hard

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Synonyms for hard

adj tough

Synonyms

  • tough
  • strong
  • firm
  • solid
  • stiff
  • compact
  • rigid
  • resistant
  • dense
  • compressed
  • stony
  • impenetrable
  • inflexible
  • unyielding
  • rocklike

Antonyms

  • soft
  • weak
  • flexible
  • malleable
  • pliable

adj difficult

Synonyms

  • difficult
  • involved
  • complex
  • complicated
  • puzzling
  • tangled
  • baffling
  • intricate
  • perplexing
  • impenetrable
  • thorny
  • knotty
  • unfathomable
  • ticklish

Antonyms

  • easy
  • simple
  • straightforward
  • clear
  • direct
  • uncomplicated
  • easy-peasy

adj exhausting

Synonyms

  • exhausting
  • tough
  • exacting
  • formidable
  • fatiguing
  • wearying
  • rigorous
  • uphill
  • gruelling
  • strenuous
  • arduous
  • laborious
  • burdensome
  • Herculean
  • backbreaking
  • toilsome

Antonyms

  • light
  • easy
  • soft
  • lazy
  • easy-peasy

adj forceful

Synonyms

  • forceful
  • strong
  • powerful
  • driving
  • heavy
  • sharp
  • violent
  • smart
  • tremendous
  • fierce
  • vigorous
  • hefty

adj harsh

Synonyms

  • harsh
  • severe
  • strict
  • cold
  • exacting
  • cruel
  • grim
  • stern
  • ruthless
  • stubborn
  • unjust
  • callous
  • unkind
  • unrelenting
  • implacable
  • unsympathetic
  • pitiless
  • unfeeling
  • obdurate
  • unsparing
  • affectless
  • hardhearted

Antonyms

  • kind
  • good
  • gentle
  • flexible
  • mild
  • careless
  • humane
  • amiable
  • lenient
  • permissive
  • merciful

adj grim

Synonyms

  • grim
  • dark
  • painful
  • distressing
  • harsh
  • disastrous
  • unpleasant
  • intolerable
  • grievous
  • disagreeable
  • calamitous

adj definite

Synonyms

  • definite
  • reliable
  • verified
  • cold
  • plain
  • actual
  • bare
  • undeniable
  • indisputable
  • verifiable
  • unquestionable
  • unvarnished

adj bitter

Synonyms

  • bitter
  • angry
  • hostile
  • resentful
  • acrimonious
  • embittered
  • antagonistic
  • rancorous

adv strenuously

Synonyms

  • strenuously
  • steadily
  • persistently
  • earnestly
  • determinedly
  • doggedly
  • diligently
  • energetically
  • assiduously
  • industriously
  • untiringly

adv intently

Synonyms

  • intently
  • closely
  • carefully
  • sharply
  • keenly

adv forcefully

Synonyms

  • forcefully
  • strongly
  • heavily
  • sharply
  • severely
  • fiercely
  • vigorously
  • intensely
  • violently
  • powerfully
  • forcibly
  • with all your might
  • with might and main

Antonyms

  • lightly
  • softly
  • weakly
  • loosely
  • lazily

adv with difficulty

Synonyms

  • with difficulty
  • painfully
  • laboriously

phrase hard and fast

Synonyms

  • fixed
  • strict
  • rigid
  • binding
  • definite
  • clear-cut
  • stringent
  • cast-iron
  • inflexible
  • immutable
  • incontrovertible
  • invariable
  • unalterable

phrase hard by

Synonyms

  • right beside
  • near
  • close to
  • alongside
  • next to
  • adjacent to
  • cheek by jowl with

Synonyms for hard

adj unyielding to pressure or force

Synonyms

  • firm
  • incompressible
  • solid

adj physically toughened so as to have great endurance

Synonyms

  • hard-bitten
  • hard-handed
  • hardy
  • rugged
  • tough

adj not easy to do, achieve, or master

Synonyms

  • arduous
  • difficult
  • laborious
  • serious
  • tall
  • tough
  • uphill

adj requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength

Synonyms

  • arduous
  • backbreaking
  • burdensome
  • demanding
  • difficult
  • effortful
  • exacting
  • exigent
  • formidable
  • heavy
  • laborious
  • onerous
  • oppressive
  • rigorous
  • rough
  • severe
  • taxing
  • tough
  • trying
  • weighty

adj conveying great physical force

Synonyms

  • heavy
  • hefty
  • powerful
  • severe

adj indulging in drink to an excessive degree

Synonyms

  • heavy
  • two-fisted

adj rigorous and unsparing in treating others

Synonyms

  • demanding
  • exacting
  • harsh
  • rigid
  • severe
  • stern
  • strict
  • tough
  • unyielding

adj cold and forbidding

Synonyms

  • austere
  • bleak
  • dour
  • grim
  • harsh
  • severe
  • stark

adj causing sharp, often prolonged discomfort

Synonyms

  • bitter
  • brutal
  • harsh
  • rough
  • severe

adj completely lacking in compassion

Synonyms

  • callous
  • cold-blooded
  • cold-hearted
  • compassionless
  • hard-boiled
  • hardened
  • hardhearted
  • heartless
  • obdurate
  • stonyhearted
  • unfeeling

adj bitingly hostile

Synonyms

  • acrimonious
  • bitter
  • embittered
  • rancorous
  • resentful
  • virulent

adj established beyond a doubt

Synonyms

  • certain
  • inarguable
  • incontestable
  • incontrovertible
  • indisputable
  • indubitable
  • irrefutable
  • positive
  • sure
  • unassailable
  • undeniable
  • undisputable
  • unquestionable

adj based on fact

Synonyms

  • factual

adj having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are

Synonyms

  • down-to-earth
  • hardheaded
  • matter-of-fact
  • objective
  • practical
  • pragmatic
  • pragmatical
  • prosaic
  • realistic
  • sober
  • tough-minded
  • unromantic

adj containing alcohol

Synonyms

  • alcoholic
  • intoxicative
  • spirituous
  • strong

adv in a violent, strenuous way

Synonyms

  • fiercely
  • frantically
  • frenziedly
  • furiously
  • strenuously

adv with effort

Synonyms

  • arduously
  • difficultly
  • heavily
  • laboriously

adv with intense energy and force

Synonyms

  • energetically
  • forcefully
  • forcibly
  • powerfully
  • vigorously

adv to a point near in time, space, or relation

Synonyms

  • close
  • closely
  • near
  • nearby
  • nigh

Synonyms for hard

adj not easy

Synonyms

  • difficult

Related Words

  • demanding
  • effortful
  • hard

adj dispassionate

Related Words

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

Antonyms

  • soft

adj resisting weight or pressure

Antonyms

  • soft

adj very strong or vigorous

Synonyms

  • knockout
  • severe

Related Words

  • strong

adj characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion

Synonyms

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

Related Words

  • effortful

adj produced without vibration of the vocal cords

Synonyms

  • surd
  • unvoiced
  • voiceless

adj (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

Synonyms

  • concentrated

Antonyms

  • diffuse
  • diffused
  • soft

adj (of speech sounds)

Antonyms

  • soft

adj given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

Synonyms

  • intemperate
  • heavy

Related Words

  • indulgent

adj being distilled rather than fermented

Synonyms

  • strong

Related Words

  • alcoholic

adj unfortunate or hard to bear

Synonyms

  • tough

Related Words

  • bad

adj dried out

Related Words

  • stale

adv with firmness

Synonyms

  • firmly

adv causing great damage or hardship

Synonyms

  • severely

adv indulging excessively

Synonyms

  • intemperately
  • heavily
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