Definition for Hard:

• causing great damage or hardship; " industries hit hard by the depression"; " she was severely affected by the bank's failure"

Synonyms for Hard:

• adj.

  •adverse (adjective)
  • distressful,
  • grievous,
  • difficult,
  • inauspicious,
  • unlucky,
  • detrimental,
  • catastrophic,
  • perilous,
  • tragic,
  • unpropitious,
  • unfriendly,
  • disastrous,
  • antipathetic,
  • unfavorable,
  • burdensome,
  • calamitous,
  • woeful,
  • untoward,
  • unfortunate,
  • adverse,
  • opposing,
  • miserable.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • strenuous,
  • bothersome,
  • complex,
  • grinding,
  • wearisome,
  • stiff,
  • tight,
  • arduous,
  • finicky,
  • tricky,
  • contrary,
  • laborious,
  • wearying,
  • oppressive,
  • ticklish,
  • cumbersome,
  • severe,
  • cantankerous,
  • fussy,
  • wearing.
  •hard (adjective)
  • solid.
  •insensitive (adjective)
  • indifferent,
  • dispassionate,
  • cold-blooded,
  • hard-boiled,
  • stony,
  • aloof,
  • nonchalant,
  • numb,
  • detached,
  • passionless,
  • emotionless,
  • cool,
  • passive,
  • hardened,
  • unemotional,
  • blunt,
  • unconcerned,
  • objective,
  • apathetic.
  •intoxicating (adjective)
  • alcoholic.
  •obstinate (adjective)
  • obstinate.
  •rocklike (adjective)
  • set,
  • dense.
  •solid (adjective)
  • concrete,
  • substantial,
  • stable,
  • physical.
  •tenacious (adjective)
  • decisive,
  • resolute,
  • diligent,
  • bold,
  • spunky,
  • plucky,
  • steadfast,
  • indomitable,
  • flintlike,
  • true,
  • bullheaded,
  • dogged,
  • bulldogged,
  • insistent,
  • fervent,
  • persevering,
  • unflagging,
  • tenacious,
  • tireless,
  • dauntless,
  • headstrong,
  • staunch,
  • persistent,
  • enduring,
  • stubborn,
  • hearty,
  • indefatigable,
  • brave,
  • undaunted,
  • strong-willed,
  • courageous,
  • determined,
  • devoted,
  • faithful.

• adv.

  •in a fixed manner (adverb)
  • close.

• n.

  •
  • hard-bitten.
  •
  • grim.
  •
  • hardheaded.
  •
  • spirituous.
  •cruel (noun)
  • unrelenting.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • near,
  • hardy.
  •
  • hefty.
  •Other relevant words:
  • impervious,
  • pachydermatous,
  • grave,
  • stalwart,
  • poignant,
  • hardworking,
  • hardfisted,
  • hard to understand,
  • husky,
  • wicked,
  • tough grind,
  • stingy,
  • doughty,
  • cramp,
  • tightfisted,
  • stern,
  • astringent,
  • steep,
  • hard labor,
  • close to,
  • closefisted,
  • uncompromising,
  • energetic,
  • unbending,
  • crabbed,
  • unsparing,
  • with a kick,
  • hard work,
  • pungent,
  • hale,
  • calloused,
  • sturdy,
  • close upon,
  • ardent,
  • ungenerous,
  • strapping,
  • effortfully,
  • inured,
  • thick-skinned,
  • illiberal.

