| Main Entry: | exact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, call for |
Synonyms: |
assess, bleed, call, challenge, claim, coerce, command, compel, constrain, extort, extract, force, gouge, impose, insist upon, lean on, levy, oblige, pinch, postulate, put on, require, requisition, shake down, solicit, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring |
Antonyms: |
give |
| Main Entry: | exacting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | demanding |
Synonyms: |
burdensome, by the book, careful, critical, difficult, exigent, finicky, fussy, grievous, hard, harsh, hypercritical, imperious, nit-picking, onerous, oppressive, painstaking, particular, persnickety, picky, precise, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, trying, unsparing, weighty |
Antonyms: |
giving, lending |
| Main Entry: | ambitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | requiring great effort, ability |
Synonyms: |
arduous, bold, challenging, demanding, difficult, elaborate, energetic, exacting, formidable, grandiose, hard, impressive, industrious, lofty, pretentious, severe, strenuous, visionary |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile |
| Main Entry: | assess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign fee, |
Synonyms: |
amount charge, demand, evaluate, exact, fix, impose, levy, rate, tax, value |
| Main Entry: | assiduous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard-working |
Synonyms: |
active, attentive, busy, constant, diligent, eager beaver, exacting, grinding, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, persevering, plugging, scrupulous, sedulous, steady, studious, unflagging, untiring, whiz, zealous |
Antonyms: |
lazy, neglectful, negligent |
| Main Entry: | austere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe in manner |
Synonyms: |
ascetic, astringent, cold, earnest, exacting, forbidding, formal, grave, grim, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, rigid, rigorous, serious, sober, solemn, somber, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, unfeeling, unrelenting |
Antonyms: |
bland, calm, gentle, meek, mild |
| Main Entry: | blackmail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intimidating for money |
Synonyms: |
badger, bleed, coerce, compel, demand, exact, extort, force, hold to ransom, milk, put the shake on, ransom, shake down, shake*, squeeze*, threaten |
| Main Entry: | burdensome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome |
Synonyms: |
carking, crushing, demanding, difficult, disturbing, exacting, exigent, heavy*, irksome, onerous, oppressive, superincumbent, taxing, tough, trying, wearing, wearying, weighty |
Antonyms: |
aiding, helpful, helping, relieving, unburdensome |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand or announce action |
Synonyms: |
appeal to, appoint, ask, challenge, charge, claim, command, declare, decree, elect, entreat, exact, ordain, order, postulate, pray to, proclaim, require, requisition, set apart, solicit, summon |
Antonyms: |
stop |
| Main Entry: | captious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very critical |
Synonyms: |
acrimonious, cantankerous, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, contrary, crabby, cross, demanding, deprecating, disparaging, exacting, exceptive, fault-finding, finicky, hypercritical, irritable, nagging, nit-picking, overcritical, peevish, perverse, petulant, sarcastic, severe, testy, touchy |
Antonyms: |
commendatory, complimentary, encouraging, flattering, laudatory, praising |