tried
The word “tried” has 1 syllable: tried
It's pronounced as /traɪd/
What is synonym and antonym for tried?
In the thesaurus, “tried” has 102 synonyms and 43 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for tried along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for tried
- aggravated
- agitated
- aimed
- annoyed
- aspired
- assayed
- assumed
- attempted
- attested
- authenticated
- bedrock
- blameless
- bothered
- calculable
- confirmed
- constant
- demanded
- dependable
- devoted
- effective
- endeavored
- essayed
- exacted
- exasperated
- faithful
- fast
- faultless
- firm
- fought
- galled
- good
- grated
- guiltless
- had a go at
- harassed
- harried
- hassled
- honest
- hoped
- impeccable
- importuned
- inerrant
- infallible
- irked
- irreproachable
- irritated
- loyal
- nettled
- pained
- peeved
- pestered
- pressed
- pressured
- proven
- pushed
- reliable
- responsible
- riled
- safe
- secure
- shot at
- shot for
- sincere
- single-minded
- solid
- sought
- sound
- spited
- stanch
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- strained
- stretched
- strived
- strong
- strove
- struggled
- sure
- taxed
- telling
- tested
- toiled
- took up
- tried-and-true
- troubled
- true
- true-blue
- trustable
- trustworthy
- trusty
- undertook
- unerring
- unimpeachable
- unquestionable
- valid
- validated
- verified
- vexed
- vext
- worked
- wrought
Antonyms for tried
- debatable
- deceitful
- dishonest
- disloyal
- disputable
- dodgy
- doubtable
- doubtful
- dropped
- dubious
- faithless
- false
- fickle
- fishy
- gave up
- hazardous
- inconstant
- lying
- mendacious
- perfidious
- problematic
- problematical
- questionable
- quit
- quitted
- recreant
- risky
- shady
- shaky
- suspect
- traitorous
- treacherous
- uncertain
- unconfirmed
- undependable
- unfaithful
- unreliable
- unsafe
- unsound
- untried
- untrue
- untrustworthy
- untruthful
Meanings of tried
- adjective
- Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
- Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
- verb
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To divide; to separate.
- To test, to work out.
- To experiment, to strive.
- To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- (used with another verb) To want.
Example Sentences
- She tried to fix the broken computer but couldn’t.
- They tried several times before finally succeeding.
- He tried to stay calm during the interview.
- We tried a new restaurant downtown last night.
- I tried calling you earlier, but there was no answer.
On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tried, such as: aggravated, agitated, aimed, annoyed, aspired, assayed, assumed.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
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haggled
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labored
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- pat
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- strove
- struggled
- studied
- stylized
- sweat
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- sweated
- sweated blood
- theatric
- theatrical
- toiled
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- tried
- trudged
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- two-faced
- unauthentic
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreal
- unrealistic
- uphill
- waded
- weighty
- wooden
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narked
- affronted
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- disapproving
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- exercised
- fretful
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- frustrated
- fussy
- galled
- got
- got to
- grated
- griped
- grouchy
- grumpy
- haggled
- hagrode
- harassed
- harried
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- heckled
- huffy
- ill-humored
- incensed
- inconvenienced
- indignant
- inflamed
- infuriated
- insulted
- irascible
- irate
- ireful
- irked
- irritable
- irritated
- itched
- mad
- maddened
- miffed
- nagged
- nettled
- offended
- outraged
- peeved
- peevish
- persecuted
- perturbed
- pestered
- petulant
- pinpricked
- piqued
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- provoked
- put out
- rankled
- rasped
- resentful
- riled
- roiled
- roused
- rubbed the wrong way
- ruffled
- scunnered
- shirty
- snappish
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- sore
- spited
- steaming
- teased
- teed off
- tested
- testy
- tormented
- tortured
- touchy
- tried
- troubled
- undid
- unhinged
- unsettled
- upset
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- vext
- wore on
- worried
objective
- accepted
- actual
- aim
- ambition
- aspiration
- authentic
- balanced
- bona fide
- bourn
- bourne
- candid
- certain
- cold
- confirmable
- cool
- demonstrable
- design
- desire
- destination
- detached
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- documentary
- documented
- dream
- empiric
- empirical
- end
- end in view
- equal
- equitable
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- existential
- experiential
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- factual
- fair
- forthright
- frank
- genuine
- goal
- grail
- ground zero
- hard
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- holy grail
- hope
- idea
- ideal
- impartial
- impersonal
- incontestable
- incontrovertible
- indifferent
- indisputable
- intent
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- irrefutable
- judicial
- just
- like it is
- literal
- mark
- material
- matter-of-fact
- meaning
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- nirvana
- nondiscriminatory
- nonfictional
- nonpartisan
- object
- observational
- open
- open-minded
- plain
- plan
- plot
- point
- pretension
- project
- provable
- purpose
- rational
- real
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- reliable
- right
- scheme
- simple
- square
- straight
- straightforward
- strictly business
- supportable
- sustainable
- target
- terminus
- thing
- tried
- tried-and-true
- true
- unbiased
- uncolored
- undeniable
- undoubted
- unemotional
- uninvolved
- unprejudiced
- unprepossessed
- unquestionable
- verifiable
- wish
- zero