hard

The word “hard” has 1 syllable: hard

It's pronounced as /hɑːrd/

What is synonym and antonym for hard?

In the thesaurus, “hard” has 751 synonyms and 339 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for hard

abjectly
able-bodied
absolute
abstract
abstruse
abusive
abusively
accentuated
accessibly
acid
acrid
acrimonious
actively
actual
acute
acutely
adamant
adamantine
affectless
aggravated
aggressively
agonizing
agonizingly
almighty
along
alongside
amain
anal-retentive
angrily
angry
animatedly
annealed
annoying
antagonistic
ardently
arduous
arduously
around
ascetic
ascetical
assertively
assiduously
at close quarters
at hand
attentively
augean
austere
authentic
authoritarian
awkwardly
backbreaking
bad
badly
barbarous
bare
bestial
biting
bitter
bitterly
blackly
bleak
blistering
bloody-minded
boisterously
bona fide
boorish
bothersome
brawny
briskly
browbeating
bruising
brutal
brutally
brutish
brutishly
bullheaded
bullying
burdensome
burdensomely
busily
by
callous
callously
cantankerous
carefully
case-hardened
cast-iron
caustic
certain
certified
challenging
cheerlessly
close
closely
cogent
cold
cold fish
cold-blooded
cold-bloodedly
colorable
comfortless
commonsense
commonsensible
commonsensical
compact
compacted
compassionless
complex
complicated
compressed
concentrated
condensed
confirmable
confirmed
conscientiously
consolidated
constant
contemptuous
continuously
contrary
contumacious
conveniently
convincing
corroborated
credible
crestfallenly
crisply
cruel
cruelly
crushing
cumbersomely
cumbrously
cussed
cutting
cynical
dark
darkly
deaf to reason
decidedly
deep
deepened
defiant
definite
dejectedly
demanding
demonstrable
dense
dependable
desensitized
despairingly
despondently
determinate
determined
determinedly
difficile
difficult
diligently
directly
disaffected
disagreeable
discomforting
disconsolately
discontented
disdainful
disgruntled
dismally
disobedient
dispiritedly
distressfully
distressing
distressingly
documentary
documented
dogged
doggedly
dolefully
dolorously
dour
dourly
down-to-earth
downheartedly
dreadful
drearily
durable
dynamically
eagerly
earnestly
effortful
elusive
embittered
emphasized
emphatically
enduring
energetically
enhanced
established
everlasting
evil-minded
exact
exacting
excruciating
exhausting
exhaustingly
exhaustive
exhaustively
explicit
explosive
explosively
exquisite
factual
fast
fatiguing
fearful
fearsome
ferocious
ferociously
feverishly
fierce
fiercely
final
firm
firmly
fit
fixed
fixedly
flat
flinty
flourishing
forbidding
forcefully
forcibly
forlornly
formidable
fortified
frantically
frightful
frosty
froward
frozen
furious
furiously
gamely
genuine
ghastly
given
gloomily
glumly
good
grievous
grievously
grim
grimly
grinding
grueling
gruelingly
gruelling
gruff
gruffly
hairy
hale
hammer and tongs
handily
hard as nails
hard-and-fast
hard-bitten
hard-boiled
hard-hearted
hard-heartedly
hard-line
hard-nosed
hard-shell
hard-shelled
hardened
hardhanded
hardheaded
hardly
hardy
harrowing
harsh
harshly
hateful
headstrong
healthy
heartbreaking
heartily
heartless
heartlessly
heartrending
heavily
heavy
heavy-duty
heavy-handed
heedless
heightened
hell-bent
hellacious
herculean
hereabout
hereabouts
hereaway
hereaways
hidebound
historical
hostile
hurtfully
husky
ill
ill-natured
ill-tempered
immortal
immovable
impenetrable
imperishable
impermeable
implacable
in
inclement
inconsiderate
inconsolably
incontestable
incontrovertible
inconveniently
inconvincible
indefatigably
indisputable
indomitable
indurate
indurated
industriously
inelastic
inexorable
inexpugnable
inflexible
informed
inhospitable
inhuman
inhumane
inhumanely
inhumanly
insensate
insensately
insensitive
insensitively
insoluble
insubordinate
insufferable
insupportable
insurgent
intemperate
intense
intensely
intensified
intensive
intensively
intently
intolerable
intractable
intransigent
intricate
inured
inveterate