Paraphrases for Hard:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    strenuous, tough.
  • Proper noun, singular
    tough.
  • Interjection
    tough.
  • Verb, past tense
    tough.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    rock-hard, hard-fought, hard-hitting.
  • Noun, plural
    hardships.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    hardened, hard-drive, laborious, complicated, awkward, hard-copy, intense, hard-line, hard-working, daunting, bitter, stiff, worst, intensive, problematic, diligent, tricky, onerous, hard-won, assiduous, hard-earned, strict, stringent, industrious, hard-shelled, paper-based, considerable, stark, cumbersome, hardto, uphill, rigorous, demanding, brutal, relentless, iron-clad, impossible, burdensome, rugged, formidable, distressing, sharp, hard-pressed, straightforward, tireless, intractable, hawkish, expensive, dire.
  • Proper noun, singular
    constraints, procedures, enforcements, Gentlemen, facts, Les.
  • Noun, plural
    obstacles, Possibilities, informants, problems, boys, constraints.
  • Adverb
    harshly, intensively, diligently, tirelessly, strenuously, assiduously, heavily, relentlessly, seriously, intensely, energetically, earnestly, desperately, fiercely, tenaciously, painstakingly, actively, sorely, doggedly, forcefully, quite, stubbornly, gravely, aggressively.
  • Verb, past tense
    Persisted, spans, Lasted, Did, Killed, noted, Took, Acted, made, Got, complicated.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    happening, Having, trying, finding, facing, Obtaining, testing, coming, going, making, getting, daunting, demanding.
  • Verb, past participle
    Hampered, Challenged, constrained, Hindered, restricted, Encountered, found, impeded, faced, compounded, Prevented, Compromised, hardened, complicated.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    appears, reduces, limits, stands, remains, takes, makes.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    hardworking, hardness.
  • Proper noun, singular
    harder.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    harder.

Antonyms for Hard:

• adj.

  • all
    soft.
  • cruel, ruthless
    kind, bright, sunny, cheerful, gentle.
  • difficult, exhausting
    happy, unimportant, trivial, light.
  • rocklike
    flexible, facile, simple, mild, yielding, doubtful, sympathetic, untrue, questionable, delicate, disputable, weak, easy, nice, inexact.
  • true, indisputable
    unsure.
  • Other antonyms:
    implausible, nonsensical, embroidered, fallacious, fabulous, doable, pretend, responsive, lessened, fictitious, benignant, toned, merciful, manageable, peaceful, patient, puny, incapacitated, warmhearted, relaxing, warm, pliable, reposeful, permeable, alleviated, fresh, undocumented, exaggerated, thin, worn-out, Unreasoned, mindless, invalid, nonalcoholic, adjustable, diminished, crippled, subservient, compromising, mortal, unauthentic, variable, sweet, forbearing, hospitable, qualified, tolerant, obedient, cordial, worn, unsteady, bendable, lenient, luxurious, placable, tractable, hypothetical, agreeable, slavish, eased, benevolent, friendly, unsound, undemanding, flickery, fluctuating, flimsy, temporary, uninformed, illogical, comforting, docile, transient, unpredictable, mutable, strict, forgiving, trifling, accepting, volatile, persuadable, governable, restful, compliant, diffuse, subdued, mythical, nonindulgent, fanciful, affectionate, resistless, willing, chimerical, changeable, scattered, indefinite, open-ended, good-natured, good-tempered, slight, reduced, nonfactual, misguided, diseased, imagined, legendary, sensitive, acquiescent, genial, fictionalized, unstable, susceptible, pliant, achievable, moderated, negotiable, theoretical, irrational, speculative, unsupportable, exhausted, caring, inconstant, unspecified, bearable, porous, gracious, changeful, tenderhearted, temperate, insupportable, accessible, fictional, tolerable, softhearted, unresistant, fantastic, imaginary, unbitter, emasculated, kindly, complaisant, unconvincing, laid-back, submissive, apocryphal, nonrational, vulnerable, complying, calm, uncertain, loving, moderate, decreased, mercurial, unsettled, false, perishable, capricious, amenable, malleable, kindhearted, receptive, fond, diffused, reasonable, invented, endurable, clear, made-up, unjustified, pleasant, temperamental, airy.

• adv.

  • with great force
    lightly, gently, indulgently, moderately, easily, softly, unfixedly, tolerantly, unenthusiastically.

Homophones for Hard:

• hear out, heard, hurried, hired, heredity, hardy, Herat, heyward, harrod, Haired, hard wheat, harte, harried, hardheaded, hirohito, hairy root, hearth, heart, hairdo, hart, hire out, hard hat, hirudo, heartwood, herod, hrt, hair dye, herd, horde, haredi, horta, hearty, HAART, horrid, hoard, herewith, hardihood, hurt, hardwood, hertha, haworth, howard.