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Harder

//hɑːdə//

Synonyms for "harder" (760 found)

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Informal (97)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(10 words)

set mean cool keen savage blunt lean iron grim tart

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(13 words)

light back low sharp high rough straight stiff plain deep bare bitter ill

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

flat heavy firm cruel

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

bad

Adj, noun, verb, slang(8 words)

pitch stable acute steep sticky grinding bouncing broke

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

sound

Adj, adv, intj, noun, slang(1 words)

soft

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

front tough

Adj, adv, noun, slang(6 words)

cold solid evil wide mighty prickly

Adj, slang(12 words)

weak wretched tricky hairy painful lusty horny ropy stringy beefy gutsy sure-enough

Adj, adv, name, slang(1 words)

strong

Adj, adv, det, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

thick

Adj, adv, intj, noun, particle, verb, slang(1 words)

steady

Adj, noun, slang(11 words)

positive delicate brassy miserable stubborn massive caustic irreconcilable chewy gutty hard-earned

Adj, name, noun, slang(3 words)

broad lax husky

Adj, adv, name, noun, slang(1 words)

real

Adj, name, verb, slang(1 words)

harsh

Adj, adv, det, name, pron, slang(1 words)

much

Adj, adv, verb, slang(2 words)

wicked dogged

Adj, adv, det, noun, pron, slang(1 words)

most

Adj, adv, slang(3 words)

serious terrible systematic

Adj, name, slang(2 words)

rocky stony

Adj, adv, noun, prep, slang(1 words)

mid

Adj, adv, prep, slang(1 words)

around

Adj, verb, slang(5 words)

packed busted jam-packed obfuscated hard up

Adv, slang(2 words)

mightily painfully

Adv, noun, slang(1 words)

almost

Phrase, slang(1 words)

no picnic

General use (663)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(4 words)

close counter stark uphill

Adj, noun, verb(37 words)

open narrow compact concrete sour tense complex piercing lasting tonic lateral unaffected profound retroflex shooting enduring biting bankrupt strapping recondite

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trying stinging insensate callous unbending domineering articulated gnawing puzzling harrowing searching stabbing tormenting agonizing racking baffling tiring

Adj, adv, noun, verb(2 words)

clear contrary

Adjective(19 words)

heavy tough strong severe knockout surd difficult intemperate concentrated voiceless laborious arduous punishing grueling operose toilsome unvoiced backbreaking gruelling

Adjective(268 words)

stiff tough solid firm grim concrete obstinate coarse atrocious brutal persistent rigorous stony rigid ardent intense tenacious stout unyielding relentless

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vigorous realistic strict sinister resistant antagonistic heartless genuine inflexible unremitting poignant austere grievous bloodless insensible zealous unfeeling magisterial shameless oppressive untoward forceful pungent robust unfavorable unrelenting inimical nervy cerebral formidable vehement indisputable forcible unmoved unvarnished enigmatic diligent unbending fervent strenuous knotty insensitive voiceless unsympathetic ticklish unruly sturdy flinty troublesome unquestionable inexorable sleepless throaty abstruse well-built hidebound assiduous laborious adverse phonemic arduous viscous conscientious inclement unromantic tiresome harmful wearisome adamantine acrid bulky well-grounded viscid ruthless herculean straitlaced tireless impervious well-made inhuman phonic industrious avid thorny pragmatical unresponsive unalterable puissant hurtful disastrous intractable methodical dictatorial twangy sedulous unflagging merciless unwearied matter-of-fact acrimonious undeniable acerbic onerous incontrovertible despotic sinewy unaccented unpleasant unemotional brutish troublous gluey unkind burdensome uncompromising irksome well-founded glossal unsparing unstressed pitiless puristic hardheaded ironbound scabrous operose implacable toilsome stringent wiry bothersome vocalic consonantal case-hardened calamitous excruciating impregnable strong-willed tyrannical apico-alveolar apico-dental afflictive coldhearted well-defined impassible impermeable monophthongal rockbound ineluctable fibrous acerb ungentle full-blooded inelastic stressful hardhearted ungiving incontestable spasmatic spasmic vowellike slavish counteractive remorseless unrounded unmerciful torturous posttonic puritanic calloused red-blooded down-to-earth hardworking thick-skinned hard-fought backbreaking businesslike impecunious hard-core resistive rock-ribbed conscienceless uncompassionate close-knit impliable unidealistic straightlaced inescapable hard as nails procrustean marblelike difficile jawbreaking unremorseful unrepentant penniless muscle-bound robustious spirituous leathery lithic ironlike cartilaginous unsentimental vinous nonporous corneous poverty-stricken rigoristic paroxysmal rocklike effortful ironhanded pachydermatous granitic unsympathizing stonelike uncompassioned osseous coriaceous lapideous bowelless lithoid leatherlike granitelike lithoidal gristly dog-eat-dog unpitying hard-nosed unpitiful winy flintlike cemental unsoftened stonyhearted flinthearted steellike amaroidal coldblooded overtechnical uncontrite unmelted hard-bitten unabject unrepenting habit-forming hard-set

Adj, name, verb(2 words)

dull sober

Adj, noun(83 words)

absolute substantial critical stalwart consonant hearty immutable hostile liquid rigid spasmodic philistine potent definite surd intent spartan dense resistant unnatural

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Adj, name, noun, verb(10 words)

dark poor grave cramp marble eager stern stout hale wearing

Adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

near

Adj, verb(69 words)

obscure brazen rugged distinct involved knotted devoted penetrating opposing angry impoverished untouched difficult rounded exacting obdurate jammed intricate crabbed intemperate

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Adj, adv, prep, verb(1 words)

about

Adj, name(5 words)

severe steely hefty indefatigable bony

Adj, adv, noun, prep(1 words)

opposite

Name, noun, verb(2 words)

glide cement

Adj, name, noun(5 words)

central hardy nasal sturdy doughty

Adj, adv(3 words)

powerful straightforward badly

Adj, adv, noun(2 words)

unfriendly nearby

Adj, adv, name, prep, verb(1 words)

nigh

Adverb(5 words)

hardly firmly heavily severely intemperately

Noun, verb(7 words)

straining vowel conditioning hurting griping wearying cramping

Adverb(59 words)

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Verb(7 words)

assimilated crammed solidified intonated dissimilated steeled fatiguing

Adv, noun(2 words)

heart and soul thereabouts

Prep_phrase(5 words)

at hand within reach in the red with a will within call

Name, noun(1 words)

gentry

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Noun(5 words)

fundamentalist semivowel vocoid viscose crack cocaine

Phrase(1 words)

near at hand

Adj, adv, prep(1 words)

close by

Adv, prep(1 words)

hard by

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