Synonyms for difficult

Other words for “difficult”, grouped by meaning.

We found 23 synonyms for “difficult”. The most common are hard, ambitious, arduous, awkward, baffling.

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

Synonymshard

Similarambitious arduous awkward baffling catchy delicate fractious hard-fought herculean nasty rocky rugged serious tall thorny troublesome trying vexed

Oppositeseasy

adjective hard to control

Synonymsunmanageable

Similarindocile incorrigible uncheckable

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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