strive for

Synonyms

seek aim pursue be after

Antonyms

forsake

Examples

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. Franklin D. Roosevelt

The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people. Andrew Johnson

Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known? Charles de Lint

Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it. Romanian Proverb

Love one another and do not strive for another's undoing. Seneca Proverb

Love one another and do not strive for another's undoing. Native American Proverb

Words in the phrase

strive for

Close letter words and terms

Strittmatter strive strive against strive to do strive towards striven