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harder

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

Example Sentences

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The largest companies in the crypto ecosystem got hit a little harder.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

However, fixed-roof tanks, private storage sites and damaged infrastructure are harder to assess.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

As he grew older, and cooking and cleaning became harder, his labor of love became a family affair, with his sons regularly helping out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

For a stock at Nvidia’s multiples, the further out the cash flows, the harder rates hit the valuation.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Clare released an exasperated growl and struck his monocle harder.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman