Synonyms for trial
- noun
- adjective
Most common
run test testing ordeal tribulation try-out court case clinical trial
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Test
test, testing, ordeal, run, probation, examination, proof, verification, crucible, criterion, touchstone, experience dated
2. Tribulation
tribulation, visitation, cross, trouble, difficulty, hardship, suffering, grief, adversity, grievance, misery, affliction, woe, misfortune, sorrow, calamity, distress
3. Try — the action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the…
try, attempt, experiment, practice US, practise UK, effort, struggle, assay, endeavor US, endeavour UK, taste, essay
Other
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
The action of trying (to do) something, especially more than once. (This sense is still current in the expression trial and error.)
- n. 2
An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are.
- n. 3
An occasion on which a person or thing is tested to find out how well they perform or how suitable they are. The testing of a product or procedure.
They will perform the trials for the new equipment next week.
- adj. 1
Pertaining to a trial or test.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- trials → tests, testings, ordeals, runs…
Choose the right word
Affliction, chastening, trial, and tribulation have all an especially religious bearing, suggesting some disciplinary purpose of God with beneficent design.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- run He chose not to run for the presidential election.
- test If he is absent, we will not have an English test.
- testing This procedure involves testing each sample twice.
- ordeal Layla's ordeal in the outback was just beginning.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| trial | falling | |
| run | rising | |
| test | falling | |
| testing | steady | |
| ordeal | rising | |
| tribulation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- run1, try1, woe1
- 4 letters
- test1, suit1
- 5 letters
- match1, cross1, proof1, taste1, essay2, grief1, assay2
- 6 letters
- effort2, misery3, sorrow2, ordeal2
- 7 letters
- trouble2, attempt2, hearing2, testing2
- 8 letters
- practice2, struggle2, distress2, hardship2, endeavor3, practise2, crucible3, calamity4
- 9 letters
- suffering3, probation3, empirical4, criterion4, endeavour3, tentative3, adversity4, grievance2
- 10 letters
- experience4, experiment4, difficulty4, misfortune3, visitation4, affliction3, touchstone2
- 11 letters
- examination5, tribulation4
- 12 letters
- verification5, probationary5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (essay2 = 2 syllables).