Synonyms for Ex acting:

• adj.

  •ambitious (adjective)
  • challenging,
  • pretentious,
  • demanding,
  • impressive,
  • grandiose,
  • visionary,
  • bold,
  • energetic,
  • elaborate,
  • industrious,
  • strenuous,
  • formidable,
  • arduous,
  • exacting,
  • lofty.
  •assiduous (adjective)
  • scrupulous,
  • Plugging,
  • constant,
  • sedulous,
  • busy,
  • untiring,
  • grinding,
  • steady,
  • attentive,
  • laborious,
  • zealous,
  • eager beaver,
  • indefatigable,
  • whiz,
  • diligent,
  • active,
  • persevering,
  • unflagging,
  • studious.
  •austere (adjective)
  • forbidding,
  • ascetic,
  • unfeeling,
  • sober,
  • inflexible,
  • obdurate,
  • unrelenting,
  • inexorable,
  • formal,
  • grim,
  • grave,
  • astringent,
  • serious,
  • somber,
  • stiff,
  • cold,
  • solemn,
  • earnest.
  •burdensome (adjective)
  • heavy,
  • Irksome,
  • wearying,
  • superincumbent,
  • disturbing,
  • crushing,
  • Carking,
  • wearing.
  •captious (adjective)
  • carping,
  • nagging,
  • contrary,
  • Fault-finding,
  • disparaging,
  • deprecating,
  • censorious,
  • cantankerous,
  • touchy,
  • cross,
  • testy,
  • petulant,
  • crabby,
  • irritable,
  • Exceptive,
  • caviling,
  • peevish,
  • perverse,
  • overcritical,
  • sarcastic,
  • Cavillous,
  • acrimonious.
  •careful (adjective)
  • deliberate,
  • heedful,
  • prim,
  • punctilious,
  • playing safe,
  • meticulous,
  • cool,
  • observant,
  • religious,
  • prudent,
  • regardful,
  • accurate,
  • selfdisciplined,
  • leery,
  • guarded,
  • judicious,
  • protective,
  • choosy,
  • solicitous,
  • thorough,
  • circumspect,
  • solid,
  • vigilant,
  • conservative,
  • mindful,
  • shy,
  • provident,
  • going to great lengths,
  • discreet,
  • assiduous,
  • thoughtful,
  • chary,
  • concerned,
  • wary,
  • apprehensive,
  • conscientious,
  • alert,
  • fastidious.
  •choosy (adjective)
  • finical,
  • overparticular,
  • select,
  • nice,
  • eclectic,
  • dainty,
  • selective,
  • prissy.
  •conscientious (adjective)
  • faithful,
  • heart and soul into,
  • walking on eggs,
  • complete,
  • exact,
  • hanging in,
  • punctual,
  • reliable,
  • minding p's and q's,
  • hanging tough.
  •critical (adjective)
  • condemning,
  • choleric,
  • disapproving,
  • cynical,
  • scolding,
  • critic,
  • penetrating,
  • lowering,
  • demeaning,
  • discriminating,
  • cutting,
  • captious,
  • belittling,
  • withering,
  • hairsplitting,
  • satirical,
  • niggling,
  • analytical,
  • diagnostic,
  • reproachful,
  • sharp,
  • trenchant,
  • humbling,
  • Censuring,
  • discerning,
  • calumniatory,
  • biting,
  • derogatory.
  •demanding (adjective)
  • ambitious,
  • dictatorial,
  • clamorous,
  • backbreaker,
  • exhausting,
  • troublesome,
  • pressing,
  • bothersome,
  • querulous,
  • insistent,
  • importunate.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • crucial,
  • irritating,
  • titanic,
  • effortful,
  • intricate,
  • immense,
  • labored,
  • Operose,
  • wearisome,
  • Difficile,
  • problematic,
  • prohibitive,
  • toilsome,
  • not easy,
  • hard-won,
  • painful,
  • problem,
  • uphill,
  • unyielding,
  • gargantuan,
  • upstream,
  • no picnic,
  • herculean,
  • easier said than done,
  • galling.
