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easier said than done

ADJECTIVE
difficult
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ambitious arduous burdensome challenging crucial demanding laborious onerous painful problematic severe strenuous tough troublesome
WEAK
backbreaker bothersome difficile effortful exacting formidable galling gargantuan hard-won heavy herculean immense intricate irritating labored no picnic not easy operose problem prohibitive rigid stiff titanic toilsome trying unyielding uphill upstream wearisome
Antonyms
STRONGEST
easy effortless facile helpful nice trivial
WEAK
calm free friendly manageable plain simple sociable straightforward uncomplicated

Example Sentences

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President Trump’s plan to sell insurance for ships in the Gulf, a way of easing the war-induced crunch in oil supplies, is proving easier said than done.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

But the task is easier said than done.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Achieving Musk’s vision is likely easier said than done.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

Analysts also warn that tapping them is easier said than done.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

But that was easier said than done, and before it was done there were questions to be answered.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien