Synonyms and Antonyms of trial
1
a test of faith, patience, or strength
- living with her insufferable relatives was a real trial
baptism, initiation
adversity, affliction, asperity, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, privation, tragedy, tribulation, trouble, vicissitude, woe
acid test, litmus test
challenge, complication, difficulty, grief, grievance, hardship, rigor
annoyance, discomfort, inconvenience, nuisance
2
a private performance or session in preparation for a public appearance
- ran another trial of the aerial performance before opening night
3
a procedure or operation carried out to resolve an uncertainty
- trials by medical researchers haven't determined whether the medication is safe or not
4
an effort to do or accomplish something
- will rest and make another trial at climbing the mountain
assay [archaic], attempt, bash [chiefly British], bid, crack, endeavor, essay, fling, go, offer, pass, shot, stab, try, whack, whirl
5
something that is a source of irritation
- trying to have a coherent phone conversation with his senile father was always a trial
aggravation, aggro [British], annoyance, bother, botheration, bugbear, exasperation, frustration, hair shirt, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irk, irritant, nuisance, peeve, pest, rub, ruffle, thorn, vexation
discomfort, fleabite, pinprick
affront, insult, offense (or offence)
upset, worry
affliction, albatross, burden, cross, curse, menace, millstone, plague, sore
anxiety, plight, predicament, tribulation, trouble
hang-up, pet peeve, problem
annoyer, disturber, harasser, mischief, offender
pandora's box