  •exact (adjective)
  • conscionable.
  •exacting (adjective)
  • grievous,
  • painstaking,
  • harsh,
  • imperious,
  • picky,
  • onerous,
  • difficult,
  • by the book,
  • hypercritical,
  • stern,
  • oppressive,
  • persnickety,
  • severe,
  • weighty,
  • stringent,
  • burdensome,
  • trying,
  • careful,
  • strict,
  • taxing,
  • tough,
  • fussy,
  • particular,
  • finicky,
  • hard,
  • unsparing,
  • exigent,
  • critical,
  • rigid,
  • rigorous,
  • precise,
  • nit-picking.
  •exorbitant (adjective)
  • dear,
  • inordinate,
  • pricey,
  • enormous,
  • immoderate,
  • high,
  • out of sight,
  • wasteful,
  • unreasonable,
  • unwarranted,
  • overmuch,
  • preposterous,
  • steep,
  • over one's head,
  • Absonant,
  • outrageous,
  • overboard,
  • unconscionable,
  • towering,
  • extortionate,
  • undue,
  • up to here,
  • extreme,
  • highway robbery,
  • expensive.
  •extortionate (adjective)
  • bloodsucking,
  • avaricious,
  • rapacious,
  • corrupt,
  • greedy.
  •fastidious (adjective)
  • queasy,
  • Stickling,
  • overnice,
  • fussbudgety,
  • nit-picky,
  • squeamish,
  • easily disgusted,
  • hard to please,
  • overdelicate.
  •fussy (adjective)
  • fuddy-duddy,
  • fretful,
  • picky-picky,
  • overfastidious.
  •hard (adjective)
  • complicated,
  • hairy,
  • hard as nails,
  • merciless,
  • involved,
  • disagreeable,
  • callous,
  • sticky,
  • mean,
  • distressing,
  • hostile,
  • rugged,
  • bleak,
  • stubborn,
  • Toilful,
  • dark,
  • thick-skinned,
  • unpleasant,
  • unkind,
  • uphill battle,
  • rough,
  • scabrous,
  • backbreaking,
  • resentful,
  • unjust,
  • rancorous,
  • vengeful,
  • knotty,
  • murder,
  • slavish,
  • intolerable,
  • dour,
  • intemperate,
  • Fatiguing,
  • hard-boiled,
  • brutal,
  • pitiless,
  • inclement,
  • austere,
  • cold-blooded,
  • tiring,
  • unsympathetic,
  • antagonistic,
  • angry,
  • cold fish,
  • bitter,
  • terrible.
  •hard-and-fast (adjective)
  • conclusive,
  • dictated,
  • carved in stone,
  • final,
  • set in concrete,
  • decisive,
  • irrevocable,
  • written,
  • absolute.
  •imperious (adjective)
  • imperial,
  • Compulsatory,
  • commanding,
  • mandatory,
  • autocratic,
  • required,
  • domineering,
  • obligatory,
  • authoritative,
  • high-handed,
  • tyrannous,
  • despotic,
  • haughty,
  • tyrannical,
  • compulsory,
  • arrogant,
  • imperative,
  • peremptory,
  • overweening.
  •nice (adjective)
  • decent,
  • Finicking,
  • befitting,
  • proper,
  • respectable,
  • finespun,
  • virtuous,
  • delicate,
  • trim,
  • seemly,
  • correct,
  • trivial,
  • distinguishing,
  • right,
  • becoming,
  • subtle,
  • cultured,
  • well-bred,
  • minute,
  • tidy,
  • genteel,
  • conforming,
  • fine.
  •occupying (adjective)
  • absorbing,
  • exciting,
  • engrossing,
  • concerned with,
  • focusing,
  • concentrated upon,
  • Monopolizing,
  • engaging,
  • Utilizing,
  • Attracting,
  • interesting.
