CONATUS Synonyms

• earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

• the act of attacking

• make an effort or attempt

• enter upon an activity or enterprise

• the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

• the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose

• a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

• deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature

• the act of making up your mind about something

• the act of applying force to propel something

• a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• a road leading up to a private house

• the trait of being highly motivated

• hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

• the act of driving a herd of animals overland

• a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

• a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

• (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium

• a wide scenic road planted with trees

• (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

• operate or control a vehicle

• travel or be transported in a vehicle

• cause someone or something to move by driving

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly

• cause to move back by force or influence

• compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment

• push, propel, or press with force

• cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• move into a desired direction of discourse

• have certain properties when driven

• work as a driver

• move by being propelled by a force

• urge forward

• proceed along in a vehicle

• strike with a driver, as in teeing off

• hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally

• excavate horizontally

• cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling

• (hunting) search for game

• (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground

• earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

• use of physical or mental energy; hard work

• a notable achievement

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

• earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

• attempt by employing effort

• the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

• (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs

• forceful exertion

• enterprising or ambitious drive

• an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

• a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

• any source of usable power

• use of physical or mental energy; hard work

• a powerful effect or influence

• (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

• physical energy or intensity

• group of people willing to obey orders

• a unit that is part of some military service

• an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

• a group of people having the power of effective action

• (of a law) having legal validity

• a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

• move with force

• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• do forcibly; exert force

• take by force

• readiness to embark on bold new ventures

• the first of a series of actions

• serving to set in motion

• an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

• what something is used for

• the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose

• propose or intend

• reach a decision

• the act of applying force in order to move something away

• the force used in pushing

• enterprising or ambitious drive

• an electrical switch operated by pressing

• an effort to advance

• move with force

• press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action

• make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• press against forcefully without moving

• approach a certain age or speed

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs)

• move strenuously and with effort

• make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

• a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

• the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together

• the trait of being resolute

• finding a solution to a problem

• something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

• analysis into clear-cut components

• (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture

• the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)

• (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord

• a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

• a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner

• an effortful attempt to attain a goal

• an energetic attempt to achieve something

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• strenuous effort

• make a strenuous or labored effort

• to exert strenuous effort against opposition

• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• cheerful compliance