Strenuous

Adjective

 * 1) Urgent, ardent, zealous.
 * 2) Requiring great exertion.
 * 3) * 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In:  Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92.  p. 467.
 * We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.

Synonyms

 * earnest
 * eager
 * vigorous
 * determined
 * resolute

Derived terms

 * strenuously
 * strenuousness

Related terms

 * strenuosity

Adverbs for Strenuous
disagreeably; dangerously; zealously; eagerly; laboriously; painfully; terribly; extremely; arduously; incredibly; dreadfully; impossibly; energetically; doggedly; vigorously; intensely; indefatigably; wearisomely; formidably; remarkably; unbelievably; unspeakably;  unusually;   exceptionally; particularly; singularly; peculiarly; unwholesomely.

Verbs for Strenuous
allay—; alleviate—; attach—to; avoid—; demand—; ease—; emphasize—; entail—; lay—upon; mitigate—; occasion—; palliate '—; pronounce—; redouble—; relax—; subject to—; —accentuates; —aggravates; — declines; —taxes; —tenses; —wanes; — weighs upon.

Thesaurus
Herculean, active, arduous, breathless, burdensome, demanding, determined, difficult, dogged, dynamic, eager, earnest, effortful, energetic, enthusiastic, exhausting, hard, indefatigable, intense, laborious, lusty, mean, operose, persistent, pertinacious, red-blooded, resolute, sincere, taxing, tenacious, tireless, tiring, toilsome, tough, uphill, vigorous, vital, wicked, zealous

Etymology
From strenuus:.

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