What is another word for hard?
1932 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈɑːd], [ hˈɑːd], [ h_ˈɑː_d]
The word "hard" is a commonly used adjective in the English language to describe something that is difficult or requires a lot of effort to accomplish. However, there are numerous synonyms for this word that can be used to convey the same meaning. Some of these synonyms include challenging, tough, arduous, laborious, strenuous, demanding, rigorous, and grueling. Each of these words carries a slightly different connotation and may be more appropriate to use in particular contexts. For example, "challenging" might be used to describe a difficult task that requires problem-solving skills, while "grueling" might be reserved for physical exertion that is both difficult and exhausting. By using these synonyms, writers can add variety and depth to their language, making their writing more interesting and engaging to readers.
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Similar words for hard:
- adverse (adjective)
- bony (adjective)
- certain (adjective)
- complicated (adjective)
- contemptuous (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- dense (adjective)
- difficult (adjective)
- dry (adjective)
- exigent (adjective)
- flinty (adjective)
- hard (adjective)
- heavy (adjective)
- heightened (adjective)
- inarguable (adjective)
- indigestible (adjective)
- insensitive (adjective)
- intensive (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- metallic (adjective)
- no-nonsense (adjective)
- obstinate (adjective)
- ossified (adjective)
- painful (adjective)
- positive (adjective)
- recondite (adjective)
- resentful (adjective)
- rocklike (adjective)
- rocky (adjective)
- rough (adjective)
- serious (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- solid (adjective)
- stonyhearted (adjective)
- strong (adjective)
- tenacious (adjective)
- thick (adjective)
- unsparing (adjective)
- Herculean (adjective)
- actual (adjective)
- alcoholic (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- ambitious (adjective)
- austere (adjective)
- bare (adjective)
- bitter (adjective)
- bleak (adjective)
- brassy (adjective)
- brutal (adjective)
- callous (adjective)
- cold-hearted (adjective)
- compact (adjective)
- concentrated (adjective)
- cruel (adjective)
- crusty (adjective)
- demanding (adjective)
- disturbing (adjective)
- dour (adjective)
- down-to-earth (adjective)
- effortful (adjective)
- exacting (adjective)
- factual (adjective)
- firm (adjective)
- formidable (adjective)
- genuine (adjective)
- grueling (adjective)
- hard-nosed/hardheaded (adjective)
- hardheaded (adjective)
- hardhearted (adjective)
- harsh (adjective)
- impenetrable (adjective)
- inalterable (adjective)
- incompressible (adjective)
- incontestable (adjective)
- inexorable (adjective)
- inflexible (adjective)
- intense (adjective)
- intricate (adjective)
- knockabout (adjective)
- knotty (adjective)
- labored (adjective)
- merciless (adjective)
- moistureless (adjective)
- obdurate (adjective)
- onerous (adjective)
- operose (adjective)
- powerful, strong (adjective)
- pragmatical (adjective)
- profound (adjective)
- puzzling (adjective)
- rancorous (adjective)
- raw (adjective)
- relentless (adjective)
- remorseless (adjective)
- rigid (adjective)
- rigorous (adjective)
- ruthless (adjective)
- servile (adjective)
- slavish (adjective)
- stale (adjective)
- stern (adjective)
- sticky (adjective)
- stiff (adjective)
- stout (adjective)
- strenuous (adjective)
- strict (adjective)
- stringent (adjective)
- tall (adjective)
- thorny (adjective)
- tough (adjective)
- troublesome (adjective)
- true, indisputable (adjective)
- true-life (adjective)
- trying (adjective)
- uncomfortable (adjective)
- uncompassionate (adjective)
- undisputable (adjective)
- unfeeling (adjective)
- unforgiving (adjective)
- unmerciful (adjective)
- unperfected (adjective)
- unpitying (adjective)
- unromantic (adjective)
- unsettling (adjective)
- unstirred (adjective)
- unsympathetic (adjective)
- unyielding (adjective)
- uphill (adjective)
- upsetting (adjective)
- utilitarian (adjective)
- badly (adverb)
- fast (adverb)
- powerfully (adverb)
- severely (adverb)
- with determination (adverb)
- bang (adverb)
- closely (adverb)
- fiercely (adverb)
- firmly (adverb)
- laboriously (adverb)
- lowly (adverb)
- mightily (adverb)
- nearby (adverb)
- thoroughly (adverb)
- with difficulty (adverb)
- with great force (adverb)
- with resentment (adverb)
- al dente (noun)
- awkward (noun)
- baffling (noun)
- busily (noun)
- calculating (noun)
- calculative (noun)
- callous (noun)
- catchy (noun)
- challenging (noun)
- conniving (noun)
- corneous (noun)
- erect (noun)
- fermented (noun)
- fractious (noun)
- granitelike (noun)
- granitic (noun)
- gruelling (noun)
- hard-fought (noun)
- hornlike (noun)
- intemperate (noun)
- intemperately (noun)
- knockout (noun)
- labourious (noun)
- lignified (noun)
- marmoreal (noun)
- marmorean (noun)
- nasty (noun)
- petrified (noun)
- plosive (noun)
- problematic (noun)
- problematical (noun)
- rock (noun)
- scheming (noun)
- semihard (noun)
- slatey (noun)
- slaty (noun)
- soured (noun)
- tumid (noun)
- unenviable (noun)
- unkind (noun)
- unpadded (noun)
- velar (noun)
- vexed (noun)
- woody (noun)
Synonyms for Hard:
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adj.