  •onerous (adjective)
  • grueling,
  • cumbersome,
  • responsible,
  • vexatious,
  • overpowering,
  • overtaxing,
  • tiresome,
  • excessive,
  • headache,
  • ponderous,
  • embittering,
  • plodding.
  •oppressive (adjective)
  • depressing,
  • overbearing,
  • depressive,
  • heavy-handed,
  • gloomy,
  • rough going,
  • cruel,
  • disheartening,
  • discouraging,
  • hefty,
  • ironhanded,
  • dispiriting,
  • confining,
  • dismal,
  • inhuman.
  •overcritical (adjective)
  • faultfinding.
  •painstaking (adjective)
  • thoroughgoing,
  • stickler,
  • by the numbers,
  • fussbudget,
  • hard-working.
  •particular (adjective)
  • choicy.
  •pressing (adjective)
  • constraining,
  • acute,
  • high-priority,
  • Claiming,
  • life-and-death,
  • obliging,
  • heat-on,
  • instant,
  • crying,
  • immediate,
  • dire,
  • burning,
  • vital,
  • Requiring,
  • hurry-up,
  • clamant,
  • Forcing,
  • compelling.
  •requiring (adjective)
  • Involving,
  • urgent,
  • calling for,
  • Necessitating.
  •rigorous (adjective)
  • dogmatic,
  • definite,
  • unpermissive,
  • uncompromising.
  •rugged (adjective)
  • large order,
  • heavy sledding.
  •severe (adjective)
  • consequential,
  • fierce,
  • drastic,
  • wicked,
  • implacable,
  • violent,
  • punishing,
  • dangerous,
  • sore,
  • mordant,
  • intense.
  •squeamish (adjective)
  • prudish,
  • queer,
  • Qualmish,
  • shaky,
  • sick,
  • mincing,
  • annoyed,
  • puritanical,
  • strait-laced,
  • vertiginous,
  • upset,
  • unsettled,
  • dizzy,
  • sickly,
  • disgusted,
  • sick to one's stomach.
  •strict (adjective)
  • dead set,
  • firm,
  • draconian,
  • Iron-fisted,
  • no-nonsense,
  • uptight,
  • straight,
  • disciplinary,
  • stuffy,
  • square,
  • set.
  •stringent (adjective)
  • drawing,
  • binding,
  • poignant,
  • valid,
  • forceful,
  • brick-wall,
  • powerful,
  • convincing,
  • dyed-in-the-wool,
  • ironclad,
  • dead set on,
  • hard-nosed.
  •subtle (adjective)
  • astute,
  • guileful,
  • deep,
  • wily,
  • dexterous,
  • devious,
  • crafty,
  • artful,
  • shrewd,
  • detailed,
  • scheming,
  • perceptive,
  • designing,
  • foxy,
  • sly,
  • complex,
  • intriguing,
  • keen,
  • insidious,
  • ratiocinative,
  • skillful,
  • analytic.
  •taxing (adjective)
  • stressful,
  • enervating,
  • Sapping,
  • tedious.
  •tight (adjective)
  • near,
  • ticklish,
  • upsetting,
  • close,
  • hazardous,
  • tense,
  • perilous,
  • precarious,
  • tricky,
  • worrisome.
  •tiresome (adjective)
  • dull,
  • drag,
  • unrelieved,
  • flat,
  • uncool,
  • annoying,
  • boring,
  • drudging,
  • ho-hum,
  • monotonous,
  • a bit much,
  • dragging,
  • boresome,
  • tired,
  • too much,
  • yawn,
  • nowhere,
  • Enervative,
  • uninteresting,
  • Jading,
  • humdrum.
  •tough (adjective)
  • puzzling,
  • baffling,
  • desperate,
  • ferocious,
  • no piece of cake,
  • unforgiving,
  • hard-line,
  • thorny,
  • fixed,
  • arbitrary,
  • intractable,
  • unmanageable,
  • adamant,
  • confirmed,
  • refractory,
  • handful,
  • uncontrollable,
  • immutable,
  • narrow,
  • perplexing,
  • resolute,
  • ruthless,
  • ruffianly,
  • hard-shelled,
  • pugnacious,
  • vicious,
  • Resisting,
  • taut,
  • unbending,
  • headstrong,
  • savage,
  • unalterable,
  • hard-bitten.
  •trying (adjective)
  • exasperating,
  • vexing,
  • pestilent,
  • aggravating,
  • provocative,
  • tight.
  •unfeeling (adjective)
  • crotchety,
  • Unamiable,
  • heartless,
  • stony,
  • insensible,
  • surly,
  • asleep,
  • churlish,
  • anesthetized,
  • hardened,
  • insensate,
  • senseless,
  • Cold-hearted,
  • insensitive,
  • unemotional,
  • uncompassionate,
  • sensationless,
  • feelingless,
  • icy,
  • Iron-hearted,
  • uncaring,
  • benumbed,
  • deadened,
  • inanimate,
  • uncordial,
  • apathetic.
  •weighty (adjective)
  • worrying.

• v.

  •assess (verb)
  • amount charge,
  • value,
  • demand,
  • rate,
  • tax,
  • fix,
  • evaluate.
  •blackmail (verb)
  • put the shake on,
  • hold to ransom,
  • badger,
  • shake,
  • threaten,
  • ransom,
  • milk.
  •call (verb)
  • appoint,
  • summon,
  • decree,
  • ordain,
  • elect,
  • proclaim,
  • ask,
  • charge,
  • pray to,
  • entreat,
  • order,
  • declare,
  • set apart,
  • appeal to.
  •challenge (verb)
  • object to,
  • face the music,
  • throw down the gauntlet,
  • fly in the face of,
  • defy,
  • provoke,
  • search out,
  • inquire,
  • stand up to,
  • stimulate,
  • face down,
  • accost,
  • call for,
  • make a stand,
  • invite competition,
  • query,
  • brave,
  • make a point of,
  • call out,
  • confront,
  • face off,
  • impeach,
  • try,
  • reclaim,
  • impugn,
  • assert,
  • vindicate,
  • dare,
  • ask for,
  • hang in,
  • beard,
  • stick it out,
  • investigate,
  • test,
  • denounce,
  • arouse.
  •claim (verb)
  • defend,
  • uphold,
  • hold out for,
  • stake out,
  • adduce,
  • lay claim to,
  • need,
  • believe,
  • insist,
  • HIT,
  • knock,
  • hold,
  • advance,
  • allege,
  • take,
  • pick up,
  • pronounce,
  • pop the question,
  • hit up,
  • pretend,
  • collect,
  • profess,
  • justify,
  • have dibs on something.
  •command (verb)
  • dictate,
  • restrain,
  • guide,
  • head,
  • reign,
  • prohibit,
  • boss,
  • direct,
  • push,
  • control,
  • prescribe,
  • enact,
  • lay down the law,
  • inflict,
  • superintend,
  • put foot down,
  • influence,
  • hold office,
  • override,
  • warn,
  • coach,
  • prevail,
  • subpoena,
  • stop,
  • grant,
  • regulate,
  • determine,
  • hinder,
  • call the signals,
  • bid,
  • adjure,
  • sway,
  • give directions,
  • rule out,
  • debar,
  • call on,
  • curb,
  • authorize,
  • repress,
  • send for,
  • beckon,
  • take over,
  • reign over,
  • ordinate,
  • enjoin,
  • ban,
  • check,
  • instruct,
  • inhibit,
  • run,
  • tell,
  • administer,
  • supervise,
  • give orders,
  • officiate,
  • subdue,
  • cite,
  • exercise power,
  • have authority,
  • take charge,
  • conduct,
  • task,
  • overbear,
  • forbid,
  • bar,
  • oppress,
  • dominate,
  • force upon,
  • preside over,
  • tyrannize,
  • call upon,
  • interdict,
  • wield,
  • manage,
  • conquer,
  • predominate,
  • lead,
  • domineer,
  • govern,
  • take lead,
  • mark out.
  •compel (verb)
  • enforce,
  • necessitate,
  • crack down,
  • put the chill on,
  • make,
  • dragoon,
  • impel,
  • put the arm on,
  • concuss,
  • hustle,
  • drive,
  • urge,
  • turn on the heat,
  • bulldoze,
  • make necessary,
  • throw weight around,
  • shotgun.
  •demand (verb)
  • Impetrate,
  • Importune,
  • beseech,
  • abuse,
  • counterclaim,
  • expect,
  • dun,
  • clamor for,
  • insist on,
  • appeal,
  • pray,
  • beg,
  • press,
  • stipulate,
  • apply,
  • arrogate,
  • whistle for,
  • interrogate,
  • sue for,
  • nag,
  • petition,
  • besiege,
  • pester,
  • request,
  • question,
  • supplicate,
  • implore.
  •elicit (verb)
  • call forth,
  • bite,
  • arm-twist,
  • obtain,
  • evoke,
  • evolve,
  • put muscle on,
  • evince,
  • cause,
  • educe,
  • derive,
  • bring,
  • fetch,
  • give rise to,
  • bring to light,
  • bring forth,
  • rattle,
  • bring out.
  •enforce (verb)
  • egg on,
  • execute,
  • exert,
  • effect,
  • fortify,
  • reinforce,
  • implement,
  • accomplish,
  • goad,
  • strain,
  • discharge,
  • put screws to,
  • invoke,
  • fulfill,
  • administrate,
  • prosecute,
  • strong-arm,
  • lash,
  • commandeer,
  • spur,
  • put into effect,
  • sanction,
  • stress,
  • hound,
  • emphasize,
  • whip,
  • perform,
  • carry out,
  • support,
  • incite.
  •exact (verb)
  • command,
  • require,
  • oblige,
  • constrain,
  • lean on,
  • assess,
  • gouge,
  • solicit,
  • compel,
  • wrest,
  • wrench,
  • shake down,
  • wring,
  • levy,
  • coerce,
  • put on,
  • challenge,
  • squeeze,
  • call,
  • pinch,
  • postulate,
  • force,
  • impose,
  • bleed,
  • claim,
  • requisition,
  • insist upon,
  • extort,
  • extract.
  •expect (verb)
  • rely upon,
  • count on,
  • look for.
  •extort (verb)
  • bully,
  • stick,
  • get,
  • secure,
  • hold up,
  • soak,
  • clip,
  • elicit,
  • pull one's leg,
  • ice,
  • skin,
  • fleece,
  • sting,
  • make pay through nose.
  •extract (verb)
  • avulse,
  • extirpate,
  • press out,
  • catheterize,
  • express,
  • eradicate,
  • extricate,
  • uproot,
  • siphon,
  • tear,
  • glean,
  • pluck,
  • pry,
  • evulse,
  • weed out,
  • garner,
  • gather,
  • reap,
  • pull,
  • distill,
  • separate,
  • yank,
  • eke out,
  • withdraw,
  • cull.
  •fine (verb)
  • alienate,
  • make pay,
  • mulct,
  • seize,
  • punish,
  • hit with,
  • amerce,
  • confiscate,
  • throw book at,
  • sconce,
  • sequestrate,
  • dock,
  • pay through the nose,
  • slap with.
  •force (verb)
  • blackmail,
  • obtrude,
  • conscript,
  • put squeeze on,
  • limit,
  • impress,
  • choke,
  • bind,
  • sandbag,
  • draft,
  • restrict,
  • pressure,
  • contract,
  • move,
  • bring pressure to bear upon,
  • burden,
  • overcome,
  • pin down,
  • occasion,
  • pressurize,
  • bear hard on,
  • bear down.
  •impose (verb)
  • institute,
  • saddle,
  • visit,
  • wreak,
  • encroach,
  • wreck,
  • lay down,
  • horn in,
  • intrude,
  • trespass,
  • lay,
  • introduce,
  • establish,
  • foist,
  • put,
  • take advantage,
  • promulgate,
  • move in on,
  • wish,
  • place,
  • infringe,
  • presume,
  • lade,
  • read riot act.
