Showing results for "harder"

comparative of hard.

harder

Part of Speech:

All (9) Adjective (4) Adverb (5)

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rocklike adj.
difficult, exhausting adj.
cruel, ruthless adj.
true, indisputable adj.
with great force adv.
with determination adv.
with difficulty adv.
with resentment adv.
in a fixed manner adv.

ADJECTIVE

rocklike

Synonyms

STRONGEST

solid strong tough

STRONG

concentrated

WEAK

adamantine callous compact compacted compressed consolidated dense firm hardened impenetrable indurate indurated inflexible iron packed rigid rocky set stiff stony thick unyielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delicate soft vulnerable weak

WEAK

disputable doubtful easy facile flexible inexact malleable merciful mild nice pleasant pliable pliant questionable sensitive simple sympathetic uncertain untrue yielding

ADJECTIVE

difficult, exhausting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arduous complicated heavy rough serious terrible tough troublesome

WEAK

backbreaking bothersome burdensome demanding difficile distressing effortful exacting fatiguing formidable grinding hairy herculean intricate involved irksome knotty labored laborious mean merciless murder onerous operose rigorous rugged scabrous severe slavish sticky strenuous tiring toilful toilsome unsparing uphill uphill battle wearing wearisome wearying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy facile happy light nice trivial unimportant

WEAK

disputable doubtful flexible inexact malleable merciful mild pleasant pliable pliant questionable sensitive simple soft sympathetic uncertain untrue yielding

ADJECTIVE

cruel, ruthless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bleak grim harsh painful tough

WEAK

acrimonious angry antagonistic austere bitter brutal callous cold cold fish cold-blooded dark disagreeable distressing dour exacting grievous hard as nails hard-boiled hostile inclement intemperate intolerable obdurate perverse pitiless rancorous resentful rigorous rugged severe stern strict stringent stubborn thick-skinned unfeeling unjust unkind unpleasant unrelenting unsparing unsympathetic vengeful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful easy gentle kind nice pleasant sunny

WEAK

disputable doubtful facile flexible inexact malleable merciful mild pliable pliant questionable sensitive simple soft sympathetic uncertain untrue yielding

ADJECTIVE

true, indisputable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

positive sure

WEAK

absolute actual bare cold definite down-to-earth genuine plain practical pragmatic realistic undeniable unvarnished verified

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtful indefinite uncertain unsure

WEAK

disputable easy facile flexible inexact malleable merciful mild nice pleasant pliable pliant questionable sensitive simple soft sympathetic untrue yielding

ADVERB

with great force

Synonyms

STRONGEST

heavily seriously strongly vigorously

STRONG

severely

WEAK

actively angrily animatedly boisterously briskly brutally cruelly earnestly energetically ferociously fiercely forcibly frantically furiously intensely keenly like fury madly meanly painfully powerfully relentlessly rigorously roughly rowdily savagely sharply spiritedly sprightly stormily turbulently uproariously urgently viciously violently vivaciously wildly with all one's might

Antonyms

STRONGEST

lightly

WEAK

easily gently moderately softly tolerantly unenthusiastically yielding

ADVERB

with determination

Synonyms

STRONGEST

closely

WEAK

assiduously diligently doggedly earnestly exhaustively industriously intensely intensively intently painstakingly persistently searchingly sharply steadily strenuously thoroughly unremittingly untiringly

Antonyms

WEAK

easily gently moderately softly tolerantly unenthusiastically yielding

ADVERB

with difficulty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

badly vigorously

STRONG

severely

WEAK

agonizingly arduously awkwardly burdensomely carefully cumbersomely cumbrously distressingly exhaustingly gruelingly hardly harshly inconveniently laboriously painfully ponderously roughly strenuously tiredly toilsomely unwieldily with great effort

Antonyms

WEAK

easily gently moderately softly tolerantly unenthusiastically yielding

ADVERB

with resentment

Synonyms

WEAK

bitterly hardly keenly rancorously reluctantly slowly sorely

Antonyms

WEAK

easily gently indulgently moderately softly tolerantly unenthusiastically yielding

ADVERB

in a fixed manner

Synonyms

STRONGEST

close fast tight

STRONG

firmly

WEAK

firm solidly steadfastly tightly

Antonyms

WEAK

easily gently moderately softly tolerantly unenthusiastically unfixedly yielding

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harder

North Dakota has only two lawyers left who represent injured workers owing to low fee caps and state laws that make cases harder to win.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Comparatively, DR Congo has had a harder time with surveillance and contact tracing.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

When the heart must work harder because of exercise, heat, stress or another cause, stiffened blood vessels may be less able to accommodate the increased blood flow.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

Whatever the administration’s intentions, an underlying economic tension remains, and nowhere does it bite harder than at the frontier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

But sadness is a powerful foe, maybe harder to keep down than happiness, and it was a struggle.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan