Synonyms for undertaking
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Endeavor — that which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform…
endeavor US, endeavour UK, venture, enterprise, effort, attempt, expedition, activity, business, experiment, adventure, affair, establishment, interest, concern, matter, pursuit, cause, engagement, doings
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Definitions
- n. 1
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
- n. 2
The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
Forms
- Plural
- undertakings → endeavors, ventures, enterprises, efforts…
Example sentences
- effort A little more effort, and you will get on in life.
- attempt He failed in his attempt to swim across the river.
- enterprise This is hardly the time to start a new enterprise.
- venture I can’t venture out alone at night due to my age.
- agreement I'm in complete agreement with everything he said.
- commitment Tom made a commitment to cooperate with a company.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| undertaking | falling | |
| effort | falling | |
| attempt | steady | |
| enterprise | steady | |
| venture | steady | |
| agreement | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- task1
- 5 letters
- cause1, labor2
- 6 letters
- matter2, effort2, labour2, affair2, pledge1, doings2
- 7 letters
- project2, attempt2, concern2, venture2, pursuit2
- 8 letters
- business2, interest2, activity4, endeavor3
- 9 letters
- agreement3, adventure3, endeavour3
- 10 letters
- enterprise3, experiment4, commitment3, engagement3, expedition4
- 13 letters
- establishment4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (labor2 = 2 syllables).