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arduous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of arduous

1 requiring considerable physical or mental effort
  • Climbing Mount Everest is an arduous, exhausting challenge.
Synonyms of arduous

Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, heavy, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill
Words Related to arduous

abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic (also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, tricky

bruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, trying

annoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatious

grievous, grim, strict, stringent

brutal, cruel, inhuman, painful
Near Antonyms of arduous

achievable, clear, doable, elementary, manageable, uncomplicated

comforting, gentle, painless, relaxed, smooth, soothing

accessible, friendly, idiotproof, user-friendly
Antonyms of arduous

cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
2 requiring much time, effort, or careful attention
  • the arduous task of doing the research for my term paper
Synonyms of arduous

burdensome, challenging, demanding, exacting, grueling (or gruelling), killing, laborious, onerous, persnickety, taxing, toilsome
Words Related to arduous

difficult, formidable, hard, herculean, rough, rugged, stiff, strenuous, testing, tough

oppressive, trying

rigid, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, stringent
Near Antonyms of arduous

easy, effortless, facile, simple, smooth
Antonyms of arduous

light, nondemanding, unchallenging, undemanding

Synonym Discussion of arduous

hard, difficult, arduous mean demanding great exertion or effort. hard implies the opposite of all that is easy.
    • farming is hard work
difficult implies the presence of obstacles to be surmounted or puzzles to be resolved and suggests the need of skill or courage.
    • the difficult ascent of the mountain
arduous stresses the need of laborious and persevering exertion.
    • the arduous task of rebuilding

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