invincible
involved
irksome
iron
ironfisted
ironhanded
ironhearted
irrefutable
irritated
jackbooted
joylessly
just
justified
keen
keenly
killer
knock-down-and-drag-out
knotty
labored
laborious
laboriously
lasting
leathery
levelheaded
like fury
like gangbusters
literal
logical
low-spiritedly
lugubriously
lustily
lusty
mad
madly
magnified
malcontent
malevolent
malicious
manfully
matter-of-fact
mean
meanly
merciless
mercilessly
meticulously
mightily
mirthlessly
misanthropic
miserably
moiling
monastic
monkish
mordant
morosely
mournfully
mulish
murder
murderous
muscular
muscularly
mutinous
narrow-minded
near
nearby
nigh
nonadjustable
noncancelable
nonfictional
nonnegotiable
nonporous
obdurate
obdurately
objective
obsessive
obstinate
obstinately
onerous
opaque
operose
opinionated
oppressive
oppressively
ossified
overwhelming
pachydermatous
packed
painful
painfully
painstakingly
pat
permanent
persistent
persistently
pertinacious
perverse
pessimistically
pick-and-shovel
piercingly
pigheaded
pitiless
pitilessly
plain
plaintively
plausible
ploddingly
poignantly
ponderously
positive
potently
powerfully
practical
pragmatic
problematic
problematical
profound
prospering
provable
purposefully
ramrod
rancorous
rancorously
rational
real
realistic
reasonable
reasoned
recalcitrant
recondite
red-blooded
refractory
regretfully
relentless
relentlessly
reliable
reluctantly
remorseless
resentful
resentfully
resilient
resolutely
resolved
responsible
right
rigid
rigidly
rigorous
rigorously
robust
robustly
rock-ribbed
rocklike
rocky
rough
rough-and-tumble
roughly
roughshod
roundly
rowdily
ruefully
rugged
ruthless
ruthlessly
sadly
safe
sarcastic
savage
savagely
scabrous
scornful
searchingly
searing
seasoned
sedulously
self-opinionated
self-willed
sensible
serious
seriously
set
settled
severe
severely
sharply
simple
single-minded
slash-and-burn
slavish
slavishly
sledgehammer
slowly
smartly
snappily
sober
solid
solidly
somberly
sore
sorely
sorrowfully
soulless
sound
soundly
spartan
specific
spiny
spiritedly
spiteful
sprightly
spunkily
squarely
stable
stalwart
stanch
stated
staunch
staying
steadfast
steadfastly
steadily
steady
stern
sternly
sticky
stiff
stiff-necked
stiffened
stiffly
stipulated
stoney
stony
stonyhearted
stormily
stout
stouthearted
stoutly
strapping
strenuous
strenuously
stressed
stressful
strict
stringent
strong
strongly
stubborn
stubbornly
sturdily
sturdy
substantial
substantiated
sullenly
supportable
sure
surely
surly
sustainable
sweaty
take-no-prisoners
tall
taxing
tempered
tenacious
terrible
testing
thereabout
thereabouts
thick
thick-skinned
thickset
thorny
thorough
thoroughly
thoughtless
thriving
ticklish
tight
tightly
tiredly
tirelessly
tiring
to beat the band
toilful
toilsome
toilsomely
tortuous
tough
toughened
toughly
trenchant
tricky
tried
tried-and-true
troublesome
true
trustworthy
trusty
trying
tumultuously
turbulently
tyrannically
unabatedly
unbearable
unbending
uncaring
unchangeable
unchanging
uncharitable
uncharitably
uncomfortable
uncompromising
unconquerable
uncooperative
undeniable
undoubted
unendurable
unfeeling
unfeelingly
unflaggingly
unflinching
unforgiving
unfriendly
ungentle
ungovernable
unhappily
uniform
unjust
unkind
unloving
unmanageable
unmerciful
unmercifully
unpleasant
unquestionable
unregenerate
unrelenting
unrelentingly
unremittingly
unruly
unsparing
unsparingly
unsympathetic
unthinking
untiringly
unvarnished
unwavering
unwieldily
unyielding
uphill
uphill battle
uproariously
urgently
valid
validated
vehement
vehemently
vengeful
verifiable
verified
vexatious
vicious
viciously
vigorous
vigorously
violent
violently
virile
virulent
vitriolic
vivaciously
wailfully
wayward
wearilessly
wearing
wearisome
wearying
well-founded
wild
wildly
wilful
willful
willfully
with a vengeance
with great effort
with might and main
within call
woefully
wretched
wretchedly
wrongheaded
zealously

