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Meaning hard, tight, needing much effort or skill to accomplish


  • It's not difficult to learn English. It just requires constant work.
  • Samuel is very difficult to deal with.
  • I think learning foreign language is difficult.
  • My brother had to make a difficult decision. 
  • It is very difficult to understand why she wants to do that.
  • She knows she has to make a very difficult decision.
rough, inconvenient, tight, arduous, arduous, baffling, tricksy, tough, hard, arduous, rugged, stiff, cantankerous, quarrelsome, peppery, unmusical, stubborn, persistent, intractable, tenacious, recalcitrant, grumpy, crusty, cranky, surly, moody, forked, bifurcated, two-sided, calamitous, troublesome, pesky, thorny, plaguy

Most Common 500 Synonym Words List

abandon ~ desert
abbreviate ~ shorten
ability ~ aptitude
able ~ qualified
above ~ overhead
abundant ~ ample
accurate ~ correct
achieve ~ accomplish
adjourn ~ recess
advocate ~ support
after ~ following
afraid ~ scared
aggressive ~ militant
aid ~ assist
always ~ forever
amateur ~ novice
ambitious ~ driven
antagonize ~ embitter
apparent ~ obvious,evident
approve ~ ratify,endorse
arrive ~ come
arrogant ~ stuck-up
awful ~ atrocious
awkward ~ clumsy

ban ~ prohibit
barren ~ unproductive
bashful ~ shy
beautiful ~ pretty,
before ~ prior
beginning ~ start
blend ~ mix
bottom ~ base
brave ~ heroic
break ~ burst
brief ~ short
broad ~ wide,expansive
busy ~ active
buy ~ purchase

calm ~ quiet
capture ~ arrest
care ~ concern
careful ~ watchful
cease ~ stop,
certain ~ positive
charming ~ enchanting
chilly ~ cool
chubby ~ plump
comical ~ amusing
complex ~ complicated
competent ~ capable
comprehend ~ grasp
complete ~ conclude
complex ~ intricate
compress ~ crush
concrete ~ real
concur ~ agree
condemn ~ ,denounce
condense ~ compress
confess ~ admit
confine ~ contain
conflict ~ oppose

dally ~ linger
damage ~ hurt
dangerous ~ perilous
daring ~ bold
dark ~ dismal
dawn ~ daybreak
dead ~ lifeless
decay ~ rot
deduct ~ subtract
defend ~ protect
defy ~ resist
delicate ~ fragile
demolish ~ destroy
denounce ~ blame
dense ~ thick
depart ~ leave,exit
detach ~ separate
deter ~ hinder,prevent
determined ~ sure
die ~ expire,perish
different ~ distinct
difficult ~ hard
dilute ~ weaken
drab ~ dull
drastic ~ severe
dreadful ~ terrible

early ~ beforetime
easy ~ simple
eccentric ~ unusual
ecstasy ~ elation
empty ~ unload
encourage ~ urge
enemy ~ opponent
enjoy ~ like
enlarge ~ expand
evident ~ apparent
evil ~ bad
exceptional ~ outstanding
excite ~ arouse,
exhilarated ~ elated
explicit ~ exact

fabulous ~ marvelous
face ~ confront
fair ~ honest
fake ~ artificial
false ~ incorrect
fancy ~ ornate
fantastic ~ outrageous
fast ~ rapid
fat ~ chubby
fatal ~ deadly
fatigue ~ tire
feasible ~ possible
feeble ~ weak
ferocious ~ fierce
fertile ~ fruitful
fiction ~ fantasy
fill ~ load
fix ~ mend
follow ~ succeed
forbid ~ prohibit
forgive ~ pardon
former ~ previous

gain ~ acquire
gallant ~ chivalrous
gather ~ accumulate
gaudy ~ showy
gaunt ~ scrawny
generous ~ giving
gentle ~ mild
genuine ~ authentic
gigantic ~ immense
give ~ donate,present
glad ~ happy
gloomy ~ dark

