hard
adjective
[ hɑːd ]
• solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.
• "the slate broke on the hard floor"
Similar:
firm,
solid,
dense,
rigid,
stiff,
resistant,
unbreakable,
inflexible,
unpliable,
impenetrable,
unyielding,
solidified,
hardened,
compact,
compacted,
steely,
tough,
strong,
stony,
rocklike,
flinty,
close-packed,
compressed,
as hard as iron,
as hard as stone,
frozen,
adamantine,
unmalleable,
renitent,
• done with a great deal of force or strength.
• "a hard whack"
Similar:
forceful,
heavy,
strong,
sharp,
smart,
violent,
powerful,
vigorous,
mighty,
hefty,
tremendous,
• requiring a great deal of endurance or effort.
• "airship-flying was pretty hard work"
Similar:
arduous,
strenuous,
tiring,
fatiguing,
exhausting,
wearying,
back-breaking,
gruelling,
heavy,
laborious,
difficult,
taxing,
exacting,
testing,
challenging,
demanding,
punishing,
tough,
formidable,
onerous,
rigorous,
uphill,
Herculean,
murderous,
killing,
hellish,
knackering,
toilsome,
exigent,
puzzling,
perplexing,
baffling,
bewildering,
mystifying,
knotty,
thorny,
ticklish,
problematic,
enigmatic,
complicated,
complex,
intricate,
involved,
tangled,
insoluble,
unfathomable,
impenetrable,
incomprehensible,
unanswerable,
spiny,
mind-bending,
gnarly,
insolvable,
wildering,
• (of information) reliable, especially because based on something true or substantiated.
• "hard facts about the underclass are maddeningly elusive"
Similar:
reliable,
definite,
true,
actual,
confirmed,
undeniable,
indisputable,
unquestionable,
verifiable,
plain,
cold,
bare,
bold,
harsh,
unvarnished,
unembellished,
• strongly alcoholic; denoting a spirit rather than beer or wine.
• (of water) containing relatively high concentrations of dissolved calcium and magnesium salts, which make lathering difficult.
• "hard water requires much more soap, shampoo, or detergent than soft water"
• (of the penis, clitoris, or nipples) erect.
• (of a consonant) pronounced as a velar plosive (as c in cat, g in go ).
hard
adverb
• with a great deal of effort.
• "they work hard at school"
Similar:
diligently,
industriously,
assiduously,
conscientiously,
sedulously,
busily,
intensely,
enthusiastically,
energetically,
earnestly,
persistently,
doggedly,
steadily,
indefatigably,
untiringly,
all out,
with application,
with perseverance,
like mad,
like crazy,
like billy-o,
with difficulty,
with effort,
after a struggle,
painfully,
arduously,
laboriously,
Opposite:
lackadaisically,
easily,
• so as to be solid or firm.
• "the mortar has set hard"
• to the fullest extent possible.
• "put the wheel hard over to starboard"
hard
noun
• a road leading down across a foreshore.
Origin:
Old English hard, heard, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hard and German hart .