Antonyms for hard

abated
accepting
accessible
achievable
acquiescent
adjustable
affectionate
agreeable
airy
alleviated
amenable
apocryphal
balmy
bearable
bendable
benevolent
benevolently
benignant
benignantly
blissfully
blithely
blithesomely
bloodlessly
calm
calmly
capricious
caring
casually
changeable
changeful
charitable
charitably
cheap
cheerful
cheerfully
cheerily
chimeric
chimerical
clear
clement
clemently
comfortable
comforting
compassionate
compassionately
complaisant
compliant
complying
compromising
considerately
cordial
cordially
cozy
crippled
debilitated
decreased
delicate
delicately
delightedly
desultorily
diminished
diseased
dispassionately
disputable
doable
docile
doubtful
droopy
eased
easily
easy
easygoing
effortless
elastic
elementary
emasculated
embroidered
endurable
enervated
enfeebled
enthusiastically
exaggerated
exhausted
fabulous
facile
faintly
fallacious
false
fanciful
fantastic
fantastical
favorably
feeble
feebly
fictional
fictionalized
fictitious
flabby
flaccid
flexible
flickery
flimsy
floppy
fluctuating
fluid
fond
forbearing
forgiving
fragile
frail
frailly
friendly
gaily
gayly
genial
gentle
gently
gladly
gleefully
good-natured
good-naturedly
good-tempered
governable
gracious
graciously
groundless
halfheartedly
happily
hospitable
humane
humanely
hypothetical
idiotproof
illogical
imaginary
imagined
impassively
implausible
impotently
incapacitated
inconstant
indefinite
indifferently
indolently
indulgent
indulgently
ineffectively
ineffectually
inexact
infirm
insupportable
invalid
invented
irrational
joyfully
joyously
kind
kindhearted
kindly
lackadaisically
laid-back
lamely
languidly
lank
lax
lazily
legendary
lenient
leniently
lessened
light
lightened
lightheartedly
lightly
limp
listlessly
loose
loving
lovingly
luxurious
made-up
make-believe
malleable
manageable
merciful
mercifully
mercurial
merrily
mild
mildly
mindless
mirthfully
misguided
misled
moderate
moderated
moderately
mortal
mutable
mythic
mythical
negotiable
nervelessly
nice
nonchalantly
nondocumentary
nonfactual
nonhardy
nonhistorical
nonrational
nonsensical
nonvalid
obedient
open-ended
painless
patient
peaceful
perishable
permeable
persuadable
placable
pleasant
pliable
pliant
porous
pretend
puny
qualified
questionable
reasonable
receptive
reduced
rejoicingly
relaxed
relaxing
relenting
reposeful
resistless
responsive
restful
run-down
sapped
scattered
sensitive
shakily
shallow
shiftlessly
simple
slack
slavish
sluggishly
smooth
snug
soft
softhearted
softheartedly
softly
soothing
speculative
spinelessly
spiritlessly
spongy
squashy
squishy
stoically
subdued
submissive
subservient
sunnily
superficial
supple
susceptible
sweet
sympathetic
sympathetically
temperamental
temperate
temporary
tender
tenderhearted
tenderly
theoretic
theoretical
thin
tiredly
tolerable
tolerant
tolerantly
tractable
transient
ultrasoft
unauthentic
unbitter
uncertain
uncertainly
uncomplicated
unconcernedly
unconvincing
undemanding
understanding
understandingly
undocumented
unenthusiastically
unfixedly
unfounded
unhistorical
uninformed
unjustified
unpredictable
unreasonable
unreasoned
unresistant
unsettled
unsound
unspecified
unstable
unsteady
unsubstantiated
unsupportable
unsupported
unsure
untrue
unwarranted
user-friendly
variable
volatile
vulnerable
warm
warmhearted
wasted
weak
weakened
weakly
wearily
well
willing
worn
worn-out
yielding

Meanings of hard

noun
1. A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
2. A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
3. Crack cocaine.
4. Hard labor.
adjective
1. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
2. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
3. Unquestionable.
4. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
5. (of a male) Sexually aroused.
6. Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
7. Plosive.
8. Unvoiced.
9. Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.
10. Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
11. In a physical form, not digital.
12. Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
13. Far, extreme.
14. Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.
adverb
1. (manner) With much force or effort.
2. (manner) With difficulty.
3. So as to raise difficulties.
4. (manner) Compactly.
5. Near, close.

Example Sentences

The team worked hard to finish the project on time.
She found it hard to concentrate with all the noise around her.
The hard work paid off when he received a promotion.
It's hard to imagine living in a city that never sleeps.
The road was hard and rough, making the journey uncomfortable.

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