Synonyms for hard

Adjective

1. difficult (vs. easy), hard, ambitious, challenging, arduous, awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable, baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, catchy, tricky, delicate, ticklish, fractious, hard-fought, Herculean, nasty, tight, rocky, rough, rugged, tough, stubborn, tall(prenominal), thorny, troublesome, trying, vexed, serious, demanding, effortful, hard

usage: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

2. hard (vs. soft), brutal, cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind, calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd, case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled, steely, stiff, uphill, difficult#1, hard, insensitive, merciless#1, unmerciful, tough

usage: metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb"

3. hard (vs. soft), adamantine, al dente, corneous, hornlike, horny, erect, tumid, firm, solid, granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony, hardened, set, lignified, woody, marmoreal, marmorean, ossified, petrified, petrous, stonelike, slaty, slatey, steely, unpadded, semihard, solid

usage: not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock"

4. hard, knockout, severe, strong (vs. weak)

usage: very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"

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

usage: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"

6. hard (vs. soft), plosive, velar

usage: of speech sounds

7. hard(prenominal), heavy, intemperate (vs. temperate)

usage: of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker"

8. fermented, hard, soured (vs. unsoured)

usage: having undergone fermentation; "hard cider"

9. hard, strong, alcoholic (vs. nonalcoholic)

usage: having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"

10. hard, tough, bad (vs. good)

usage: unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"

11. hard, stale (vs. fresh)

usage: dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"

Adverb

1. hard,arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome

usage: with effort or force or vigor; "the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard"

2. hard, firmly

usage: with firmness; "held hard to the railing"

3. hard

usage: earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused"

4. hard, severely

usage: causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"

5. hard,difficult (vs. easy), hard

usage: slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard"

6. heavily, intemperately, hard

usage: indulging excessively; "he drank heavily"

7. hard,hardened, set

usage: into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours"

8. hard

usage: very near or close in space or time; "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening"

9. hard

usage: with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard"

10. hard

usage: to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"