Synonyms for Effortful:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • effortful.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • painful,
  • gargantuan,
  • troublesome,
  • backbreaker,
  • immense,
  • ambitious,
  • challenging,
  • stiff,
  • Difficile,
  • up-stream,
  • easier said than done,
  • toilsome,
  • rigid,
  • intricate,
  • crucial,
  • not easy,
  • galling,
  • no picnic,
  • problem,
  • Operose,
  • prohibitive,
  • upstream,
  • problematic,
  • herculean,
  • bothersome,
  • irritating,
  • wearisome,
  • unyielding,
  • titanic,
  • hard-won.
  •effortful (adjective)
  • strenuous.
  •formidable (adjective)
  • great,
  • intimidating,
  • colossal,
  • puissant,
  • powerful,
  • dismaying,
  • overpowering,
  • mighty,
  • indomitable,
  • staggering,
  • awesome,
  • mammoth,
  • impressive,
  • tremendous.
  •hard (adjective)
  • slavish,
  • mean,
  • Irksome,
  • grinding,
  • distressing,
  • sticky,
  • harder,
  • unsparing,
  • complicated,
  • merciless,
  • Fatiguing,
  • murder,
  • heavy*,
  • serious,
  • involved,
  • uphill battle,
  • Toilful,
  • scabrous,
  • terrible,
  • rugged.
  •heavy (adjective)
  • profound,
  • esoteric,
  • tempestuous,
  • complex,
  • boisterous,
  • recondite,
  • violent,
  • stormy,
  • abstruse,
  • grave,
  • tedious,
  • vexatious,
  • Acroamatic,
  • intolerable,
  • confused,
  • wild,
  • turbulent,
  • harsh,
  • solemn,
  • grievous.
  •knotty (adjective)
  • labyrinthine,
  • problematical,
  • elaborate,
  • tricky,
  • thorny,
  • gordian,
  • sophisticated,
  • reticular,
  • perplexing,
  • Nodulous,
  • baffling,
  • puzzling,
  • mystifying,
  • Ramified.
  •labored (adjective)
  • clumsy,
  • ponderous,
  • studied,
  • overwrought,
  • affected,
  • overdone,
  • maladroit,
  • inept,
  • unnatural,
  • awkward.
  •laborious (adjective)
  • tiresome,
  • wicked*.
  •severe (adjective)
  • domineering,
  • consequential,
  • intemperate,
  • stringent,
  • dangerous,
  • acute,
  • austere,
  • grim,
  • pitiless,
  • wicked,
  • tyrannical,
  • inclement,
  • forbidding,
  • dear,
  • bitter,
  • unrelenting,
  • bleak,
  • unpleasant,
  • drastic,
  • sharp,
  • fierce,
  • mordant,
  • extreme,
  • critical,
  • ascetic,
  • despotic,
  • overbearing,
  • intense,
  • implacable,
  • sore.
  •tough (adjective)
  • no piece of cake,
  • in tractable,
  • no piece cake,
  • in-tractable.
  •uphill (adjective)
  • up hill,
  • up-hill.

• n.

  •
  • rough,
  • onerous,
  • oppressive,
  • trying,
  • exacting,
  • taxing,
  • severe,
  • exigent,
  • burdensome,
  • weighty,
  • demanding,
  • rigorous.
  •
  • forced,
  • true.
  •arduous (noun)
  • arduous.
  •backbreaking (noun)
  • backbreaking.
  •dragging (noun)
  • dragging.
  •effortful (noun)
  • labor-intensive,
  • labourious,
  • grueling,
  • tiring,
  • straining,
  • gruelling,
  • punishing,
  • plodding,
  • laboured,
  • wearing,
  • exhausting,
  • leaden,
  • labour-intensive,
  • wearying.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • contrived.
  •
  • strained.
  •Sisyphean
  • sisyphean.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hard-fought,
  • deep,
  • murderous,
  • augean,
  • draining,
  • testing,
  • hard-earned,
  • Moiling,
  • pick-and-shovel,
  • tall,
  • hefty,
  • painstaking,
  • killer,
  • bad,
  • sweaty,
  • killing,
  • crushing,
  • hellacious.

Antonyms for Effortful:

• adj.

  • all
    effortless.
  • Other antonyms:
    elementary, simple, soothing, painless, manageable, mindless, friendly, gentle, cheap, light, undemanding, smooth, soft, user-friendly, easy, uncomplicated, relaxed, doable, accessible, clear, comforting, achievable.