Synonyms for hard
Another word for hard is difficult, trying or serious. Below are 79 synonyms across 12 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: harder, hardest, hards.
1. adjective: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
- difficult synonyms
- trying synonyms
- serious synonyms
- tough synonyms
- tight synonyms
- tall synonyms
- rough synonyms
- hard-fought
- awkward synonyms
- challenging synonyms
- nasty synonyms
- rocky synonyms
- embarrassing synonyms
- demanding synonyms
- delicate synonyms
- tricky synonyms
- ambitious synonyms
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- catchy synonyms
- elusive synonyms
- troublesome
- arduous synonyms
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2. adjective: dispassionate
- difficult synonyms
- tough synonyms
- hard-boiled synonyms
- calculating synonyms
- case-hardened
- hardened synonyms
- insensitive synonyms
- shrewd synonyms
- scheming synonyms
- merciless synonyms
- steely
- conniving
- unmerciful
- calculative
Antonyms
- soft synonyms
3. adjective: resisting weight or pressure
- set synonyms
- firm synonyms
- solid synonyms
- woody synonyms
- horny
- erect synonyms
- hardened synonyms
- stony synonyms
- steely
- unyielding
- al dente
- granitic
- adamantine
- petrous
- tumid
- corneous
- rocklike
- semihard
- hornlike
- granitelike
- stonelike
Antonyms
- soft synonyms
4. adjective: very strong or vigorous
- severe synonyms
- knockout synonyms
- strong synonyms
5. adjective: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- heavy synonyms
- punishing synonyms
- arduous synonyms
- grueling
- laborious
- gruelling
- backbreaking
- toilsome
- operose
- effortful
6. adjective: produced without vibration of the vocal cords
- voiceless
- unvoiced
- surd
- whispered
7. adjective: (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- concentrated synonyms
Antonyms
- soft synonyms
8. adjective: (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- velar
Antonyms
- soft synonyms
9. adjective: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- heavy synonyms
- intemperate
- indulgent synonyms
10. adjective: being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- strong synonyms
- alcoholic synonyms
11. adjective: unfortunate or hard to bear
- tough synonyms
- bad synonyms
12. adjective: dried out
- stale synonyms
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Questions people ask
What is another word for hard?
You can say difficult, trying, serious, tough or tight instead of hard. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure".
What is the opposite of hard?
The opposite of hard is soft.
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