Definition for Adversity:

• a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; " a period marked by adversities"

Synonyms for Adversity:

• n.

  •
  • problem.
  •adversity (noun)
  • contretemps,
  • destitution,
  • mishap,
  • infliction,
  • poverty,
  • distress,
  • agony,
  • bane,
  • grief,
  • ordeal,
  • poorness,
  • trouble,
  • dolor,
  • torment,
  • curse,
  • burden,
  • casualty,
  • peril,
  • blight.
  •bad luck, situation (noun)
  • downer,
  • poison,
  • hurting,
  • jinx,
  • jam,
  • crunch,
  • evil eye,
  • sorrow,
  • kiss of death,
  • bummer,
  • pain in the neck,
  • can of worms,
  • on the skids,
  • clutch,
  • drag.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • fussiness,
  • ticklishness,
  • onerousness,
  • roughness,
  • cumbersomeness,
  • wearying,
  • wearisomeness,
  • hardness,
  • strenuousness,
  • harshness,
  • complexity,
  • cantankerousness,
  • stressfulness,
  • arduousness,
  • tightness,
  • complication,
  • knottiness,
  • contrariness,
  • trickiness,
  • severity,
  • formidability,
  • toughness,
  • oppressiveness.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • contrariety,
  • rueful,
  • doleful,
  • exigency,
  • afflict,
  • gloomy,
  • opposition,
  • plight,
  • annoyance,
  • adverse circumstances,
  • resistance,
  • evil star,
  • counteraction,
  • evil,
  • grave,
  • antagonism,
  • rack,
  • depression,
  • chastening,
  • stress,
  • irritation,
  • inconvenience,
  • harm,
  • permit,
  • visitation,
  • hapless,
  • lugubrious,
  • defiance,
  • hostility,
  • aggravation,
  • oppression,
  • disconsolateness,
  • travail,
  • failure,
  • disapproval,
  • fatality,
  • danger,
  • pitiful,
  • predicament,
  • pain,
  • urgency,
  • unsuccessfully,
  • try,
  • poorly,
  • unhappily,
  • destruction,
  • bitterness,
  • inauspiciously,
  • unfortunate,
  • rigor,
  • unfriendliness,
  • endure,
  • stand,
  • fizzle,
  • act of god,
  • worry,
  • strive,
  • accept,
  • press,
  • wretchedness,
  • miserable,
  • evil dispensation,
  • argue,
  • sad,
  • slough of despond,
  • pay,
  • Exigencies,
  • malediction,
  • hard life,
  • meager,
  • severeness,
  • albatross,
  • contrast,
  • torture,
  • melancholy,
  • strain,
  • anguish,
  • abide,
  • rigour,
  • tolerate,
  • defeat,
  • badly,
  • loss,
  • assert,
  • flak,
  • trauma,
  • cataclysm,
  • dreary,
  • contract,
  • cross,
  • mischance,
  • hard case,
  • bale,
  • fight,
  • blow,
  • hard lines,
  • privation,
  • care,
  • unlucky,
  • dole,
  • dismal,
  • allow,
  • sadness,
  • depressing,
  • piteous,
  • smite,
  • constraint,
  • gloom,
  • grimness,
  • difficult,
  • uncomfortable,
  • reversal,
  • rigorousness,
  • vexation,
  • contend,
  • load,
  • bide,
  • want,
  • ruination,
  • austerity,
  • hardcase,
  • wretched,
  • chastisement,
  • deprivation,
  • setback,
  • wrestle,
  • ruin,
  • rout,
  • sadly,
  • dolorous,
  • have,
  • cramped,
  • body blow,
  • plague,
  • set back,
  • onus,
  • Difficulties,
  • woeful,
  • wretchedly,
  • Adversities,
  • suffer,
  • demands,
  • bad job,
  • desolation,
  • compete,
  • agonize,
  • scourge,
  • regrettably,
  • receive,
  • Misfortuned,
  • straits,
  • dolour,
  • objection,
  • unluckily,
  • frowns of fortune,
  • undergo,
  • conflict,
  • accident,
  • pensive,
  • nightmare,
  • asperity,
  • uneasy,
  • unfortunately,
  • test,
  • unhappiness,
  • antipathy,
  • weight.

Paraphrases for Adversity:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    hardship.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misfortune.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    downturn, distress, predicament, plight, calamity, hostility.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ordeal, misery, difficulty, disaster, setback.

Antonyms for Adversity:

• n.

  • bad luck, situation
    contentment, happiness, advantage, assistance, boon, help, pleasure, favor, wonder, miracle, ease, peace, comfort, success, good fortune, aid, encouragement, profit, prosperity, blessing, health, joy, good luck, fortune, benefit.
  • Other antonyms:
    consolation, strike, gratification, opportunity, luck, chance, godsend, triumph, relief, accomplishment, serendipity, achievement, windfall, break, fluke.

Homophones for Adversity:

• adpressed, at first.

Hypernym for Adversity:

• n.

  • state
    disaster, victimization, low-water mark, nadir, ill-being, distress, catastrophe, extremity, affliction.

Hyponym for Adversity:

• n.

  • event
    bad luck, misfortune.
  • state
    ill luck, bad luck, tough luck, misfortune.