Thornier

Synonyms for "thornier" (12 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
barbedmore complexmore contentious

Strong matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
more controversialmore delicatemore difficult

Related words (6)

Adjective(6 words)
more intricatemore sensitivepricklyspinystickiertougher

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries
botanical traitchallengecomplexitydifficultyethical issueplant characteristicplant traitpolicy issuesocial issue

More specific

8 entries
ethical dilemmaintricate problemmoral controversymultistep taskpolicy debateprickly plantspiny shrubthorn-bearing plant

Collocations

6 entries
thornier issuethornier policythornier problemthornier questionthornier topicthorny plant

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The project has proved thornier than we hoped.

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