attack,
- attempt to,
- begin,
- beginning,
- bid,
- buckle to,
- business,
- care,
- chance,
- commence,
- commencement,
- commitment,
- contract,
- crack,
- dare,
- dare to,
- deal,
- effort,
- embark in,
- embark upon,
- endeavor,
- engage,
- engage in,
- engagement,
- enter on,
- enter upon,
- enterprise,
- essay,
- experiment,
- fall into,
- fall to,
- fling,
- gambit,
- get under way,
- go,
- go about,
- go at,
- go in for,
- go into,
- go upon,
- hassle,
- have at,
- hazard,
- inaugurate,
- initiate,
- initiation,
- launch forth,
- launch into,
- lay about,
- lick,
- lift a finger,
- make an attempt,
- make an effort,
- make bold,
- make free,
- move,
- move into,
- obligation,
- offer,
- operation,
- pains,
- pitch into,
- plan,
- plunge into,
- presume,
- pretend,
- pretend to,
- proceed to,
- program,
- project,
- proposition,
- seek,
- seek to,
- set about,
- set at,
- set forward,
- set going,
- set to,
- shot,
- shy,
- stab,
- start,
- step,
- strive,
- strive to,
- striving,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- struggle,
- study to,
- tackle,
- take on,
- take the liberty,
- take up,
- task,
- tentative,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trouble,
- try,
- try and,
- try to,
- turn to,
- undertake,
- undertaking,
- venture,
- venture on,
- venture to,
- venture upon,
- whack,
- work
- errancy
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- fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err
- (Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility; "he denies the errancy of the Catholic Church" related words >
- aberrancy,
- aberration,
- defectiveness,
- delusion,
- deviancy,
- distortion,
- errability,
- erroneousness,
- error,
- fallaciousness,
- fallacy,
- fallibility,
- falseness,
- falsity,
- fault,
- faultiness,
- flaw,
- flawedness,
- hamartia,
- heresy,
- heterodoxy,
- illusion,
- liability to error,
- misapplication,
- misconstruction,
- misdoing,
- misfeasance,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- peccancy,
- perversion,
- self-contradiction,
- sin,
- sinfulness,
- unorthodoxy,
- untrueness,
- untruth,
- untruthfulness,
- wrong,
- wrongness
- trying
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- hard to endure; "fell upon trying times" related words >
- adverse,
- analytic,
- annoying,
- antagonistic,
- arduous,
- backbreaking,
- besetting,
- bothersome,
- burdensome,
- conflicting,
- contrary,
- counter,
- counteractive,
- crushing,
- cut-and-try,
- demanding,
- detrimental,
- devitalizing,
- difficult,
- dispiriting,
- disquieting,
- distressing,
- draining,
- empirical,
- enervating,
- enfeebling,
- exacting,
- examinational,
- examinatorial,
- examining,
- exasperating,
- exhausting,
- exigent,
- experimental,
- explorational,
- explorative,
- exploratory,
- fact-finding,
- fatiguesome,
- fatiguing,
- feeling,
- frustrating,
- groping,
- grueling,
- hard,
- harmful,
- heavy,
- hefty,
- heuristic,
- hit-or-miss,
- hostile,
- in opposition,
- indagative,
- infuriating,
- inimical,
- inspectional,
- inspectorial,
- investigational,
- investigative,
- investigatory,
- irksome,
- irritating,
- killing,
- maddening,
- miserable,
- not easy,
- onerous,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppressive,
- painful,
- pilot,
- plaguey,
- probationary,
- probative,
- probatory,
- proving,
- provisional,
- punishing,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- sapping,
- sinister,
- sticky,
- straining,
- strenuous,
- stressful,
- superincumbent,
- taxing,
- tentative,
- test,
- testing,
- tiresome,
- tiring,
- toilsome,
- tough,
- trial,
- trial-and-error,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- troublesome,
- troublous,
- unfavorable,
- untoward,
- upsetting,
- verificatory,
- vexatious,
- vexing,
- weakening,
- weariful,
- wearing,
- wearisome,
- wearying,
- weighty,
- worrisome,
- worrying,
- wretched,
- zetetic
- assay
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- a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
