English word
Difficult
Definitions
adjective
- hard to do, make, or carry out : arduous
- hard to deal with, manage, or overcome
- hard to understand : puzzling
Synonyms for difficult
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Synonyms by context
Hard to comprehend mentally
adjective
- complex
- confusing
- puzzling
- tricky
- baffling
- bewildering
- confounding
- convoluted
Not easy to please or satisfy
adjective
- fussy
- picky
- particular
- choosy
- finicky
- fastidious
- critical
- finical
- perfectionist
Antonyms for difficult
Opposite of requiring great effort or exertion
Opposite of hard to comprehend mentally
- simple
- straightforward
- trivial
- facile
- uncomplicated
- child's play
- obvious
- achievable
- apparent
Opposite of not easy to please or satisfy
- agreeable
- accommodating
- considerate
- amenable
- amiable
- cooperative
- flexible
- good-natured
- lenient
Phrases
- a breeze
- a bummer of a
- a cinch
- a devil
- a doddle
- an imposition
- a nuisance
- a piece of cake
- a pushover
- as easy as ABC
- a snap
- a stinker of a
- beset by problems
- beyond bearing
- built on sand
- causing discomfort
- child's play
- clearly expressed
- crystal clear
- difficult going