striver
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈstraɪvər/
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esforzado
- As a successful entrepreneur, she is known as a striver who never gives up on her dreams.
For a lot of your listeners, it's failure, just straight on failure because they're strivers, they're achievers.
- For a lot of your listeners, it's failure, just straight on failure because they're strivers, they're achievers.
- Dissatisfied people burn out and they quit more often than satisfied strivers.
- But I didn't know my mother's family, my aunt and uncle, in whose household I grew up, my mother's sister and her husband were strivers.
Examples
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Among today's strivers, the order is reversed.
Academic text (1995) -
For a lot of your listeners, it's failure, just straight on failure because they're strivers, they're achievers.
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But as a fellow striver, yes, thank you.
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But you're not much of a striver yourself.
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The workers, the strivers, the builders.
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She's quite a striver, isn't she?
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Jimmy was a striver.
Fiction book (1993) -
America is a nation of believers, dreamers, and strivers that is being led by a group of censors, critics, and cynics.
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Every striver in the competition showed immense dedication to their craft.
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The community praised him as a striver, constantly working to improve the local park.
Synonyms
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1.3
A person who puts a lot of effort into their job or tasks
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3.9
A person who achieves things by working hard
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5.5
A person who keeps trying despite difficulties
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4.7
A person who has many problems but keeps trying
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5.8
A person who works very hard at their job
A person who wants to reach their goals in work or life
Antonyms
How Hardworking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word striver comes from the verb strive, and the ending -er means 'person who'. The verb strive is linked to the old word strife meaning 'conflict' or 'fight', so a striver is someone who fights hard or makes a strong effort to reach their goals.