- an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress"
- a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
- a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
- analyze (chemical substances) related words >
- acid test,
- analysis,
- analyzation,
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- anatomizing,
- anatomy,
- appraise,
- appreciate,
- approach,
- assaying,
- assess,
- attempt,
- bid,
- blank determination,
- break down,
- break up,
- breakdown,
- breaking down,
- breaking up,
- breakup,
- bring to test,
- brouillon,
- calculate,
- calibrate,
- caliper,
- chance,
- check a parameter,
- compute,
- confirm,
- crack,
- criterion,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- cut and try,
- determination,
- dial,
- dissect,
- dissection,
- divide,
- division,
- docimasy,
- effort,
- endeavor,
- engage,
- essay,
- estimate,
- evaluate,
- experiment,
- fathom,
- feeling out,
- first draft,
- fling,
- gambit,
- gauge,
- give a try,
- give a tryout,
- go,
- graduate,
- gravimetric analysis,
- have a go,
- kiteflying,
- lick,
- lift a finger,
- make an attempt,
- make an effort,
- measure,
- mensurate,
- mete,
- meter,
- move,
- offer,
- ordeal,
- pace,
- play around with,
- plumb,
- practice upon,
- prize,
- probation,
- probe,
- proof,
- prove,
- proximate analysis,
- put to trial,
- quantify,
- quantitative analysis,
- quantize,
- rate,
- reduce,
- reduce to elements,
- reduction to elements,
- research,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- road-test,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- run a sample,
- sample,
- segment,
- segmentation,
- semimicroanalysis,
- separate,
- separation,
- shake down,
- shot,
- size,
- size up,
- sound,
- sounding out,
- span,
- stab,
- standard,
- step,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- subdivide,
- subdivision,
- substantiate,
- survey,
- take a reading,
- taste,
- tentative,
- test,
- test case,
- touchstone,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- triangulate,
- try,
- try it on,
- try out,
- undertake,
- undertaking,
- validate,
- valuate,
- value,
- venture,
- venture on,
- venture upon,
- verification,
- verify,
- weigh,
- whack
- gambit
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- a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker related words >
- alpha,
- approach,
- art,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- assay,
- attempt,
- bag of tricks,
- bid,
- blind,
- bluff,
- bosey,
- breaking-in,
- catch,
- chicanery,
- chouse,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- coup,
- crack,
- craft,
- curve,
- curve-ball,
- cute trick,
- deceit,
- design,
- device,
- dirty deal,
- dirty trick,
- dodge,
- effort,
- endeavor,
- essay,
- expedient,
- experiment,
- fakement,
- fast deal,
- feint,
- fetch,
- ficelle,
- first,
- first blush,
- first glance,
- first impression,
- first inning,
- first lap,
- first move,
- first round,
- first sight,
- first stage,
- first step,
- fling,
- game,
- gimmick,
- go,
- googly,
- grift,
- hocus-pocus,
- initial,
- initiative,
- intrigue,
- jig,
- joker,
- juggle,
- jugglery,
- knavery,
- le premier pas,
- lick,
- little game,
- maneuver,
- move,
- offer,
- opening move,
- pass,
- plan,
- play,
- plot,
- ploy,
- prime,
- primitiveness,
- primitivity,
- racket,
- red herring,
- ruse,
- scheme,
- scurvy trick,
- shift,
- shot,
- sleight,
- sleight of hand,
- sleight-of-hand trick,
- stab,
- step,
- stratagem,
- strategy,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- subterfuge,
- tactic,
- tentative,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trick,
- trickery,
- try,
- undertaking,
- warming-up,
- whack,
- whizzer,
- wile,
- wily device
- undertaking
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- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings"
- the trade of a funeral director related words >
- accomplished fact,
- accomplishment,
- achievement,
- act,
- acta,
- action,
- activities,
- activity,
