Synonyms for hard

Similarity of adj hard

12 senses of hard

Sense 1:

difficult (vs. easy), hard
ambitious, challengingarduousawkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviablebaffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, toughcatchy, trickydelicate, ticklish, touchyfractioushard-foughtherculeannasty, tightrocky, roughrugged, toughserioustall(prenominal)thornytroublesometryingvexed

Also See: demanding#1; effortful#1; hard#2

Sense 2:

hard (vs. soft)
calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewdcase-hardened, hardened, hard-boiledsteely

Also See: difficult#1, hard#1; insensitive#2; merciless#1, unmerciful#1; tough#1

Sense 3:

hard (vs. soft)
adamantineal dentecorneous, hornlike, hornytumid, erectfirm, solidgranitic, granitelike, rocklike, stonyhardened, setwoodypetrous, stonelikesemihardsteelyunyielding

Sense 4:

hard, knockout, severe
strong (vs. weak)

Sense 5:

arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
effortful (vs. effortless)

Sense 6:

unvoiced (vs. voiced), voiceless, surd, hard
whispered

Sense 7:

hard (vs. soft), concentrated

Sense 8:

hard (vs. soft)
velar

Sense 9:

intemperate, hard, heavy
indulgent (vs. nonindulgent)

Sense 10:

hard, strong
alcoholic (vs. nonalcoholic)

Sense 11:

hard, tough
bad (vs. good)

Sense 12:

hard
stale (vs. fresh)
Synonyms of adv hard

10 senses of hard

Sense 1:

hard

Sense 2:

hard, firmly

Sense 3:

hard

Sense 4:

hard, severely

Sense 5:

hard

Sense 6:

heavily, intemperately, hard

Sense 7:

hard

Sense 8:

hard

Sense 9:

hard

Sense 10:

hard