• adverse- adverse ,
- antipathetic ,
- burdensome ,
- calamitous ,
- catastrophic ,
- detrimental ,
- difficult ,
- disastrous ,
- distressful ,
- grievous ,
- inauspicious ,
- miserable ,
- opposing ,
- perilous ,
- tragic ,
- unfavorable ,
- unfortunate ,
- unfriendly ,
- unlucky ,
- unpropitious ,
- untoward ,
- woeful .
- arduous ,
- bothersome ,
- cantankerous ,
- complex ,
- contrary ,
- cumbersome ,
- finicky ,
- fussy ,
- grinding ,
- laborious ,
- oppressive ,
- severe ,
- stiff ,
- strenuous ,
- ticklish ,
- tight ,
- tricky ,
- wearing ,
- wearisome ,
- wearying ,
- puzzling .
- Droughty ,
- Moistureless ,
- Unmoistened ,
- desiccant ,
- dried up ,
- dried-up ,
- juiceless ,
- not irrigated ,
- rainless ,
- sapless ,
- searer ,
- waterless ,
- evaporated ,
- thirsty .
- Imperceptive ,
- aloof ,
- apathetic ,
- blunt ,
- cold-blooded ,
- cool ,
- detached ,
- dispassionate ,
- emotionless ,
- feelingless ,
- hard-boiled ,
- hardened ,
- indifferent ,
- insusceptible ,
- nonchalant ,
- numb ,
- objective ,
- passionless ,
- passive ,
- stony ,
- unconcerned ,
- unemotional .
- extremely bad ,
- smarting ,
- in flamed ,
- in-flamed ,
- more hurting ,
- more saddening ,
- more throbbing ,
- most saddening ,
- most throbbing .
- Lapidarian ,
- bouldered ,
- lithic ,
- pebbly ,
- petrous ,
- rock-ribbed ,
- rockbound ,
- rocklike ,
- stonelike ,
- Impassible .
- no joke ,
- no laughing matter ,
- of consequence ,
- out for blood ,
- smoking ,
- sobering ,
- strictly business ,
- unamusing ,
- unhumorous ,
- feller ,
- playing hard ball .
- bold ,
- brave ,
- bulldogged ,
- bullheaded ,
- courageous ,
- dauntless ,
- decisive ,
- determined ,
- devoted ,
- diligent ,
- dogged ,
- enduring ,
- faithful ,
- fervent ,
- flintlike ,
- headstrong ,
- hearty ,
- indefatigable ,
- indomitable ,
- insistent ,
- obstinate ,
- persevering ,
- persistent ,
- plucky ,
- resolute ,
- spunky ,
- staunch ,
- steadfast ,
- strong-willed ,
- stubborn ,
- tenacious ,
- tireless ,
- true ,
- undaunted ,
- unflagging .
- de finite ,
- de-finite ,
- harder ,
- honest god ,
- honest injun ,
- in disputable ,
- in dubitable ,
- in-disputable ,
- in-dubitable ,
- more concrete ,
- more substantive ,
- most certain ,
- most substantive ,
- un deniable ,
- un questionable ,
- un-deniable ,
- un-questionable .
- dis tilled ,
- dis-tilled ,
- more brewed ,
- more distilled ,
- more fermented ,
- more inebriant ,
- more inebriating ,
- more sprituous ,
- more vinous ,
- most brewed ,
- most distilled ,
- most fermented ,
- most inebriant ,
- most inebriating ,
- most sprituous ,
- most vinous .
- hard .
- meager ,
- more unornamented ,
- most unornamented ,
- un embellished ,
- un ornamented ,
- un-embellished ,
- un-ornamented ,
- unembellished .
- dis agreeable ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis tasteful ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- dis-tasteful ,
- galling ,
- in temperate ,
- in-temperate ,
- un palatable ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-palatable ,
- un-pleasant .
- dis heartening ,
- dis-heartening ,
- drearer ,
- drearest ,
- funereal ,
- gloomy ,
- hopeless ,
- more disheartening ,
- more unpromising ,
- most disheartening ,
- most unpromising ,
- sad ,
- un promising ,
- un-promising .
- in solent ,
- in-solent ,
- insolent ,
- jarring ,
- loudmouthed ,
- more overbold ,
- most overbold ,
- over bold ,
- over-bold ,
- shameless ,
- un abashed ,
- un blushing ,
- un-abashed ,
- un-blushing .
