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The word "hard" can be used as adjective, adjective, adverb, adverb, noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

agreeable bearable controvertible easy soft soft

Defined As

opposite of easy opposite of soft

Derived Terms

Bucklers Hard English terms starting with HARD syndrome NP-hard Nintendo hard Queen's hard bargain an old dog for a hard road between a rock and a hard place blow-hard blowhard bone hard bone-hard cold hard cash cry harder die hard die-hard do the hard yards drive a hard bargain dumb hard fall on hard times find out the hard way forhard give someone a hard time go hard go hard in the paint go hard on go hard or go home go hard with go hard with someone hard Brexit hard X-ray hard act to follow hard and fast hard aport hard as Chinese algebra hard as a rock hard as brazil hard as iron hard as nails hard as the nether millstone hard ask hard astarboard hard at it hard at work hard atheism hard atheist hard bop hard bread hard by hard by hard candy hard case hard cases make bad law hard cash hard charger hard cheese hard cider hard clam hard class hard coal hard code hard coded hard copy hard core hard count hard counter hard court hard currency hard deck hard deletion hard determinism hard determinist hard disc hard disc drive hard disk hard disk drive hard done by hard dough bread hard drink hard drinker hard drive hard drop hard drug hard ears hard edge hard error hard facts hard fault hard feelings hard fern hard float hard food hard fork hard freeze hard g hard gainer hard going hard goods hard grass hard hand hard handed hard hat hard head hard hit hard jade hard kill hard knock hard knocks hard labor hard labour hard land hard landing hard landscaping hard launch hard left hard lemonade hard lens hard light hard line hard lines hard link hard liquor hard loser hard luck hard luxury hard man hard maple hard market hard matte hard measles hard metal hard milkwood hard mode hard money hard multum hard mutation hard nail hard neck hard news hard nose hard nosed hard nut to crack hard of hearing hard of heart hard of seeing hard of thinking hard on hard on one's heels hard on the eyes hard on the heels hard out hard palate hard pass hard paste hard paywall hard pill hard pill to swallow hard pine hard power hard put hard r hard radiation hard rain hard real-time hard reboot hard redirect hard reset hard return hard right hard rock hard rocker hard roe hard row to hoe hard rubber hard sauce hard science hard science fiction hard sectoring hard sell hard seltzer hard shoulder hard sign hard skill hard sledding hard soap hard space hard standing hard start hard steel hard stop hard stuff hard swap hard swearing hard tack hard target hard tech hard tick hard time hard times hard to come by hard to please hard to swallow hard truth hard up hard upon hard vacuum hard vore hard war hard water hard way hard wheat hard white hard wired hard word hard words hard work hard yakka hard yards hard-and-fast hard-arse hard-ass hard-assed hard-assery hard-baked hard-bill hard-bitten hard-block hard-boil hard-boiled hard-bound hard-charging hard-code hard-coded hard-contested hard-core hard-counter hard-cured hard-drawn hard-drinking hard-driven hard-driving hard-earned hard-easy effect hard-edge painting hard-edged hard-favored hard-favoured hard-featured hard-fisted hard-float hard-fought hard-gained hard-got hard-gotten hard-grained hard-handed hard-handedly hard-handedness hard-head hard-headed hard-hearted hard-heartedly hard-heartedness hard-hit hard-hitting hard-land hard-launch hard-left hard-line hard-liner hard-luck hard-luck story hard-mouthed hard-nose hard-nosed hard-on hard-pan hard-paste hard-pressed hard-pushed hard-right hard-run hard-scrabble hard-sectored hard-sell hard-set hard-shell hard-shell clam hard-tack hard-ticket hard-to-get hard-up hard-wearing hard-wire hard-wired hard-won hard-working hardback hardbacked hardbag hardbake hardball hardbeam hardboard hardbody hardbottom hardbound hardcoal hardcoat hardcore hardcourt hardcover hardcovered harddrive hardel harden harder daddy harder than Chinese math hardface hardfern hardflip hardgoods hardgrass hardground hardhack hardhanded hardhead hardheaded hardhearted hardish hardline hardliner hardlock hardlooking hardly hardman hardness hardnosed hardometer hardon hardover hardpack hardpacked hardpad hardpan hardpaste hardpoint hardpressed hardscape hardscrabble hardshell hardshelled hardship hardsome hardsport hardspun hardstand hardstep hardstone hardstuck hardstyle hardsuit hardtack hardtail hardtop hardwall hardware hardway hardwear hardwired hardwood hardworking have a hard time have a hard time of it have it hard hit hard hit one hard hold hard hold yew hard learn the hard way leather-hard make hard work of make someone hard to catch microhard no hard feelings nonhard old habits die hard over hard overhard play hard to get prehard put the hard word on rad-hard ridden hard and put away wet ride hard ride hard and put away wet ride someone hard and put them away wet rock hard rock-hard rode hard and put up wet run hard school of hard knocks semi-hard semihard stone-hard stonehard the hard way too hard basket too-hard basket try-hard tryhard ultrahard working hard or hardly working

Derived From

hexachord

Distinct From

easy soft

Context

arts bodybuilding drugs manner motorsports nautical personal or social phonetics physics slang vulgar

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

indurate obstinate starched stubborn unshakeable vitreous

Related Terms

DUMB FAST SMART SMARTER hard as nails hardpeer hardy

Related Terms

adjective attribute be quiet beach being being difficult brutal calcium challenging close coercivity consistency crack cocaine dense describing describing rocks description difficult difficult challenging difficulty dissolve effort exercise feeling firmness hard copy hardpeer hardy harsh insensitive like like difficult merciless muscle near palatalized physically physically tough plain plosive quiet rigidity rock rocks salt severe slope soft softness solid stone strong strong surfaces surfaces texture texture description tight tough unfriendly unquestionable unvoiced velarized

Similar Terms

adamantine adamantine al dente al dente alcoholic ambitious arduous awkward bad baffling calculating calculating calculative case hardened case-hardened catchy challenging complex conniving corneous corneous delicate demanding difficult effortful elusive embarrassing erect firm fractious granitelike granitelike granitic hard-boiled hard-fought hardened hardened herculean hornlike horny indulgent insensitive knotty merciless nasty petrous problematic problematical rocklike rocky rough rugged scheming semihard semihard serious set shrewd solid solid stale stale steely steely sticky stonelike stonelike stony strong tall thorny ticklish tight touchy tough tricky troublesome trying tumid tumid unenviable unmerciful unyielding unyielding velar velar vexed whispered woody woody

Synonym Network

backbreaking concentrated confusing difficult firmly hardly harsh incontrovertible intemperate intemperately knockout resistant severely strong surd tough

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