Synonyms for hard

Some common synonyms of hard are: hard [a.] 1. Firm, solid, compact, impenetrable, unyielding, rigid. 2. Difficult, embarrassing, perplexing, puzzling, knotty, intricate, understood with difficulty. 3. Laborious, arduous, toilsome, fatiguing, wearying. 4. Unfeeling, unkind, insensible, unsusceptible, cruel, oppressive, rigorous, exacting, severe, unyielding, inflexible, callous, obdurate, ~-hearted, unfeeling, unsympathetic. 5. Grievous, distressing, calamitous, painful, disagreeable, unpleasant. 6. Inclement, stormy, tempestuous, cold, severe. 7. Harsh, rough, sour, acid. 8. Coarse, unpalatable. 9. Unfavorable, unprosperous, unpropitious. 10. Stiff, constrained, forced, unnatural, ungraceful, rigid. 11. Excessive, intemperate.