- case hardened ,
- cold blooded ,
- hard bitten ,
- hard boiled ,
- impassive ,
- in different ,
- in sensate ,
- in sensible ,
- in sentient ,
- in-different ,
- in-sensate ,
- in-sensible ,
- in-sentient ,
- more case hardened ,
- more case-hardened ,
- more casehardened ,
- more indurated ,
- more inured ,
- more toughened ,
- most case hardened ,
- most case-hardened ,
- most casehardened ,
- most indurated ,
- most inured ,
- most toughened ,
- thick skinned ,
- thickskinned ,
- un affected ,
- un bending ,
- un caring ,
- un concerned ,
- un impressionable ,
- un responsive ,
- un susceptible ,
- un-affected ,
- un-bending ,
- un-caring ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-impressionable ,
- un-responsive ,
- un-susceptible .
- cold hearted ,
- hard hearted ,
- more hard hearted ,
- more hard-hearted ,
- more stony hearted ,
- more stony-hearted ,
- more unloving ,
- most hard hearted ,
- most hard-hearted ,
- most stony hearted ,
- most stony-hearted ,
- most unloving ,
- un emotional ,
- un friendlier ,
- un friendliest ,
- un friendly ,
- un kind ,
- un kinder ,
- un kindest ,
- un loving ,
- un-emotional ,
- un-friendlier ,
- un-friendliest ,
- un-friendly ,
- un-kind ,
- un-kinder ,
- un-kindest ,
- un-loving .
- de generate ,
- de-generate ,
- in humane ,
- in-humane ,
- monstrous ,
- more brutish ,
- more demoniac ,
- more evil ,
- most brutish ,
- most demoniac ,
- re vengeful ,
- re-vengeful ,
- un natural ,
- un-natural .
- crispier ,
- crispiest ,
- more well baked ,
- more well done ,
- more well-baked ,
- more well-done ,
- more wellbaked ,
- more welldone ,
- most well baked ,
- most well done ,
- most well-baked ,
- most well-done ,
- most wellbaked ,
- most welldone ,
- well baked ,
- well done ,
- well-baked ,
- well-done ,
- wellbaked ,
- welldone .
- de pressing ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis composing ,
- dis concerting ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-concerting ,
- embarrassing ,
- fore boding ,
- fore-boding ,
- impeding ,
- more agitating ,
- more discommoding ,
- more discomposing ,
- more disconcerting ,
- more foreboding ,
- more impeding ,
- more troubling ,
- most agitating ,
- most discommoding ,
- most discomposing ,
- most disconcerting ,
- most foreboding ,
- most impeding ,
- most troubling ,
- troubling .
- matter-of-fact ,
- more unfantastic ,
- more unidealistic ,
- more unsentimental ,
- most unfantastic ,
- most unidealistic ,
- most unsentimental ,
- plainspoken ,
- un fantastic ,
- un idealistic ,
- un sentimental ,
- un-fantastic ,
- un-idealistic ,
- un-sentimental .
- by book ,
- ex acting ,
- ex-acting ,
- hyper critical ,
- hyper-critical ,
- more nit picking ,
- more nit-picking ,
- most nit picking ,
- most nit-picking ,
- nit picking .
- card carrying ,
- cardcarrying ,
- ex act ,
- ex-act ,
- more card carrying ,
- more card-carrying ,
- more cardcarrying ,
- more sure enough ,
- more sure-enough ,
- more sureenough ,
- more true to life ,
- more true-to-life ,
- most card carrying ,
- most card-carrying ,
- most cardcarrying ,
- most sure enough ,
- most sure-enough ,
- most sureenough ,
- most true to life ,
- most true-to-life ,
- on level ,
- righteous ,
- straight from horse mouth ,
- straight from horses mouth ,
- sureenough ,
- un adorned ,
- un biased ,
- un doubted ,
- un-adorned ,
- un-doubted ,
- unadorned .
- close grained ,
- closegrained ,
- fine grained ,
- finegrained ,
- in elastic ,
- in-elastic ,
- more close grained ,
- more close-grained ,
- more closegrained ,
- more congealed ,
- more fine grained ,
- more fine-grained ,
- more finegrained ,
- more jelled ,
- more nonporous ,
- more solidified ,
- most close grained ,
- most close-grained ,
- most closegrained ,
- most congealed ,
- most fine grained ,
- most fine-grained ,
- most finegrained ,
- most jelled ,
- most nonporous ,
- most solidified ,
- non porous ,
- non-porous .
- allpowerful ,
- dis maying ,
- dis-maying ,
- mightiest ,
- more all powerful ,
- more all-powerful ,
- more allpowerful ,
- more ballbuster ,
- more dismaying ,
- more murder ,
- most all powerful ,
- most all-powerful ,
- most allpowerful ,
- most ballbuster ,
- most dismaying ,
- most murder ,
- over powering ,
- over-powering ,
- puissant ,
- staggering .
- honest to goodness ,
- honest-to-goodness ,
- in flesh ,
- in the flesh ,
- more -carat ,
- more authenticated ,
- more carat ,
- more certified ,
- more honest to goodness ,
- more honest-to-goodness ,
- more unalloyed ,
- most -carat ,
- most authenticated ,
- most carat ,
- most certified ,
- most honest to goodness ,
- most honest-to-goodness ,
- most unalloyed ,
- real stuff ,
- un adulterated ,
- un alloyed ,
- un impeachable ,
- un varnished ,
- un-adulterated ,
- un-alloyed ,
- un-impeachable ,
- un-varnished .
- hard nosed ,
- in tractable ,
- in-tractable ,
- more tough nut ,
- more tough-nut ,
- more toughnut ,
- most tough nut ,
- most toughnut ,
- re solute ,
- re-solute ,
- toughnut .
- dis agreeing ,
- dis courteous ,
- dis sonant ,
- dis-agreeing ,
- dis-courteous ,
- dis-sonant ,
- hardshell ,
- in compatible ,
- in-compatible ,
- more asperous ,
- more caterwauling ,
- more clashing ,
- more creaking ,
- more cussed ,
- more jangling ,
- more out of key ,
- more out of tune ,
- more out-of-key ,
- more out-of-tune ,
- more screeching ,
- more stridulous ,
- more tuneless ,
- more unlevel ,
- more unmelodious ,
- most asperous ,
- most caterwauling ,
- most clashing ,
- most creaking ,
- most cussed ,
- most jangling ,
- most out of key ,
- most out of tune ,
- most out-of-key ,
- most out-of-tune ,
- most screeching ,
- most stridulous ,
- most tuneless ,
- most unlevel ,
- most unmelodious ,
- off key ,
- offkey ,
- out of key ,
- un even ,
- un gracious ,
- un level ,
- un melodious ,
- un musical ,
- un-even ,
- un-gracious ,
- un-level ,
- un-melodious ,
- un-musical ,
- unmusical .
- hermetic ,
- in violable ,
- in-violable ,
- more bulletproof ,
- more unpiercable ,
- most bulletproof ,
- most unpiercable .
- bound determined ,
- in escapable ,
- in exorable ,
- in-escapable ,
- in-exorable ,
- like death taxes ,
- set stone ,
- single minded ,
- un appeasable ,
- un compromising ,
- un movable ,
- un-appeasable ,
- un-compromising ,
- un-movable .
- Immalleable ,
- Unswayable ,
- dyed in the wool ,
- hard and fast ,
- in flexible ,
- in-flexible ,
- more immalleable ,
- more impliable ,
- more nonflexible ,
- more starched ,
- more unadaptable ,
- more unswayable ,
- most immalleable ,
- most impliable ,
- most nonflexible ,
- most starched ,
- most unadaptable ,
- most unswayable ,
- non flexible ,
- non-flexible ,
- set in one ways ,
- set in ones ways ,
- set in ways ,
- set one ways ,
- set one's ways ,
- set ones ways ,
- set ways ,
- stand ground ,
- stand one ground ,
- stand ones ground ,
- taut ,
- un adaptable ,
- un changeable ,
- un compliant ,
- un swayable ,
- un-adaptable ,
- un-changeable ,
- un-compliant ,
- un-swayable .
- all consuming ,
- allconsuming ,
- extra-ordinary ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in tensest ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more all consuming ,
- more all-consuming ,
- more allconsuming ,
- more intensified ,
- most all consuming ,
- most all-consuming ,
- most allconsuming ,
- most intensified ,
- un due ,
- un duer ,
- un duest ,
- un-due ,
- un-duer ,
- un-duest .
- hightech ,
- more daedal ,
- more high tech ,
- more high-tech ,
- more hightech ,
- most daedal ,
- most high tech ,
- most high-tech ,
- most hightech ,
- tangled .
- Nodulous ,
- mazier ,
- maziest ,
- more nodulous ,
- more ramified ,
- more reticular ,
- most nodulous ,
- most ramified ,
- most reticular ,
- mystifying ,
- reticular .
- dog eat dog ,
- having killer instinct ,
- iron fisted ,
- more iron fisted ,
- more iron-fisted ,
- more ironfisted ,
- most iron fisted ,
- most iron-fisted ,
- most ironfisted ,
- un flinching ,
- un-flinching ,
- uncalledfor .
- more bullhead ,
- more indurate ,
- more stiff necked ,
- more stiff-necked ,
- more stiffnecked ,
- more unimpressible ,
- most bullhead ,
- most indurate ,
- most stiff necked ,
- most stiff-necked ,
- most stiffnecked ,
- most unimpressible ,
- stiff necked ,
- stiffnecked ,
- tough nut crack ,
- un cooperative ,
- un impressible ,
- un shakable ,
- un-cooperative ,
- un-impressible ,
- un-shakable .
- more embittering ,
- more headache ,
- more overtaxing ,
- more plodding ,
- most embittering ,
- most headache ,
- most overtaxing ,
- most plodding ,
- over taxing ,
- over-taxing .
- deep seated ,
- deepseated ,
- ex tensive ,
- far reaching ,
- farreaching ,
- pro found ,
- pro founder ,
- pro-found ,
- pro-founder .
- be wildering ,
- be-wildering ,
- in comprehensible ,
- in explicable ,
- in-explicable ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more bewildering ,
- most bewildering ,
- sur prising ,
- sur-prising ,
- un accountable ,
- un clear ,
- un clearest ,
- un fathomable ,
- un-clear ,
- un-clearest .
- Unfashioned ,
- more rough hewn ,
- more rough-hewn ,
- more roughhewn ,
- more unbaked ,
- more undercooked ,
- more unfashioned ,
- more ungraded ,
- more unpasteurized ,
- more unsorted ,
- more untreated ,
- most rough hewn ,
- most rough-hewn ,
- most roughhewn ,
- most unbaked ,
- most undercooked ,
- most unfashioned ,
- most ungraded ,
- most unpasteurized ,
- most unsorted ,
- most untreated ,
- rough hewn ,
- rough-hewn ,
- un baked ,
- un cooked ,
- un dressed ,
- un fashioned ,
- un formed ,
- un fried ,
- un frieder ,
- un friedest ,
- un graded ,
- un pasteurized ,
- un prepared ,
- un processed ,
- un refined ,
- un ripe ,
- un riper ,
- un ripest ,
- un sorted ,
- un stained ,
- un treated ,
- un-baked ,
- un-cooked ,
- un-dressed ,
- un-fashioned ,
- un-formed ,
- un-fried ,
- un-frieder ,
- un-friedest ,
- un-graded ,
- un-pasteurized ,
- un-prepared ,
- un-processed ,
- un-refined ,
- un-ripe ,
- un-riper ,
- un-ripest ,
- un-sorted ,
- un-stained ,
- un-treated ,
- uncooked ,
- under cooked ,
- under done ,
- under-cooked ,
- under-done ,
- unfried ,
- unfrieder ,
- unfriedest ,
- unprocessed ,
- untreated .
- hangtough ,
- more hang tough ,
- more hang-tough ,
- more hangtough ,
- more undeviating ,
- more unstoppable ,
- most hang tough ,
- most hang-tough ,
- most hangtough ,
- most undeviating ,
- most unstoppable ,
- stop at nothing ,
- stop nothing ,
- un deviating ,
- un stoppable ,
- un-deviating ,
- un-stoppable ,
- unstoppable .
- more uncontrite ,
- more unregenerate ,
- more unrepenting ,
- most uncontrite ,
- most unregenerate ,
- most unrepenting ,
- remorseless ,
- un contrite ,
- un regenerate ,
- un remitting ,
- un repenting ,
- un-contrite ,
- un-remitting ,
- un-repenting .
- hardline ,
- in compliant ,
- in variable ,
- in-compliant ,
- in-variable ,
- more chiseled ,
- more unpermissive ,
- most chiseled ,
- most unpermissive ,
- strait laced ,
- un breakable ,
- un changing ,
- un moving ,
- un permissive ,
- un-breakable ,
- un-changing ,
- un-moving ,
- un-permissive ,
- unbreakable ,
- unpermissive .
- bondest ,
- de pendent ,
- de-pendent ,
- groveling ,
- imitative ,
- sub missive ,
- un inspired ,
- un original ,
- un-inspired ,
- un-original .
- fusty ,
- in sipid ,
- in-sipid ,
- more reeking ,
- more zestless ,
- most reeking ,
- most zestless ,
- re eking ,
- re-eking ,
- stenchier ,
- stenchiest .
- energy consuming ,
- energyconsuming ,
- more energy consuming ,
- more energy-consuming ,
- more energyconsuming ,
- more toilful ,
- most energy consuming ,
- most energy-consuming ,
- most energyconsuming ,
- most toilful .
- brickwall ,
- more brick wall ,
- more brick-wall ,
- more brickwall ,
- more confining ,
- more drawing ,
- most brick wall ,
- most brick-wall ,
- most brickwall ,
- most confining ,
- most drawing .
- embellished ,
- more embellished ,
- most embellished ,
- over blown ,
- over-blown ,
- un believable ,
- un-believable .
- hard shelled ,
- hardshelled ,
- more cohesive ,
- more hard shelled ,
- more hard-shelled ,
- more hardshelled ,
- more molded ,
- more ruffianly ,
- more steeled ,
- more withstanding ,
- most cohesive ,
- most hard shelled ,
- most hard-shelled ,
- most hardshelled ,
- most molded ,
- most ruffianly ,
- most steeled ,
- most withstanding ,
- no piece cake ,
- no piece of cake ,
- un controllable ,
- un-controllable ,
- with standing ,
- with-standing .
