exhausting

The word “exhausting” has 3 syllables: ex-haust-ing

It's pronounced as /ɪɡˈzɔː.stɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for exhausting?

In the thesaurus, “exhausting” has 181 synonyms and 75 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for exhausting along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for exhausting

Augean
abating
absorbing
abstract
abstruse
abundant
accurate
annoying
arduous
backbreaking
bankrupting
blow-by-blow
blowing
bothersome
breaking
bruising
brutal
burdensome
burning
burning out
busting
challenging
circumstantial
complete
complex
complicated
comprehensive
consuming
copious
correct
crippling
cruel
de-escalating
debilitating
decreasing
delineated
demanding
depleting
descriptive
detailed
devouring
difficult
diminishing
disabling
dissipating
distinct
distressing
doing in
doing up
downsizing
draining
drawing down
drying up
dwindling
eating
effortful
elaborate
elusive
emptying
encyclopedic
enervating
enfeebling
entire
enumerated
exact
exacting
exhaustive
expending
explicit
fagging
fatiguing
formidable
frazzling
full
graphic
graphical
grievous
grim
grueling
gruelling
guzzling
hairy
harassing
hard
heavy
hellacious
herculean
impoverishing
in-depth
inclusionary
inclusive
inhuman
insoluble
intricate
inventoried
involved
irksome
itemized
killer
killing
knocking out
knotty
labored
laborious
lavishing
lessening
listed
lowering
minute
misspending
moiling
murderous
numerated
omnibus
onerous
opaque
oppressive
outwearing
painful
panoramic
particular
particularized
pick-and-shovel
picturesque
playing out
precise
problematic
problematical
recondite
reducing
replete
rigorous
rough
rugged
running out of
running through
sapping
serious
severe
sharp
specific
specified
spending
spiny
squandering
stiff
strenuous
stressful
strict
stringent
stubborn
sweaty
tall
taxing
testing
thorny
thorough
thoroughgoing
throwing away
ticklish
tight
tiresome
tiring
toilsome
tough
tricky
troublesome
trying
undermining
uphill
using
using up
vexatious
vivid
washing out
wasting
weakening
wearing
wearing out
wearing to a frazzle
wearying

Antonyms for exhausting

abbreviated
abridged
achievable
activating
ambiguous
augmenting
bolstering
brief
broad
cheap
clear
comforting
compact
compendious
concise
conserving
crisp
curtailed
cut
doable
easy
effortless
elementary
energizing
enforcing
enlarging
facile
fortifying
general
gentle
increasing
indeterminate
invigorating
light
manageable
mindless
nebulous
nondescript
nonspecific
overall
painless
pithy
preserving
pruned
rebuilding
reenforcing
reinforcing
rejuvenating
relaxed
relaxing
renewing
repairing
replacing
resting
restoring
reviving
saving
short
shortened
simple
sketchy
smooth
soft
soothing
strengthening
succinct
summary
terse
trimmed
uncomplicated
undemanding
unspecified
unwinding
vague
vitalizing

Meanings of exhausting

verb
1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely.
2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
3. To drain; to use up or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end.
4. To tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.
5. To bring out or develop completely.
6. To discuss thoroughly or completely.
7. To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives.
adjective
1. Very tiring.

Example Sentences

The hike up the mountain was incredibly exhausting, but the view made it worthwhile.
She found the long hours at work both mentally and physically exhausting.
Preparing for the big presentation was an exhausting process, but it paid off in the end.
Running after three energetic children all day can be exhausting for any parent.
After an exhausting day of travel, he fell asleep as soon as he reached the hotel.

On this page you'll find 256 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to exhausting, such as: Augean, abating, abbreviated, abridged, absorbing, abstract, abstruse.

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