| 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: | strenuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult; requiring hard work |
Synonyms: |
Herculean, arduous, demanding, effortful, energy-consuming, exhausting, hard, laborious, mean, operose, taxing, toilful, toilsome, tough, tough going, uphill, wicked |
Antonyms: |
easy, effortless, facile |