| 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: | exigent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, taxing |
Synonyms: |
arduous, burdensome, demanding, exacting, grievous, hard, harsh, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, severe, stiff, strict, stringent, superincumbent, tough, weighty |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile, unpressured |
| Main Entry: | oppressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overwhelming, repressive |
Synonyms: |
backbreaking, bleak, brutal, burdensome, confining, cruel, demanding, depressing, depressive, despotic, dictatorial, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dispiriting, exacting, exigent, gloomy, grievous, grinding, harsh, headache, heavy, heavy-handed, hefty, inhuman, ironhanded, mean, onerous, overbearing, rough going, severe, somber, superincumbent, taxing, tough, troublesome, tyrannical, unjust, weighty |
Antonyms: |
calm, gentle, relieving |
| Main Entry: | superior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | better, greater, higher; excellent |
Synonyms: |
a cut above, above, admirable, capital, choice, dandy, deluxe, distinguished, exceeding, exceptional, exclusive, expert, famous, fine, finer, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, good, good quality, grander, high-caliber, high-class, major, more advanced, more skillful, noteworthy, of higher rank, over, overlying, paramount, predominant, preferable, preferred, premium, prevailing, primary, remarkable, senior, superhuman, superincumbent, surpassing, unrivalled |
Antonyms: |
bad, below, inferior, lower, minor, poor |
| Main Entry: | weighty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troublesome, difficult |
Synonyms: |
backbreaking, burdensome, crushing, demanding, exacting, exigent, grievous, onerous, oppressive, superincumbent, taxing, tough, worrisome, worrying |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile, solvable |