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hard has 24 distinct synonyms spread across 12 of its 22 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is soft.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
“a difficult task”
resisting weight or pressure
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
“Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants”
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
“a hard drinker”
indulging excessively
“he drank heavily”
7 of the 22 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for hard.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for hard come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.