Word
nisus, n.
an effortful attempt to attain a goal
<noun.act>
freq. cnt.: 7
freq. cnt.: 4
freq. cnt.: 3
nisus
pains
strain
striving
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
strive
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
strenuous
strain
strain
semantic pointers
hypernym
effort, attempt, try, endeavor, endeavour
hyponym
jihad, jehad