Thesaurus
adversity
Synonyms and Antonyms of adversity
- Many people came face-to-face with life-altering adversity when the stock market crashed.
- Some overcame all the adversities of the Great Depression and rebuilt their fortunes.
discomfort, inconvenience, nuisance
affliction, trial, tribulation
knock, misfortune, mishap, tragedy
bar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, rub, shackle, snag, stop, trammel
Synonym Discussion of adversity
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- never lost hope even in the depths of misfortune
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- took the wrong road by mischance
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- had never experienced great adversity
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- the usual mishaps of a family vacation
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