- dis quieting ,
- dis-quieting ,
- in convenient ,
- in festive ,
- in-convenient ,
- in-festive ,
- more infestive ,
- more vexing ,
- most infestive ,
- most vexing ,
- un-governable .
- ex asperating ,
- ex-asperating ,
- more aggravating ,
- more exasperating ,
- more stressful ,
- most aggravating ,
- most exasperating ,
- most stressful ,
- pro vocative ,
- pro-vocative .
- ill fitting ,
- illfitting ,
- in commodious ,
- in-commodious ,
- more ill fitting ,
- more ill-fitting ,
- more illfitting ,
- more torturing ,
- most ill fitting ,
- most ill-fitting ,
- most illfitting ,
- most torturing ,
- torturing ,
- un comfortable ,
- un-comfortable .
- Iron-hearted ,
- be numbed ,
- be-numbed ,
- in animate ,
- in-animate ,
- iron hearted ,
- more anesthetized ,
- more deadened ,
- more iron hearted ,
- more iron-hearted ,
- more ironhearted ,
- more sensationless ,
- more unamiable ,
- more uncordial ,
- most anesthetized ,
- most deadened ,
- most iron hearted ,
- most iron-hearted ,
- most ironhearted ,
- most sensationless ,
- most unamiable ,
- most uncordial ,
- un amiable ,
- un cordial ,
- un feeling ,
- un-amiable ,
- un-cordial ,
- un-feeling .
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• badly • fast • powerfully • severely • with determination- Untiringly ,
- diligently ,
- doggedly ,
- exhaustively ,
- industriously ,
- intensively ,
- persistently ,
- searchingly ,
- steadily .
- by skin of one teeth ,
- by skin of one's teeth ,
- by skin of ones teeth ,
- by skin of teeth ,
- by skin one teeth ,
- by skin one's teeth ,
- by skin ones teeth ,
- by skin teeth ,
- by the skin of one teeth ,
- by the skin of ones teeth ,
- by the skin of teeth ,
- by the skin one teeth ,
- by the skin one's teeth ,
- by the skin ones teeth ,
- by the skin teeth ,
- heedfully ,
- intimately ,
- jointly ,
- meticulously ,
- nearly ,
- similarly .
- in frenzy ,
- like cats dogs ,
- no holds barred ,
- riotously ,
- savagely ,
- terribly ,
- tooth nail ,
- un controllably ,
- un-controllably ,
- viciously .
- might main ,
- with all one strength ,
- with all ones strength ,
- with all strength ,
- with one strength ,
- with one's strength ,
- with ones strength ,
- with strength .
- efficiently ,
- from a z ,
- from to z ,
- from top bottom ,
- from z ,
- in out ,
- through through ,
- up and down ,
- up down .
- Unwieldily ,
- agonizingly ,
- arduously ,
- awkwardly ,
- burdensomely ,
- carefully ,
- cumbersomely ,
- cumbrously ,
- distressingly ,
- exhaustingly ,
- gruelingly ,
- hardly ,
- harshly ,
- inconveniently ,
- ponderously ,
- tiredly ,
- toilsomely ,
- with great effort .
- actively ,
- angrily ,
- animatedly ,
- boisterously ,
- briskly ,
- brutally ,
- cruelly ,
- earnestly ,
- frantically ,
- furiously ,
- heavily ,
- intensely ,
- like fury ,
- meanly ,
- painfully ,
- relentlessly ,
- roughly ,
- rowdily ,
- seriously ,
- sharply ,
- spiritedly ,
- sprightly ,
- strongly ,
- uproariously ,
- urgently ,
- violently ,
- vivaciously ,
- wildly ,
- with all one's might .
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- authentic ,
- definitely .
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- excite ,
- tough-minded .
Other synonyms:
- drizzly ,
- excess ,
- in all weather(s) ,
- moist ,
- rainy ,
- showery ,
- two-fisted ,
- unsettled .
- acrimonious ,
- embittered ,
- love ,
- rancorous ,
- resentful ,
- virulent .
- certain ,
- inarguable ,
- incontestable ,
- incontrovertible ,
- indisputable ,
- indubitable ,
- irrefutable ,
- positive ,
- sure ,
- undeniable ,
- undisputable ,
- unquestionable .
- sharp .
- abusive ,
- black ,
- chilling ,
- closely ,
- colonial ,
- depend on ,
- devilish ,
- disagreeable ,
- down-to-earth ,
- emotional ,
- energetically ,
- exacting ,
- fiercely ,
- forcefully ,
- forcibly ,
- freezing ,
- frost ,
- frosted ,
- frosty ,
- generous ,
- horrible ,
- incompressible ,
- infernal ,
- iron ,
- nigh ,
- permanent ,
- powerful ,
- powerfully ,
- pragmatic ,
- prosaic ,
- realistic ,
- rime ,
- rock-solid ,
- rude ,
- saline ,
- sick ,
- slimy ,
- solidity ,
- strenuously ,
- unappetizing ,
- uncomfortable ,
- unpalatable ,
- vigorously ,
- wooden .
- evil ,
- exigent ,
- grim ,
- hardheaded ,
- hardy ,
- matter of fact ,
- nagging ,
- nameless ,
- near ,
- nearby ,
- practical ,
- precision ,
- rotten ,
- watery .
- crisp .
- awful ,
- sensitivity .
- great .
Other relevant words:
• alcoholic
• closely
• compact
• confection
• cruel
• disquieting
• grain
• harsh
• heartless
• inedible
• inflexible
• noun
- Casehardened ,
- alcoholic ,
- ardent ,
- astringent ,
- at close quarters ,
- austere ,
- callous ,
- calloused ,
- close ,
- close to ,
- close upon ,
- closefisted ,
- crabbed ,
- cramp ,
- cruel ,
- doughty ,
- effortfully ,
- energetic ,
- grave ,
- hale ,
- hard labor ,
- hard to understand ,
- hard work ,
- hard-bitten ,
- hardfisted ,
- hardworking ,
- heavy ,
- husky ,
- illiberal ,
- impervious ,
- inclement ,
- inexorable ,
- inflexible ,
- inured ,
- mean ,
- pachydermatous ,
- poignant ,
- pungent ,
- relentless ,
- rigorous ,
- stalwart ,
- steep ,
- stern ,
- stingy ,
- stout ,
- strapping ,
- stringent ,
- sturdy ,
- thick-skinned ,
- tightfisted ,
- tough grind ,
- unbending ,
- uncompromising ,
- ungenerous ,
- unsparing ,
- wicked ,
- with a kick .
- long .
- wood .
- Asperous ,
- Bonder ,
- Daedal ,
- Enervative ,
- Hard-hearted ,
- Impliable ,
- Infestive ,
- Iron-fisted ,
- Starched ,
- Stenchy ,
- Stickling ,
- Stridulous ,
- Toilful ,
- Unamiable ,
- Unbaked ,
- Unimpressible ,
- Unrepenting ,
- a bit much ,
- absurdly ,
- actual ,
- all-consuming ,
- all-powerful ,
- ambitious ,
- anesthetized ,
- appressed ,
- aversive ,
- backbreaker ,
- backbreaking ,
- ballbuster ,
- bare ,
- begruding ,
- beyond one ,
- blind to ,
- bone dry ,
- bony ,
- boresome ,
- brassy ,
- brick wall ,
- brick-wall ,
- brutal ,
- brutish ,
- bulletproof ,
- bullhead ,
- by numbers ,
- by the book ,
- carat ,
- card-carrying ,
- case-hardened ,
- close-grained ,
- coldblooded ,
- coldhearted ,
- commonsense ,
- compact ,
- complicated ,
- concentrated ,
- contemptuous ,
- crispy ,
- crusty ,
- dead set ,
- dead set on ,
- deaf to ,
- deep ,
- deeply felt ,
- deliriously ,
- demanding ,
- dementedly ,
- demoniac ,
- devotedly ,
- distractedly ,
- dragger ,
- drear ,
- dry ,
- energy-consuming ,
- extra ordinary ,
- fine-grained ,
- firm ,
- for real ,
- formidable ,
- genuine ,
- go for broke ,
- grueling ,
- hang in ,
- hang-tough ,
- hard as nails ,
- hard core ,
- hard line ,
- hard shell ,
- hard-shelled ,
- hardbitten ,
- hardboiled ,
- hardhearted ,
- hardnosed ,
- harsh ,
- having a killer instinct ,
- head ache ,
- head-strong ,
- heartless ,
- heavy sledding ,
- hell bent on ,
- high tech ,
- high-tech ,
- ho hum ,
- ho-hum ,
- hohum ,
- hysterically ,
- ill-fitting ,
- inalterable ,
- inebriant ,
- inhumane ,
- insensitive ,
- intense ,
- intensive ,
- intricate ,
- ironfisted ,
- ironhanded ,
- ironhearted ,
- knotty ,
- labored ,
- large order ,
- like death and taxes ,
- like mad ,
- locked in ,
- madly ,
- mazy ,
- mean machine ,
- merciless ,
- metallic ,
- more rapidly ,
- naturalistic ,
- nit-picking ,
- no going back ,
- no picnic ,
- no-nonsense ,
- nonflexible ,
- nonporous ,
- nonsensically ,
- not smooth ,
- nowhere ,
- obdurate ,
- onerous ,
- out of tune ,
- out-of-key ,
- out-of-tune ,
- over-wrought ,
- overbold ,
- overtaxing ,
- painful ,
- perturbing ,
- pragmatical ,
- profound ,
- psychotically ,
- punishing ,
- raw ,
- recondite ,
- rigid ,
- rocky ,
- rough ,
- rough go ,
- ruffianly ,
- rugged ,
- ruthless ,
- scratchy ,
- sensationless ,
- senselessly ,
- serious ,
- set in one's ways ,
- set in stone ,
- sinewy ,
- singleminded ,
- something fierce ,
- sprituous ,
- squawky ,
- stale ,
- stand one's ground ,
- sticky ,
- stiff-necked ,
- straight from horse's mouth ,
- stressful ,
- strong ,
- sure enough ,
- sure-enough ,
- tall ,
- tall order ,
- thorny ,
- tiresome ,
- to distraction ,
- toilsome ,
- tough ,
- tough as nails ,
- tough going ,
- tough nut ,
- tough nut to crack ,
- tough proposition ,
- tough-nut ,
- troublesome ,
- troublous ,
- true to life ,
- true-life ,
- true-to-life ,
- trying ,
- tuneless ,
- un-regenerate ,
- unadaptable ,
- unalloyed ,
- uncompassionate ,
- uncontrite ,
- uncool ,
- uncordial ,
- undercooked ,
- undeviating ,
- unfantastic ,
- unfeeling ,