  •inflict (verb)
  • deal out,
  • expose,
  • dispense,
  • stick it to,
  • give,
  • bring upon,
  • subject,
  • deliver,
  • give it to,
  • strike,
  • mete out.
  •levy (verb)
  • lay on,
  • call up,
  • raise.
  •need (verb)
  • feel a dearth of,
  • yearn,
  • yen for,
  • drive for,
  • pine,
  • be deprived,
  • have occasion to,
  • be inadequate,
  • feel the necessity for,
  • be in need of,
  • have occasion for,
  • covet,
  • long,
  • have use for,
  • hurt for,
  • be down and out,
  • lack,
  • suffer privation,
  • be short,
  • lust,
  • die for,
  • be deficient,
  • be needy,
  • be hard up,
  • go hungry,
  • hanker,
  • be poor,
  • miss,
  • desire,
  • do without,
  • hunger,
  • feel the pinch,
  • be without,
  • be in want,
  • thirst,
  • crave.
  •require (verb)
  • entail,
  • assert oneself,
  • push for,
  • involve,
  • obligate.
  •requisition (verb)
  • put dibs on,
  • buy,
  • put in for.
  •screw (verb)
  • hold a knife to,
  • DO,
  • bilk,
  • defraud,
  • ream,
  • chisel,
  • cheat.
  •seize (verb)
  • clutch,
  • hook,
  • hijack,
  • annex,
  • apprehend,
  • impound,
  • snag,
  • nab,
  • take possession of,
  • overpower,
  • overrun,
  • throttle,
  • kidnap,
  • appropriate,
  • claw,
  • gain,
  • grab,
  • bag,
  • catch,
  • nail,
  • incorporate,
  • overwhelm,
  • pounce,
  • capture,
  • ambush,
  • trap,
  • lift,
  • bust,
  • occupy,
  • usurp,
  • grasp,
  • carry off,
  • take by storm,
  • spirit away,
  • arrest,
  • snare,
  • take captive.
  •solicit (verb)
  • drum,
  • turn,
  • hawk,
  • resort,
  • promote,
  • seduce,
  • bum,
  • canvass,
  • approach,
  • go,
  • peddle,
  • refer,
  • hit on,
  • proposition,
  • touch,
  • sponge,
  • pass the hat,
  • come on to,
  • mooch,
  • tout,
  • seek,
  • cadge,
  • drum up,
  • panhandle,
  • steer,
  • bespeak.
  •tax (verb)
  • charge duty,
  • require contribution,
  • demand toll,
  • tithe,
  • exact tribute,
  • lay an impost.
  •wrench (verb)
  • dislodge,
  • distort,
  • screw,
  • bend,
  • tug,
  • contort,
  • dislocate,
  • sprain,
  • twist,
  • pervert,
  • rend,
  • tweak,
  • rip.
  •wrest (verb)
  • falsify,
  • wrestle.
  •wring (verb)
  • draw out,
  • compress,
  • strangle,
  • hurt,
  • pain.

Antonyms for Ex acting:

• adj.

  • ambitious
    weak, unassuming, calm, fulfilled, satisfied, facile, content.
  • assiduous
    lazy, indifferent, negligent, lethargic, neglectful.
  • austere
    encouraging, gentle, elaborate, indulgent, spending, extravagant, luxurious, meek, bland.
  • burdensome
    helping, Unburdensome, trivial, helpful, Aiding, Relieving.
  • captious
    flattering, complimentary, Commendatory, laudatory, praising.
  • careful
    questionable, uncareful, idiotic, rash, heedless, unconcerned, inconsiderate, reckless, foolish, irrational, unwise, incautious, indiscreet, unscrupulous, inattentive, false, lax, uncaring, thoughtless.
  • choosy
    undemanding, open, unfussy, unfastidious.
  • conscientious
    immoral, vulgar, uncritical, irresponsible, dishonest, corrupt, unjust, unconscientious.
