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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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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

Fellow former Lions captain Sam Warburton - who won a Grand Slam and title with Wales - believes that is easier said than done.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Such a move—which would have profound effects on global crude trading—is easier said than done.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

But I know it’s easier said than done.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman