Synonyms for Difficulty:

• n.

  •
  • rigorousness.
  •
  • having a hard time,
  • having a bad time,
  • under a handicap.
  •
  • easy.
  •
  • clash,
  • dissent.
  •
  • squabble,
  • bicker,
  • tangle.
  •act (noun)
  • difficulty.
  •adversity (noun)
  • curse,
  • misadventure,
  • disaster,
  • mishap,
  • tragedy,
  • bane,
  • destitution,
  • hard luck,
  • bad luck,
  • poorness,
  • misfortune,
  • casualty,
  • infliction,
  • contretemps,
  • agony,
  • rainy day,
  • catastrophe,
  • calamity,
  • blight,
  • dolor,
  • woe,
  • grief,
  • torment,
  • hard times,
  • peril.
  •affliction (noun)
  • dis order,
  • dis-ease,
  • dis-order,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis-eases,
  • dis ease,
  • dis eases,
  • dis orders.
  •aggravation (noun)
  • head ache,
  • irksomeness,
  • aggro,
  • teasing.
  •argument (noun)
  • bickering,
  • beef,
  • falling-out.
  •asperity (noun)
  • disagreeableness,
  • tartness,
  • Churlishness,
  • moroseness,
  • sourness,
  • crabbiness,
  • crossness.
  •avoidance (noun)
  • run-around.
  •awkwardness (noun)
  • inopportunenesses,
  • uncomfortablenesses,
  • in opportunenesses,
  • in opportuneness,
  • in-opportuneness,
  • un-comfortableness,
  • un-timeliness,
  • un timeliness,
  • un-comfortablenesses,
  • un-pleasantnesses,
  • thorninesses,
  • dis comforts,
  • un-pleasantness,
  • ticklishnesses,
  • in-opportunenesses,
  • un comfortablenesses,
  • un pleasantness,
  • dis-comforts,
  • dis-comfort,
  • un timelinesses,
  • untimelinesses,
  • un comfortableness,
  • painfulnesses,
  • un-timelinesses,
  • un pleasantnesses,
  • dis comfort.
  •bad news (noun)
  • dis-appointment,
  • dis appointments,
  • bad-news,
  • dis-appointments,
  • deep troubles,
  • dis appointment.
  •barrier (noun)
  • re strictions,
  • re-strictions,
  • re striction,
  • re-striction.
  •bind (noun)
  • between a rock hard places,
  • between a rock and hard place,
  • between rock hard places,
  • tight spots,
  • between a rock hard place,
  • between a rock a hard places,
  • between rock and a hard place,
  • no win situation,
  • between rock and hard places,
  • between rock a hard places,
  • between a rock a hard place,
  • between a rock and a hard places,
  • between rock hard place,
  • between a rock and hard places,
  • between rock a hard place,
  • between rock and a hard places,
  • sticky situations,
  • nowin situation.
  •bother (noun)
  • worriments.
  •burden (noun)
  • thorn in one side,
  • thorn ones side,
  • thorn side,
  • weary loads,
  • thorn one side,
  • thorn in ones side,
  • herculean tasks,
  • excess baggages,
  • ball chain,
  • thorn one's side.
  •can of worms (noun)
  • dog breakfasts,
  • can-worms,
  • hornets nest,
  • unpredictable situations,
  • dog breakfast,
  • mare nest,
  • dogs breakfasts,
  • pandora box,
  • hard nut crack,
  • dogs breakfast,
  • can worms,
  • mares nest,
  • hornet nest,
  • complex problems,
  • dog's breakfasts,
  • gordian knots,
  • troublesome problems,
  • pandoras box.
  •complexity (noun)
  • convolution,
  • obscurity,
  • Cabalism,
  • complexity,
  • puzzle.
  •confusion (noun)
  • dis arrays,
  • dis-organizations,
  • sur prises,
  • dis array,
  • un-tidiness,
  • un-tidinesses,
  • un tidiness,
  • mis-takes,
  • dis composures,
  • sur-prises,
  • up-roars,
  • up roar,
  • dis location,
  • dis organizations,
  • dis-traction,
  • dis-location,
  • dis tractions,
  • dis-tractions,
  • dis-locations,
  • mis-take,
  • hodge podge,
  • mis takes,
  • dis locations,
  • up-roar,
  • mis take,
  • dis composure,
  • dis-organization,
  • emotional upsets,
  • dis organization,
  • un tidinesses,
  • dis-composures,
  • sur-prise,
  • dis-composure,
  • dis-array,
  • sur prise,
  • dis traction,
  • up roars,
  • dis-arrays.
  •consideration (noun)
  • ex tents,
  • ex-tents,
  • ex tent,
  • ex-tent.
  •crisis (noun)
  • dilemma,
  • Exigence.
  •crunch (noun)
  • hour of decision,
  • trying time.
  •difficultness (noun)
  • difficultness.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • involvement,
  • hardness,
  • tightness,
  • roughness,
  • formidability,
  • matter,
  • fussiness,
  • strenuousness,
  • harshness,
  • onerousness,
  • corner,
  • toughness,
  • wearying,
  • cantankerousness,
  • trickiness,
  • stressfulness,
  • knottiness,
  • contrariness,
  • oppressiveness,
  • arduousness,
  • wearisomeness,
  • strait.
  •dilemma (noun)
  • catch-22's,
  • double binds,
  • tight corners,
  • catch22,
  • catch22's,
  • catch 22,
  • catch 22's.
  •disappointment (noun)
  • frustration,
  • setback.
  •distress (noun)
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis-tress,
  • holy messes,
  • dis tress,
  • unholy messes,
  • dis tresses,
  • tough breaks,
  • ticklish spots,
  • rotten lucks.
  •division (noun)
  • dis-agreements,
  • dis sents,
  • dis-sonance,
  • dis-union,
  • dis cords,
  • dis cord,
  • dis harmonies,
  • dis agreements,
  • dis sonances,
  • dis unions,
  • dis-accords,
  • dis-cords,
  • dis accords,
  • dis union,
  • dis-unions,
  • dis-sent,
  • dis accord,
  • dis-sents,
  • dis sent,
  • dis agreement,
  • dis-harmonies,
  • dis harmony,
  • dis sonance,
  • dis-accord,
  • dis-cord,
  • difference opinion,
  • dis-agreement,
  • dis-harmony,
  • dis-sonances.
  •doubt (noun)
  • demurral,
  • Uncertainties,
  • waverings,
  • agnosticism,
  • lack of confidence.
  •drawback (noun)
  • fly the ointment,
  • fly ointment,
  • fly in ointment.
  •embarrassment (noun)
  • un-eases,
  • in discretions,
  • selfconsciousnesses,
  • un ease,
  • un-easiness,
  • awkward situations,
  • un-easinesses,
  • un-ease,
  • self-consciousnesses,
  • selfconsciousness,
  • un easiness,
  • un eases,
  • in discretion,
  • egg face,
  • self consciousnesses,
  • in-discretions,
  • disconcertions,
  • self consciousness,
  • in-discretion.
  •emergency (noun)
  • mis adventure,
  • cross roads,
  • mis-adventure,
  • mis adventures,
  • mis-adventures,
  • cross road.
  •entanglement (noun)
  • tieup.
  •fight (noun)
  • free for all,
  • settos,
  • sparring matches,
  • set tos,
  • set-tos,
  • ex change,
  • ex changes.
  •fix up (noun)
  • fix.
  •fuss (noun)
  • kick ups,
  • dis-play,
  • kick-ups,
  • fallingout,
  • kickups,
  • up-sets,
  • un rest,
  • dis plays,
  • up sets,
  • un-rests,
  • up-set,
  • un-rest,
  • un rests,
  • dis-plays,
  • dis play.
  •hang-up (noun)
  • hang up,
  • obsession,
  • hangup.
  •hardship (noun)
  • in-jury,
  • mis chances,
  • mis-chances,
  • uphill battles,
  • mis-chance,
  • in juries,
  • in jury,
  • mis chance.
  •hassle (noun)
  • runin.
  •hell (noun)
  • living hell,
  • infernal regions,
  • lower world,
  • place of torment,
  • hell fire,
  • everlasting fire,
  • underworld,
  • purgatory,
  • infernal region,
  • hell-fire.
  •holdup (noun)
  • de lays,
  • de-lays,
  • de lay,
  • de-lay.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • impossibility.
  •hot spot (noun)
  • L,
  • LS.
  •hot water (noun)
  • hot-water.
  •impediment (noun)
  • dis advantages,
  • dis advantage,
  • dis-advantages,
  • dis-advantage,
  • retardments,
  • dead weights.
  •impossibility (noun)
  • unlikelihood,
  • unlikelihoods,
  • unworkability,
  • Impracticabilities,
  • unattainability,
  • impracticability,
  • unfeasibility.
  •incommodity (noun)
  • in commodity,
  • in-commodity,
  • in commodities,
  • in-commodities.
  •inconvenience (noun)
  • in conveniences,
  • un handinesses,
  • un-handiness,
  • in-conveniences,
  • un-suitableness,
  • un fitnesses,
  • un suitablenesses,
  • un handiness,
  • bothersomenesses,
  • un-fitnesses,
  • un fitness,
  • troublesomenesses,
  • un-suitablenesses,
  • un-handinesses,
  • in-convenience,
  • un suitableness,
  • cumbersomenesses,
  • in convenience,
  • unhandinesses,
  • unwieldinesses,
  • un-fitness.
  •intricacy (noun)
  • elaboratenesses.
  •living hell (noun)
  • tortures damned,
  • tortures the damned,
  • living-hell,
  • tortures of damned.
  •mental burden (noun)
  • responsibility,
  • depression,
  • oppression,
  • weight,
  • stress,
  • ado,
  • to-do,
  • ramification,
  • irritation,
  • maze,
  • pressure,
  • pinch,
  • charge,
  • bafflement,
  • imbroglio,
  • grievance,
  • anxiety,
  • harassment,
  • discouragement.
  •millstone (noun)
  • mental weight.
  •misery (noun)
  • sordidnesses.
  •misunderstanding (noun)
  • de-bates,
  • mis understanding,
  • mis-understanding,
  • sour notes,
  • mis-understandings,
  • mis understandings,
  • de bate,
  • de-bate,
  • bad vibe,
  • crossed wire,
  • de bates.
  •muddle (noun)
  • foulups,
  • mess a halves,
  • mess halves,
  • dis arrangement,
  • mess and half,
  • foul-ups,
  • dis-arrangements,
  • foul ups,
  • mess and a halves,
  • rat's nests,
  • mess and halves,
  • mess a half,
  • dis arrangements,
  • rats nest,
  • screw ups,
  • rats nests,
  • screw-ups,
  • dis-arrangement,
  • rat nests,
  • rat nest.
  •objection (noun)
  • flak,
  • unwillingness,
  • demur,
  • reluctance.
  •obstacle (noun)
  • dis incentives,
  • dis-incentives,
  • dis incentive,
  • dis-incentive.
  •obstruction (noun)
  • blockings.
  •ordeal (noun)
  • calvaries.
  •pinch (noun)
  • tight squeeze.
  •pitfall (noun)
  • quicksand,
  • mousetraps,
  • deadfall,
  • mousetrap,
  • quicksands.
  •polemic (noun)
  • OUTS,
  • dustups,
  • dustup,
  • GINS,
  • gin,
  • finishers,
  • knock down and drag out,
  • crushers,
  • face off,
  • finisher,
  • bone to pick,
  • knockdown,
  • fallings,
  • crusher,
  • statics,
  • knockdowns.
  •poverty (noun)
  • impecuniousness,
  • Neediness,
  • exiguity,
  • impoverishment,
  • penuriousness,
  • famine,
  • underdevelopment,
  • vacancy,
  • pauperism,
  • pennilessness,
  • under-development,
  • abjection,
  • Impecuniosity,
  • Necessitousness.
  •predicament (noun)
  • plight,
  • problem.
  •problem; situation requiring great effort (noun)
  • impasse,
  • pain,
  • check,
  • labor,
  • crux,
  • paradox,
  • dead end,
  • struggle,
  • hindrance,
  • crisis,
  • stew,
  • deadlock,
  • mess,
  • barricade,
  • hazard,
  • laboriousness.
  •protest (noun)
  • big stink,
  • formal complaint.
  •quandary (noun)
  • be-wilderment,
  • double troubles,
  • up tree,
  • up trees,
  • up a trees,
  • be wilderment,
  • be wilderments,
  • be-wilderments.
  •quarrel (noun)
  • brannigans,
  • catfights.
  •question (noun)
  • questions.
  •rigor (noun)
  • in-clemencies,
  • traditionalisms,
  • in flexibilities,
  • in tolerance,
  • in-tolerances,
  • in-tolerance,
  • in clemencies,
  • in-flexibility,
  • in tolerances,
  • in flexibility,
  • in-clemency,
  • in clemency,
  • in-flexibilities.
  •road block (noun)
  • blank walls,
  • road-block.
  •run-around (noun)
  • run around,
  • roundabouts,
  • elusions,
  • come-off,
  • eschewal,
  • elusion,
  • Escaping,
  • runaround.
  •scruple (noun)
  • scruples,
  • superego,
  • Superegos,
  • reconsiderations,
  • Reluctancy,
  • reconsideration,
  • scruple,
  • squeamishness.
  •setback (noun)
  • de-feats,
  • re-versal,
  • de feats,
  • reversal fortune,
  • re-buffs,
  • re versal,
  • about face,
  • re buffs,
  • whole new ballgames,
  • de-feat,
  • hold ups,
  • de feat,
  • re buff.
  •snag (noun)
  • the rubs.
  •stumbling block (noun)
  • stone one path,
  • stone in path,
  • stone one's path,
  • stone in one path,
  • stumbling-block,
  • stone in ones path,
  • stumbling stones,
  • stone path,
  • stone ones path.
  •trial (noun)
  • severe tests,
  • un happinesses,
  • un-happinesses,
  • cross bear,
  • un-happiness.
  •tribulation (noun)
  • wrongings.
  •undoing (noun)
  • de-stroyer,
  • over-turn,
  • over-throws,
  • sub-version,
  • mis-calculations,
  • over turns,
  • dis graces,
  • mis-calculation,
  • over throw,
  • un-doing,
  • bad omens,
  • un doings,
  • sub versions,
  • dis-graces,
  • bad omen,
  • un doing,
  • de stroyer,
  • de stroyers,
  • over-throw,
  • sub version,
  • dis grace,
  • un-doings,
  • mis calculation,
  • sub-versions,
  • mis steps,
  • dis-grace,
  • de-stroyers,
  • over throws.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • exigency,
  • run-in,
  • deep water,
  • hot potato,
  • dissentience,
  • nuisance,
  • toughie,
  • rhubarb,
  • discordance,
  • stumbling block,
  • jigsaw,
  • hot spot,
  • ups and downs,
  • vicissitudes,
  • growing pains,
  • shortcoming,
  • disruption,
  • dutch,
  • body blow,
  • obstacle course,
  • Inharmony.
  •
  • dissension,
  • wall,
  • controversy,
  • challenge,
  • debate,
  • quarrel,
  • tiff,
  • millstone,
  • rub,
  • strain,
  • dissonance,
  • annoyance,
  • sorrow,
  • disturbance,
  • disadvantage,
  • friction,
  • headache,
  • box,
  • baggage,
  • odds,
  • running sore,
  • downfall,
  • dissidence,
  • uncertainty,
  • hitch,
  • altercation.
  •
  • ill,
  • issue,
  • spat,
  • variance,
  • strife,
  • schism,
  • disaccord,
  • dog,
  • care,
  • contention,
  • disagreement.
  •
  • confrontation,
  • conflict,
  • discord,
  • argument,
  • wrangle,
  • catch,
  • warfare,
  • war,
  • faction.
  •
  • dispute.
  •
  • bind.
  •
  • difference.
  •
  • word.
  •disturbance
  • unpleasantness.
  •horror
  • bugbear.
  •intricacy
  • involution.
  •problem
  • nut.
  •vicious cycle
  • vicious circle.

Paraphrases for Difficulty:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    trouble.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inability, arduous, strain.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    difficult, troubled, problematic, challenges.
  • Proper noun, singular
    difficult, constraints, issues, hardship, challenge, challenges.
  • Noun, plural
    hardships, handicaps.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    difficult, complexity, obstacle, predicament, hurdle, inconvenience, constraint, disadvantage, plight, dilemma, adversity, impediment, complication, hardship, hindrance, issue, objection, handicap, embarrassment, drawback, pain, ability, barrier, stress, stresses, challenge, challenges, hitch.

Antonyms for Difficulty:

• n.

  • argument
    agreement.
  • mental burden
    delight, cheerfulness, hopefulness, good fortune, joy, boon.
  • problem; situation requiring great effort
    comfort, health, promotion, ease, solution, good health, order, happiness, blessing, pleasure, favor, encouragement, success, satisfaction, contentment, opening, calm, calmness, tranquility, felicity, organization.
  • Other antonyms:
    harmony, opportunity, sanction, obedience, advantage, concord, willingness, compliance, consensus, peace, acceptance, relief, unanimity, succor, accord, assistance, break, approval, acquiescence, aid, assent, benefit, simpleness, help.

Homophones for Difficulty:

• dibasic salt, difficult.

Hypernym for Difficulty:

• n.

  • act
    the devil, tsuris.
  • cognition
    handicap, check, trouble, pisser, facer, baulk, kink, wrinkle, problem, impediment, balk, booby trap, snorter, deterrent, hindrance, pitfall, killer, Hinderance.
  • state
    muddle, urinary hesitancy, strain, jam, rattrap, job, predicament, pickle, plight, hole, mess, mire, kettle of fish, situation, bitch, stress, rough sledding, wall, quandary, problem, fix, hard time, pinch.

Hyponym for Difficulty:

• n.

  • act
    elbow grease, exertion, travail, effort, sweat.
  • cognition
    cognitive factor.
  • state
    condition, status.