| Main Entry: | operose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tedious |
Synonyms: |
arduous, diligent, hard, industrious, laborious |
| Main Entry: | difficult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard on someone; hard to do |
Synonyms: |
Gargantuan, Herculean, ambitious, arduous, backbreaker, bothersome, burdensome, challenging, crucial, demanding, difficile, easier said than done, effortful, exacting, formidable, galling, hard-won, heavy, immense, intricate, irritating, labored, laborious, no picnic, not easy, onerous, operose, painful, problem, problematic, prohibitive, rigid, severe, stiff, strenuous, titanic, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, unyielding, uphill, upstream, wearisome |
Antonyms: |
calm, easy, free, manageable, plain, simple, uncomplicated |
| Main Entry: | diligent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | persevering, hard-working |
Synonyms: |
active, assiduous, attentive, busy, careful, conscientious, constant, eager, eager beaver, earnest, grind*, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, occupied, operose, painstaking, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plugging, sedulous, steadfast, studious, tireless, unflagging, unrelenting, untiring |
Antonyms: |
inactive, indifferent, languid, lazy, lethargic, negligent |
| Main Entry: | hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, exhausting |
Synonyms: |
Herculean, arduous, backbreaking, bothersome, burdensome, complicated, demanding, difficile, distressing, effortful, exacting, fatiguing, formidable, grinding, hairy*, heavy*, intricate, involved, irksome, knotty, labored, laborious, mean, merciless, murder, onerous, operose, rigorous, rough, rugged, scabrous, serious, severe, slavish, sticky, strenuous, terrible, tiring, toilful, toilsome, tough, troublesome, unsparing, uphill battle, uphill, wearing, wearisome, wearying |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile, mild, simple |
| Main Entry: | industrious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardworking |
Synonyms: |
active, assiduous, ball of fire, burning, busy, conscientious, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, grind*, in full swing, intent, involved, jumping, laborious, on the go, operose, perky*, persevering, persistent, plugging, productive, psyched up on, purposeful, sedulous, spirited, steady, tireless, zealous |
Antonyms: |
idle, inactive, indolent, lackadaisical, lazy, lethargic, slack, unemployed, unproductive |
| Main Entry: | labored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to understand, unclear |
Synonyms: |
affected, arduous, awkward, clumsy, contrived, effortful, forced, hard, heavy, inept, maladroit, operose, overdone, overwrought, ponderous, stiff, strained, strenuous, studied, toilsome, unnatural, uphill, weighty |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile, natural, relaxed |
| Main Entry: | laborious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, difficult |
Synonyms: |
arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, effortful, fatiguing, forced, heavy, herculean, labored, onerous, operose, ponderous, rough go, stiff, strained, strenuous, tiresome, toilsome, tough, tough job, wearing, wearisome, wicked* |
Antonyms: |
easy, effortless, facile, simple, trivial |
| Main Entry: | laborious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardworking |
Synonyms: |
active, assiduous, diligent, indefatigable, industrious, operose, painstaking, persevering, sedulous, tireless, unflagging |
Antonyms: |
idle, lackadaisical, lazy, reticent |
| Main Entry: | rugged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, rigorous |
Synonyms: |
arduous, demanding, exacting, formidable, hairy*, hard, harsh, heavy sledding, heavy*, knotty, laborious, large order, mean, murder*, no picnic, operose, rough, stern, strenuous, taxing, tough, trying, uncompromising, uphill |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile |
| Main Entry: | serious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crucial, weighty |
Synonyms: |
arduous, dangerous, deep, difficult, far-reaching, fateful, fell, formidable, grave, grievous, grim, hard, heavy, important, laborious, major, meaning business, meaningful, menacing, momentous, no joke, no laughing matter, of consequence, operose, out for blood, playing hard ball, pressing, severe, significant, smoking, sobering, strenuous, strictly business, threatening, tough, ugly, unamusing, unhumorous, urgent, worrying |
Antonyms: |
light, minor, trivial, unimportant, unserious |