trying

Other forms of trying

comparative

tryinger·

superlative

tryingest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trying

What does trying mean?

trying means "hard to endure". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trying?

trying has 2 syllables: try-ing. The stress falls on "try". In IPA it is /ˈtɹaɪɪŋ/.

What is another word for trying?

Close synonyms include nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trying a common word?

trying is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.