Antonym for the word difficult

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  • easy

    tough, hard

  • simple

    problematical, hard to do

  • effortless

    hard to do

  • uncomplicated

    problematical, complicated

  • straightforward

    problematical, complicated

  • facile

    unmanageable socially, hard to do

  • manageable

    hard, complicated

  • soft

    simple

  • friendly

    complicated, unmanageable socially

  • plain

    problematical, complicated

  • clear

  • light

    hard

  • elementary

    easy

  • calm

    unmanageable socially, hard to do

  • free

    unmanageable socially, hard to do

  • undemanding

  • unproblematic

    easy

  • helpful

  • trivial

  • sociable

    unmanageable socially

  • nice

  • amenable

    troublesome

  • painless

  • smooth

  • cushy

  • pleasant

    tough, troublesome

  • accommodating

    troublesome

  • relaxed

  • user-friendly

  • cheap

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  1. difficultadjective

    Synonyms:
    cumbersome, hard, burdensome

  2. difficultadjective

    hard, not easy, requiring much effort

    Synonyms:
    cumbersome, burdensome, hard

  3. difficultadjective

    hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome; eg. said of a person, a horse, etc.

    Synonyms:
    burdensome, hard, cumbersome

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  1. difficult

    Arduous (Latin arduus, steep) signifies primarily so steep and lofty as to be difficult of ascent, and hence applies to that which involves great and sustained exertion and ordinarily for a lofty aim; great learning can only be won by arduous toil. Hard applies to anything that resists our endeavors as a scarcely penetrable mass resists our physical force. Anything is hard that involves tax and strain whether of the physical or mental powers. Difficult is not used of that which merely taxes physical force; a dead lift is called hard rather than difficult; breaking stone on the road would be called hard rather than difficult work; that is difficult which involves skill, sagacity, or address, with or without a considerable expenditure of physical force; a geometrical problem may be difficult to solve, a tangled skein to unravel; a mountain difficult to ascend. Hard may be active or passive; a thing may be hard to do or hard to bear. Arduous is always active. That which is laborious or toilsome simply requires the steady application of labor or toil till accomplished; toilsome is the stronger word. That which is onerous (Latin onus, a burden) is mentally burdensome or oppressive. Responsibility may be onerous even when it involves no special exertion.

    Antonyms:
    easy, facile, light, pleasant, slight, trifling, trivial

    Synonyms:
    arduous, exhausting, hard, laborious, onerous, severe, toilsome, trying

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  1. difficult

    Antonyms:
    easy, plain, straight, pimple, lucid, categorical, tractable, amenable, unreserved, favorable

    Synonyms:
    hard, intricate, involved, perplexing, enigmatical, obscure, trying, arduous, troublesome, up hill, unmanageable, unamenable, reserved, opposed

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  1. difficult, hardadjective

    not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

    «a difficult task»; «nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access»; «difficult times»; «why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?»

    Antonyms:
    uncomplicated, cushy, casual, hands-down, soft, clean, effortless, unproblematic, smooth, simple, easy, painless, simplified, elementary, user-friendly, easygoing

    Synonyms:
    severe, voiceless, arduous, grueling, tough, toilsome, concentrated, heavy, laborious, hard, gruelling, intemperate, knockout, punishing, unvoiced, operose, backbreaking, surd, strong, unmanageable

  2. unmanageable, difficultadjective

    hard to control

    «a difficult child», «an unmanageable situation»

    Antonyms:
    easy, hands-down, cushy, clean, simple, uncomplicated, user-friendly, elementary, casual, unproblematic, painless, smooth, easygoing, simplified, soft, effortless

    Synonyms:
    uncorrectable, uncontrollable, hard, unwieldy, unmanageable

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  1. difficultadjective

    Antonyms:
    facile, light, easy

    Synonyms:
    arduous, onerous, complicated, intricate, hard, uncompliant, intractable, perverse, fastidious, exacting

How to use difficult in a sentence?

  1. Hideyuki Morito:

    The welfare ministry is in a difficult position — it will not and cannot say, ‘public pensions are in trouble and you won’t be receiving much,’ the government needs to sustain trust in public pensions, although it’s clear people will no longer be fine if all they have is public pensions.