handy ~ useful
hard ~ firm
hate ~ loathe
help ~ aid
high ~ lofty
hold ~ grip
honest ~ sincere
hospitable ~ welcoming
hostile ~ antagonistic

identical ~ alike
idle ~ inactive
ignorant ~ uninformed
immaculate ~ pure
immature ~ inexperienced
immune ~ resistant
impartial ~ neutral
impatient ~ eager
imperative ~ mandatory
imperfect ~ marred
impetuous ~ impulsive
important ~ significant
independent ~ self-reliant

jolly ~ merry
jubilant ~ overjoyed
keep ~ save
kind ~ considerate
lament ~ mourn
large ~ big
last ~ final
least ~ fewest
legible ~ readable
lenient ~ lax
listless ~ lethargic
logical ~ sensible

magnify ~ expand
mandatory ~ required
maneuver ~ manipulate
maximum ~ greatest
meager ~ scanty
mean ~ unkind
mediocre ~ fair
mend ~ repair
migrant ~ drifting
militant ~ combative
minor ~ lesser
mirth ~ merriment
mischievous ~ naughty
misfortune ~ hardship
mobile ~ moveable
moderate ~ temperate

naughty ~ wrong
neat ~ clean
negligent ~ derelict
nervous ~ flustered
neutral ~ impartial
new ~ unused
nice ~ pleasing
nonchalant ~ indifferent

obey ~ mind
oblivious ~ dazed
obnoxious ~ abominable
observe ~ examine
obsolete ~ dated
obstinate ~ stubborn
odd ~ peculiar
offend ~ displease
ominous ~ menacing
opaque ~ obscure
open ~ begin
opponent ~ rival

painstaking ~ precise
passive ~ compliant
past ~ former
patience ~ tolerance
peculiar ~ weird
perfect ~ flawless
permanent ~ enduring
perpetual ~ eternal
persuade ~ convince
plausible ~ believable
plentiful ~ ample
pliable ~ supple
polite ~ gracious
poor ~ destitute
portion ~ part
possible ~ conceivable
precarious ~ dangerous
precious ~ cherished
prejudiced ~ opinionated
premature ~ early,hasty
premeditated ~ intended
preserve ~ uphold
pretty ~ lovely

qualified ~ competent
question ~ interrogate
quiet ~ silent
quit ~ cease
racket ~ noise
radiant ~ luminous
raise ~ hoist
ratify ~ approve
rational ~ logical
ravage ~ devastate
raze ~ destroy
recreation ~ amusement
reduce ~ decrease
refute ~ contradict
regular ~ routine
regulate ~ oversee
relevant ~ pertinent
reluctant ~ unwilling
remote ~ secluded
repulsive ~ hideous

sad ~ unhappy
same ~ alike
savage ~ uncivilized
save ~ preserve
scarce ~ scanty
scrawny ~ skinny
seize ~ apprehend
separate ~ divide
serene ~ peaceful
serious ~ grave
shrewd ~ cunning
shy ~ timid
sick ~ ailing
slim ~ thin
sluggish ~ listless
small ~ little
smooth ~ slick
sociable ~ friendly
sorrow ~ woe
special ~ exceptional
spontaneous ~ instinctive
stable ~ steady

tall ~ high
tangible ~ concrete
taut ~ tense,tight,stiff
tender ~ delicate
terrible ~ dreadful
thaw ~ melt,defrost
thrifty ~ economical
thrive ~ prosper
total ~ whole,entire
trivial ~ insignificant

unbiased ~ impartial
upset ~ perturb,ruffle
urgent ~ crucial
vacant ~ unoccupied
vague ~ unclear
valiant ~ courageous
vibrate ~ quiver,tremble
vicious ~ malicious
victory ~ triumph,win
virtuous ~ righteous
vulgar ~ offensive,uncouth

wealth ~ riches,prosperity
weary ~ tired,fatigued
wholehearted ~ earnest
wild ~ uncivilized
win ~ triumph,prevail
wise ~ knowing,smart
wonderful ~ marvelous
worn ~ used
wrong ~ mistaken

yield ~ produce
zenith ~ peak,pinnacle