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noun as in written discourse

Strongest matches

  • dissertation

Strong matches

  • composition
  • disquisition
  • explication

noun as in try, attempt

  • undertaking

Weak matches

  • one's all
  • one's level best

verb as in try, attempt

  • have a crack
  • have a shot
  • make a run at
  • put to the test
  • take a stab at
  • take a whack at

Example Sentences

As several of my colleagues commented, the result is good enough that it could pass for an essay written by a first-year undergraduate, and even get a pretty decent grade.

GPT-3 also raises concerns about the future of essay writing in the education system.

This little essay helps focus on self-knowledge in what you’re best at, and how you should prioritize your time.

As Steven Feldstein argues in the opening essay, technonationalism plays a part in the strengthening of other autocracies too.

He’s written a collection of essays on civil engineering life titled Bridginess, and to this day he and Lauren go on “bridge dates,” where they enjoy a meal and admire the view of a nearby span.

I think a certain kind of compelling essay has a piece of that.

The current attack on the Jews,” he wrote in a 1937 essay, “targets not just this people of 15 million but mankind as such.

The impulse to interpret seems to me what makes personal essay writing compelling.

To be honest, I think a lot of good essay writing comes out of that.

Someone recently sent me an old Joan Didion essay on self-respect that appeared in Vogue.

There is more of the uplifted forefinger and the reiterated point than I should have allowed myself in an essay.

Consequently he was able to turn in a clear essay upon the subject, which, upon examination, the king found to be free from error.

It is no part of the present essay to attempt to detail the particulars of a code of social legislation.

But angels and ministers of grace defend us from ministers of religion who essay art criticism!

It is fit that the imagination, which is free to go through all things, should essay such excursions.

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Words related to essay are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word essay . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

verb as in point or direct at a goal

  • concentrate
  • contemplate
  • set one's sights on

noun as in piece of writing

  • think piece

verb as in try, make effort

  • do level best
  • exert oneself
  • give a fling
  • give a whirl
  • give best shot
  • give it a go
  • give it a try
  • give old college try
  • go the limit
  • have a go at
  • shoot the works
  • take best shot
  • try one's hand at

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Thesaurus for Essay

Related terms for essay - synonyms, antonyms and sentences with essay, similar meaning.

  • dissertation
  • composition
  • disquisition

Opposite meaning

  • admit defeat
  • throw in the sponge
  • throw in the towel
  • abandon hope
  • abstain from
  • concede defeat
  • desist from
  • discontinue

Common usage

  • comic verse
  • apologetics
  • religious text
  • inspirational
  • autobiography
  • academic history
  • apocalyptic
  • christian literature
  • christology

Sentence Examples

Proper usage in context.

  • The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps
  • About that essay you wrote yesterday
  • And a short essay on the theme of the family
  • He wrote an essay last year entitled
  • I would like an essay entitled

Synonyms of essays

  • as in articles
  • as in attempts
  • as in tests
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Thesaurus Definition of essays

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Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dissertations
  • commentaries
  • compositions
  • write - ups
  • discussions
  • prolegomena
  • expositions
  • undertakings
  • trial and errors
  • experiments
  • experimentations

Thesaurus Definition of essays  (Entry 2 of 2)

  • has a go at
  • tries one's hand (at)

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