- adventure,
- affair,
- affairs,
- agreement,
- approach,
- assay,
- assurance,
- attempt,
- bag,
- bail,
- bid,
- blow,
- bond,
- business,
- commerce,
- commitment,
- concern,
- concernment,
- contract,
- coup,
- crack,
- dealings,
- deed,
- doing,
- doings,
- earnest,
- earnest money,
- effort,
- employ,
- employment,
- endeavor,
- engagement,
- enterprise,
- escrow,
- essay,
- experiment,
- exploit,
- fait accompli,
- feat,
- fling,
- function,
- gage,
- gambit,
- gest,
- go,
- guarantee,
- guaranty,
- hand,
- handiwork,
- handsel,
- hassle,
- hock,
- hostage,
- interest,
- job,
- labor,
- lick,
- lookout,
- mainprise,
- maneuver,
- matter,
- measure,
- move,
- obligation,
- occupation,
- offer,
- operation,
- overt act,
- passage,
- pawn,
- performance,
- performing,
- pignus,
- pledge,
- preengagement,
- proceeding,
- production,
- project,
- promise,
- realization,
- recognizance,
- replevin,
- replevy,
- res gestae,
- service,
- shot,
- stab,
- step,
- striving,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- struggle,
- stunt,
- surety,
- task,
- tentative,
- thing,
- thing done,
- token payment,
- tour de force,
- transaction,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- try,
- turn,
- understanding,
- vadimonium,
- vadium,
- venture,
- verbal agreement,
- vow,
- warranty,
- whack,
- work,
- works
- try
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- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"
- test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
- give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students"
- make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" related words >
- acid test,
- agonize,
- aim,
- annoy,
- appraise,
- approach,
- arbitrate,
- aspire,
- assay,
- attempt,
- bear hard upon,
- bid,
- bid for,
- blank determination,
- bolt,
- bother,
- bring to test,
- brouillon,
- burden,
- chance,
- charge the jury,
- check,
- clarify,
- clear,
- conduct a trial,
- confirm,
- contend for,
- crack,
- criterion,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- crucify,
- cut and try,
- dab,
- decrassify,
- demonstrate,
- depurate,
- determination,
- distill,
- distress,
- docimasy,
- edulcorate,
- effort,
- elute,
- endeavor,
- engage,
- essay,
- essentialize,
- examine,
- excruciate,
- experiment,
- extract,
- feeling out,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- first draft,
- fling,
- gambit,
- give a try,
- give a tryout,
- go,
- go hard with,
- go ill with,
- harass,
- harrow,
- hassle,
- have a go,
- hear,
- hold court,
- hold the scales,
- hope,
- inspect,
- irk,
- jab,
- judge,
- kiteflying,
- leach,
- lick,
- lie on,
- lift a finger,
- lixiviate,
- load,
- make an attempt,
- make an effort,
- martyr,
- move,
- offer,
- officiate,
- oppress,
- ordeal,
- overburden,
- overload,
- pain,
- percolate,
- play around with,
- pop,
- practice upon,
- probation,
- proof,
- prove,
- pull for,
- purify,
- put to trial,
- rack,
- rectify,
- referee,
- refine,
- research,
- road-test,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- run a sample,
- sample,
- screen,
- scrutinize,
- seek,
- separate,
- shake down,
- shot,
- sieve,
- sift,
- sit in judgment,
- slap,
- sounding out,
- spiritualize,
- stab,
- stagger,
- standard,
- step,
- strain,
- strain for,
- stress,
- strike,
- strive,
- strive for,
- striving,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- struggle,
- struggle for,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- substantiate,
- taste,
- tentative,
- test,
- test case,
- torment,
- torture,
- touchstone,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trouble,
- try a case,
- try for,
- try it on,
- try one,
- try out,
- umpire,
- undertake,
- undertaking,
- validate,
- venture,
- venture on,
- venture upon,
- verification,
- verify,
- vex,
- weigh,
- weigh down,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh on,
- weigh upon,
- whack,
- whirl,
- winnow,
- wring
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