  2. Jo Clark:

    We are starting to see some instances where banks are being put in a fairly difficult position of either following their money, finding an alternative capital source or calling time on companies. That is going to drive some transactions in the market.

  3. Benioff Children Hospital:

    The loss of a child is something no parent should experience, but not being able to be there in your child’s last moments is unfathomably cruel. uCSF and the Benioff Children’s Hospitals support the family’s desire to come together in Abdullah’s final days. In the meantime, we are doing everything we can to keep the child comfortable and help the family through this difficult experience.

  4. Max Callaghan:

    There’s just so much climate science produced, like tens of thousands [ of studies ], and getting to grips with this evidence is really difficult, so we trained the machine learning algorithm to predict the areas that we didn’t have time to look at — which is most of them.

  5. Stephen Curry:

    Life is definitely different than it was three or four years ago, winning a championship and MVP and all that kind of stuff, the world was a lot smaller. But you know, my priorities are obviously( to) take care of my family. … I’m only going to be playing for so long. And I just want to be able to enjoy every single moment and involve them. So it’s not a difficult balance in that. Because I enjoy that part of my life so much. But you’ve just got to kind of learn how to navigate the new situations.

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  • ambitious
  • arduous
  • burdensome
  • challenging
  • crucial
  • demanding
  • laborious
  • onerous
  • painful
  • problematic
  • severe
  • strenuous
  • tough
  • troublesome
  • backbreaker
  • bothersome
  • difficile
  • easier said than done
  • effortful
  • exacting
  • formidable
  • galling
  • gargantuan
  • hard-won
  • heavy
  • herculean
  • immense
  • intricate
  • irritating
  • labored
  • no picnic
  • not easy
  • operose
  • problem
  • prohibitive
  • rigid
  • stiff
  • titanic
  • toilsome
  • trying
  • unyielding
  • uphill
  • upstream
  • wearisome
  • complex
  • confusing
  • delicate
  • troublesome
  • abstract
  • abstruse
  • baffling
  • bewildering
  • confounding
  • dark
  • deep
  • enigmatic
  • enigmatical
  • entangled
  • esoteric
  • formidable
  • hard to explain
  • hard to solve
  • hidden
  • inexplicable
  • intricate
  • involved
  • knotty
  • labyrinthine
  • loose
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  • mysterious
  • mystical
  • mystifying
  • nice
  • obscure
  • obstinate
  • paradoxical
  • perplexing
  • problematical
  • profound
  • puzzling
  • rambling
  • subtle
  • tangled
  • thorny
  • ticklish
  • unclear
  • unfathomable
  • unintelligible
  • vexing
  • demanding
  • grim
  • intractable
  • tough
  • troublesome
  • argumentative
  • bearish
  • boorish
  • dark
  • fastidious
  • finicky
  • fractious
  • fussy
  • hard to please
  • impolite
  • irritable
  • oafish
  • obstreperous
  • perverse
  • picky
  • refractory
  • rigid
  • rude
  • tiresome
  • trying
  • unaccommodating
  • unamenable

On this page you’ll find 234 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to difficult, such as: ambitious, arduous, burdensome, challenging, crucial, and demanding.

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  • free
  • friendly
  • manageable
  • plain
  • simple
  • sociable
  • straightforward
  • uncomplicated
  • easy
  • facile
  • nice
  • calm
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WORDS RELATED TO DIFFICULT

  • arduous
  • bold
  • challenging
  • demanding
  • difficult
  • elaborate
  • energetic
  • exacting
  • formidable
  • grandiose
  • hard
  • impressive
  • industrious
  • lofty
  • pretentious
  • severe
  • strenuous
  • visionary
  • compromising
  • delicate
  • difficult
  • embarrassed
  • ill at ease
  • inconvenient
  • inopportune
  • painful
  • perplexing
  • sticky
  • thorny
  • ticklish
  • troublesome
  • trying
  • uncomfortable
  • unpleasant
  • untimely
  • carking
  • crushing
  • demanding
  • difficult
  • disturbing
  • exacting
  • exigent
  • heavy
  • irksome
  • onerous
  • oppressive
  • superincumbent
  • taxing
  • tough
  • trying
  • wearing
  • wearying
  • weighty
  • complicated
  • convoluted
  • daedal
  • detailed
  • devious
  • difficult
  • elaborate
  • intricate
  • involved
  • labyrinthine
  • tortuous
  • Daedalean
  • Gordian
  • abstruse
  • arduous
  • byzantine
  • can of worms
  • convoluted
  • difficult
  • elaborate
  • entangled
  • fancy
  • gasser
  • hard
  • high-tech
  • interlaced
  • intricate
  • involved
  • knotty
  • labyrinthine
  • mega factor
  • mixed
  • perplexing
  • problematic
  • puzzling
  • recondite
  • sophisticated
  • troublesome
  • various
  • wheels within wheels
  • baffling
  • befuddling
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  • complex
  • complicated
  • confounding
  • difficult
  • disconcerting
  • disorienting
  • involved
  • mystifying
  • perplexing
  • unsettling
  • upsetting

