Definition for Difficult:

• Not easy to be done; hard of accomplishment; attended with labour; arduous; laborious.

Synonyms for Difficult:

• adj.

  •adverse (adjective)
  • unlucky,
  • antipathetic,
  • unfortunate,
  • opposing,
  • grievous,
  • unpropitious,
  • distressful,
  • calamitous,
  • disastrous,
  • untoward,
  • inauspicious,
  • catastrophic,
  • detrimental,
  • tragic,
  • unfriendly,
  • perilous,
  • miserable,
  • adverse,
  • hard,
  • unfavorable,
  • woeful.
  •all (adjective)
  • unmanageable.
  •ambitious (adjective)
  • strenuous,
  • severe.
  •complex (adjective)
  • puzzling,
  • abstruse,
  • obscure,
  • perplexing,
  • involved,
  • convoluted.
  •crotchety (adjective)
  • cross-grained,
  • fractious,
  • obstinate,
  • bearish.
  •dangerous (adjective)
  • treacherous,
  • hairy.
  •deep (adjective)
  • hard to understand.
  •dicey (adjective)
  • iffy.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • wearying,
  • wearing,
  • tricky,
  • ticklish,
  • laborious,
  • wearisome,
  • arduous,
  • tight,
  • formidable,
  • tough,
  • contrary,
  • harsh,
  • oppressive,
  • stiff,
  • uphill,
  • rough,
  • trying,
  • cantankerous,
  • grinding,
  • thorny,
  • cumbersome,
  • bothersome,
  • scabrous.
  •fastidious (adjective)
  • over-nice,
  • finical.
  •hairy (adjective)
  • risky.
  •hard on someone; hard to do (adjective)
  • not easy,
  • hard-won,
  • crucial,
  • no picnic,
  • galling,
  • irritating,
  • easier said than done,
  • gargantuan,
  • prohibitive,
  • immense,
  • titanic,
  • Difficile,
  • Operose,
  • rigid,
  • upstream,
  • unyielding,
  • heavy.
  •irritable (adjective)
  • crabby.
  •obstinate (adjective)
  • refractory.
  •painful (adjective)
  • nagging.
  •unintelligible (adjective)
  • incomprehensible.
  •unmanageable socially (adjective)
  • unamenable,
  • argumentative,
  • boorish,
  • obstreperous,
  • oafish,
  • picky,
  • impolite,
  • rude,
  • unaccommodating,
  • grim.
  •wicked (adjective)
  • wicked.

• n.

  •
  • perverse,
  • irascible,
  • irritable.
  •
  • exigent.
  •difficult (noun)
  • embarrassing,
  • nasty,
  • rocky,
  • vexed,
  • herculean,
  • catchy,
  • baffling,
  • unenviable,
  • sticky,
  • problematic,
  • stubborn,
  • challenging,
  • problematical,
  • hard-fought,
  • delicate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Dizzying,
  • enigmatic,
  • bureaucratic,
  • contentious,
  • highfalutin,
  • byzantine,
  • effortful,
  • straitened,
  • advanced,
  • hard-earned,
  • intolerable,
  • mountainous,
  • ornery,
  • offending,
  • arcane,
  • garbled,
  • obstructive,
  • costly,
  • problem,
  • schismatic,
  • fraught,
  • provocative,
  • invidious,
  • insupportable,
  • persnickety,
  • unaccountable,
  • impenetrable,
  • tortuous,
  • punitive,
  • unfathomable,
  • tangled,
  • incoherent,
  • recalcitrant,
  • opaque,
  • indigestible,
  • unclear,
  • cerebral,
  • sophisticated,
  • high-flown,
  • amiss.
  •
  • Fiendish,
  • sensitive,
  • balky,
  • wayward,
  • bewildering,
  • fuzzy,
  • ungovernable,
  • confused,
  • generous,
  • froward,
  • incendiary,
  • intractable,
  • mischievous,
  • impossible,
  • inflammatory,
  • inextricable,
  • corrosive.
  •
  • precision,
  • crippling,
  • unrelenting,
  • hypersensitive,
  • rigorous,
  • weighty,
  • elaborate,
  • chronic,
  • inconvenient.
  •
  • narrow,
  • intensive.
  •
  • fancy,
  • critical.
  •
  • bad.
  •
  • gray.
  •abstruse
  • abstract.
  •arcane
  • esoteric.
  •circuitous
  • labyrinthine.
  •forced
  • labored.
  •unexplainable
  • inexplicable.
  •unobtainable
  • inaccessible.

Paraphrases for Difficult:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    problematic, complex, delicate, laborious, troublesome, awkward, thorny, serious, arduous, problematical, challenging, knotty, rugged, tough.
  • Proper noun, singular
    challenging, tough.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    arduous, challenging.
  • Verb, past tense
    complicated.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    painful, dire, severe, distressing, sensitive, impossible, inconvenient, burdensome, stressful, precarious, painstaking, elusive, demanding, formidable, strenuous, uncomfortable, heavy, critical, impractical, contentious, convoluted, troubling, simple, unwieldy, sophisticated, picky, strained, frustrating, tiresome, exacting, easy, unlikely, uneasy, time-consuming, intricate, fragile, controversial, crucial, terrible, unclear, fraught, embarrassing, tight, touchy, straightforward, poverty-stricken, poor, distressed, struggling, costly, limited, grave, adverse, stark, unpleasant, tense, herculean, bitter, uncertain, wrong, fussy, harrowing, confusing, unfavourable, grim, messy, ambitious, disadvantaged, weighty, little, bumpy, acute, doubtful, dangerous, choosy, desperate, sluggish, turbulent, fierce, enormous, cruel, facile, inclement, hard-won, reluctant, impoverished, rocky, great, questionable, tiring, impracticable, tremendous, lengthy, different, feasible, expensive, user-friendly, unable, spiny, dramatic, heavy-duty, immense, susceptible, slow, nasty, durum, needy, sad, perilous, hardto, significant, sore, evil, intensive, disagreeable, major, awful, important, huge, hard-to-reach, convenient, comfortable, Beleaguered, annoying, elaborate, unfortunate, multifaceted.
  • Proper noun, singular
    constraints, Casualties, questions, issues, concerns, Difficile.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Difficile.
  • Adverb
    easy, Difficile, scarcely.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    are, Difficile.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    complicated, daunting, intractable, cumbersome, onerous, difficulty, troubled, uphill, tortuous.
  • Proper noun, singular
    difficulty, Difficulties.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    difficulty.

Antonyms for Difficult:

• adj.

  • all
    manageable, easy.
  • complicated; hard to comprehend
    clear.
  • hard on someone; hard to do
    nice, plain, calm, simple, facile, effortless, uncomplicated, straightforward, friendly, free, trivial, helpful, sociable.
  • Other antonyms:
    relaxed, slight, accessible, soothing, doable, achievable, comforting, undemanding, mindless, gentle, hands down, pleasant, trifling.

Homophones for Difficult:

• difficulty, dibasic salt.