Synonyms for strain
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
4. Style — any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note…
Other
fatigue, rack, kind, song, sort, overexertion, form, forme US, drain, movement, quality, vein, lay
Verb
1. Filtrate
filtrate, filter, separate out, ooze, filter out, purify, percolate, clarify, depurate, transude
Definitions
- n. 1
Race; lineage, pedigree.
- n. 2
Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, etc.
- v. 1
To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship
- v. 2
To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
The gale strained the timbers of the ship.
Example sentences
- pains It still pains me how much of a coward Bruno was.
- motive Now we are better able to understand their motive.
- fatigue He was pale with fatigue after his sleepless night.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| strain | falling | |
| pains | steady | |
| motive | steady | |
| fatigue | steady | |
| overexertion | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- try1, air1, tax1, lay1
- 4 letters
- work1, line1, kind1, song1, form1, race1, sort1, tune1, rack1, vein1, sift1, ooze1
- 5 letters
- force1, style1, stock1, reach1, theme1, crack1, trace1, breed1, drain1, tense1, pains1, exert2, sieve1, puree2
- 6 letters
- effort2, stress1, manner2, filter2, extend2, motive2, melody3, wrench1, purify3, sprain1, deform2
- 7 letters
- quality3, stretch1, tension2, fatigue2, clarify3, lineage3, tighten2, distort2
- 8 letters
- movement2, striving2, pedigree3, exertion3, overwork3, filtrate, depurate, transude
- 9 letters
- percolate3
- 10 letters
- extraction3
- 12 letters
- overexertion
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (exert2 = 2 syllables).