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  • 2. difficult

Antonyms

Synonyms

Etymology

1. difficult

adjective. [‘ˈdɪfəkəlt’] not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure.

Antonyms

  • easy
  • ease
  • effortless
  • undemanding
  • polished
  • regular
  • even

Synonyms

  • rough
  • delicate
  • problematic
  • tall
  • difficultness

Etymology

  • difficult (English)
  • difficulty (English)
  • difficultee (Middle English (1100-1500))

2. difficult

adjective. [‘ˈdɪfəkəlt’] hard to control.

Antonyms

  • tractable
  • compliant
  • manageable
  • obedient
  • fine
  • ironed
  • smooth

Synonyms

  • ungovernable
  • disobedient
  • uncheckable
  • intractable
  • noncompliant

Etymology

  • difficult (English)
  • difficulty (English)
  • difficultee (Middle English (1100-1500))

Antonym.com

1

as in challenging

requiring considerable physical or mental effort

difficult questions on the exam that required analytical thinking


2

as in tough

requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling

it’s a difficult situation when two of your friends are quarreling and you’re trying to stay out of it


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How is the word difficult different from other adjectives like it?

The words arduous and hard are common synonyms of difficult. While all three words mean «demanding great exertion or effort,» difficult implies the presence of obstacles to be surmounted or puzzles to be resolved and suggests the need of skill or courage.

the difficult ascent of the mountain

When would arduous be a good substitute for difficult?

While in some cases nearly identical to difficult, arduous stresses the need of laborious and persevering exertion.

the arduous task of rebuilding

When could hard be used to replace difficult?

In some situations, the words hard and difficult are roughly equivalent. However, hard implies the opposite of all that is easy.

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What are the opposite words for difficult?

Difficult can be defined as something that is hard to do or understand. However, there are several antonyms for the word, which means the opposite of difficult. Some of the most common antonyms for difficult are easy, simple, effortless, uncomplicated, and straightforward. These words all refer to something that is not hard to do or understand, making life easier and more manageable. Other synonyms for difficulty include manageable, achievable, doable, and straight forward. These words all help to describe things that are not difficult and that are achievable, which helps people to be more successful in their daily lives. So, be on the lookout for opportunities to use antonyms like easy and simple whenever you can.

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  • pure
  • literal
  • elastic
  • facile
  • light
  • simple
  • economical
  • windy
  • low
  • smooth
  • clean
  • transparent
  • soft
  • relaxed
  • conceivable
  • easy
  • homespun
  • honest
  • plain
  • rudimentary
  • straightforward
  • volatile
  • breezy
  • easygoing
  • effortless
  • elementary
  • illuminated
  • natural
  • ordinary
  • spartan
  • uncomplicated
  • all
  • clear
  • precise, sharp
  • understandable, apparent
  • reasonable, easy to understand
  • hard on someone; hard to do
  • complicated; hard to comprehend
  • not difficult
  • pliant, rubbery
  • basic, fundamental
  • easy; easily mastered
  • spun from home
  • word for word; exact, real
  • living in, coming from poor circumstances
  • obvious, understandable
  • clear, obvious
  • open, unaffected
  • average; not distinctive
  • unmixed, genuine
  • clear, understandable; easy
  • level, unwrinkled; flowing
  • cushioned, squishy
  • explosive, changeable
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  1. categorical
  2. easy
  3. favorable
  4. lucid
  5. pimple
  6. plain
  7. straight
  8. unreserved

Morphological analysis of the word DIFFICULT

Initial word form: DIFFICULT

All forms of the word:

  • DIFFICULT

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