hard - Similar and Opposite Words

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Adjective

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

Synonyms

• difficult
• hard

Related

• ambitious
• arduous
• awkward
• baffling
• catchy
• challenging
• delicate
• elusive
• embarrassing
• fractious
• hard-fought
• herculean
• knotty
• nasty
• problematic
• problematical
• rocky
• rough
• rugged
• serious
• sticky
• tall
• thorny
• ticklish
• tight
• touchy
• tough
• tricky
• troublesome
• trying
• unenviable
• vexed

Also See

• demanding
• effortful
• hard

Adjective

characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

Synonyms

• arduous
• backbreaking
• grueling
• gruelling
• hard
• heavy
• laborious
• operose
• punishing
• toilsome

Related

• effortful

Adjective

dried out

Synonyms

• hard

Related

• stale

Adjective

unfortunate or hard to bear

Synonyms

• hard
• tough

Related

• bad

Adjective

resisting weight or pressure

Synonyms

• hard

Related

• adamantine
• al dente
• corneous
• erect
• firm
• granitelike
• granitic
• hardened
• hornlike
• horny
• petrous
• rocklike
• semihard
• set
• solid
• steely
• stonelike
• stony
• tumid
• unyielding
• woody

Opposite / Antonyms

• soft

Adjective

dispassionate

Synonyms

• hard

Related

• calculating
• calculative
• case-hardened
• conniving
• hard-boiled
• hardened
• scheming
• shrewd
• steely

Opposite / Antonyms

• soft

Also See

• difficult
• hard
• insensitive
• merciless
• tough
• unmerciful

Adjective

(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum

Synonyms

• hard

Related

• velar

Opposite / Antonyms

• soft

Adjective

(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

Synonyms

• concentrated
• hard

Opposite / Antonyms

• soft

Adjective

being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

Synonyms

• hard
• strong

Related

• alcoholic

Adjective

given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

Synonyms

• hard
• heavy
• intemperate

Related

• indulgent

Adjective

produced without vibration of the vocal cords

Synonyms

• hard
• surd
• unvoiced
• voiceless

Related

• whispered

Adjective

very strong or vigorous

Synonyms

• hard
• knockout
• severe

Related

• strong

with effort or force or vigor

Synonyms

• hard

Related

• hard

to the full extent possible; all the way

Synonyms

• hard

slowly and with difficulty

Synonyms

• hard
• hardly

Related

• hard

causing great damage or hardship

Synonyms

• hard
• severely

with firmness

Synonyms

• firmly
• hard

earnestly or intently

Synonyms

• hard

with pain or distress or bitterness

Synonyms

• hard

very near or close in space or time

Synonyms

• hard

into a solid condition

Synonyms

• hard

Related

• hardened

indulging excessively

Synonyms

• hard
• heavily
• intemperately

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