- ungraded ,
- unidealistic ,
- unlevel ,
- unloving ,
- unmelodious ,
- unmerciful ,
- unornamented ,
- unpasteurized ,
- unpiercable ,
- unpitying ,
- unpromising ,
- unregenerate ,
- unromantic ,
- unsentimental ,
- unsettling ,
- unsorted ,
- unstirred ,
- unsympathetic ,
- uphill ,
- upsetting ,
- utilitarian ,
- vinous ,
- without pity ,
- zestless .
- Durably ,
- Malignly ,
- assiduously ,
- attentively ,
- badly ,
- bang ,
- by force ,
- by the skin of one's teeth ,
- close at hand ,
- coercively ,
- comprehensively ,
- conscientiously ,
- enduringly ,
- fast ,
- ferociously ,
- firmly ,
- fixedly ,
- frenziedly ,
- frighteningly ,
- from top to bottom ,
- head on ,
- horribly ,
- hugely ,
- in a frenzy ,
- in and out ,
- in conjunction with ,
- in detail ,
- irresistibly ,
- keenly ,
- like a rock ,
- like cats and dogs ,
- lustily ,
- maleficiently ,
- malevolently ,
- might and main ,
- mightily ,
- mindfully ,
- minutely ,
- motionlessly ,
- near-at-hand ,
- noisily ,
- not far away ,
- painstakingly ,
- punctiliously ,
- restrictively ,
- rigidly ,
- severely ,
- stiffly ,
- stormily ,
- strikingly ,
- sweepingly ,
- thoroughly ,
- thoughtfully ,
- threateningly ,
- through and through ,
- tigerishly ,
- tiresomely ,
- turbulently ,
- tyrannically ,
- uncontrollably ,
- under protest ,
- unflinchingly ,
- unremittingly ,
- unshakeably ,
- vehemently ,
- venomously ,
- watchfully ,
- with all one's strength ,
- with bared teeth .
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How to use "Hard" in context?
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If a hard drive isn't formatted correctly, it can Serious consequences, including loss of data and inability to access files. In order to minimize the chances of hard drive failure, it is important to properly format a hard drive before using it.
Paraphrases for Hard:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
tough.
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Interjection
tough.
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Verb, past tense
tough.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
hard-fought, hard-hitting, rock-hard.
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Noun, plural
hardships.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
assiduous, awkward, bitter, brutal, burdensome, complicated, considerable, cumbersome, daunting, demanding, diligent, dire, distressing, expensive, formidable, hard-pressed, hardened, impossible, industrious, intense, intensive, intractable, laborious, onerous, problematic, relentless, rigorous, rugged, sharp, stark, stiff, straightforward, strict, stringent, tireless, tricky, uphill, worst, hawkish, hard-earned, hard-working, hard-shelled, hard-won, hard-line, hard-copy, hard-drive, paper-based, iron-clad, hardto.
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Proper noun, singular
Gentlemen, Les, procedures, facts, constraints, enforcements.
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Noun, plural
Possibilities, problems, boys, constraints, obstacles, informants.
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Adverb
actively, aggressively, assiduously, desperately, diligently, doggedly, earnestly, energetically, fiercely, forcefully, gravely, harshly, heavily, intensely, intensively, painstakingly, quite, relentlessly, seriously, sorely, strenuously, stubbornly, tenaciously, tirelessly.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
coming, daunting, demanding, facing, finding, getting, going, happening, making, testing, trying, Having, Obtaining.
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Verb, past participle
complicated, compounded, constrained, faced, found, hardened, impeded, restricted, Challenged, Encountered, Hampered, Hindered, Compromised, Prevented.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
hardness, hardworking.
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Proper noun, singular
harder.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
harder.
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Adjective
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.
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without fear or favour
- Synonyms:
- even-handed.