  • critical
    unimportant.
  • demanding
    simple, nice, unchallenging, uncertain.
  • difficult
    uncomplicated, straightforward, effortless, plain, sociable, manageable, friendly.
  • exact
    imprecise, approximate, unreliable, incorrect, indefinite.
  • exacting
    careless, soft, inaccurate, lenient, inexact, mild, easy, flexible, easy-going, lending, loose, giving, tolerant, yielding.
  • exigent
    ordinary, usual.
  • exorbitant
    inexpensive, warranted, reasonable, low, good, cheap, sensible, moderate.
  • fastidious
    indiscriminating, uncouth.
  • hard
    happy, sympathetic, sensitive, light, malleable, doubtful, bright, kind, sunny, pliant, pliable, pleasant, disputable, merciful, cheerful, untrue.
  • imperious
    subservient, servile, democratic, humble, obedient, helpless, fawning.
  • nice
    bad, unlikable, horrible, rough, nasty, undiscriminating, coarse, disagreeable, unrefined, repulsive, sloppy, disordered, unmannerly, unpleasant.
  • occupying
    gone, Removing, leaving, boring, unexciting, unstimulating.
  • onerous
    common, temperate.
  • oppressive
    cool.
  • painstaking
    unenthusiastic, half-baked, unthorough, unmindful, half-done.
  • particular
    general, nonchalant.
  • pressing
    inessential, dull, optional, insignificant.
  • rigorous
    wrong, improper, unsuitable.
  • rugged
    flat, refined, even, small, tiny, level, smooth, sophisticated, courteous.
  • severe
    compromising, stupid, tender, peaceful, blunt, amenable, willing, slow.
  • squeamish
    ready, unpicky.
  • stiff
    graceful, casual, normal, informal.
  • strict
    tractable.
  • subtle
    hard, unsubtle, harsh, forthright, honest, noisy.
  • taxing
    untroubling.
  • tight
    wide, untroubled, comfortable, sober, unsealed, slack, definite.
  • tiresome
    stimulating, lively, active, fun, interesting, exciting, eventful.
  • tough
    wobbly, vulnerable, controllable, supple, unstable, fragile, delicate.
  • unfeeling
    concerned, caring, loving, feeling.
  • weighty
    solvable, inconsequential, unsubstantial, thin.

• v.

  • blackmail
    save.
  • call
    deny, dismiss, conceal, ignore, stop, disclaim, listen, refrain, cancel.
  • challenge
    decision, agreement, victory, dodge.
  • claim
    disbelieve, hide, desert, question, repudiate, forsake, quit, reject, abandon.
  • command
    encourage, leave, hinder, aid, allow, leave alone, retreat, neglect, veto, permit, prevent, serve, lose, approve, disallow, follow, give up, assist, countermand, obey, liberate, recall, refuse, consent, advance, start, mismanage, comply, oppose, submit, help, contradict, yield, revoke, ask, reverse, surrender.
  • compel
    delay, discourage, check, dissuade, obstruct, deter, halt, impede, block.
  • demand
    grant, please, exonerate, praise, supply, offer, present, reply, compliment.
  • elicit
    keep, supress, placate, cover, repress, soothe.
  • enforce
    drop, forego, disregard, forget, not finish, fail, miss, overlook, cease.
  • exact
    release, receive, answer, give, let go, free, disapprove.
  • extort
    unfasten, forfeit, loosen.
  • extract
    divide, plant, spread, add, disperse, misunderstand, fix, insert, put in, edit in.
  • fine
    compensate, award, reward, reimburse.
  • impose
    remove, disorder, displace.
  • inflict
    withhold, hold, take.
  • need
    do not want, not want, abjure, hate, have, dislike, despise.
  • require
    let off.
  • screw
    unscrew, untwist.
  • seize
    be immune, give in, pass.
  • solicit
    avoid.
  • tax
    unburden.
  • wrench
    idle, straighten.
  • wring
    assuage.