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Synonyms & Antonyms of challenging
(Entry 1 of 2)
- an exceptionally challenging brainteaser
Synonyms for challenging
- arduous,
- Augean,
- backbreaking,
- demanding,
- difficult,
- effortful,
- exacting,
- formidable,
- grueling
- (or gruelling),
- hard,
- heavy,
- hellacious,
- herculean,
- killer,
- laborious,
- moiling,
- murderous,
- pick-and-shovel,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- rugged,
- severe,
- stiff,
- strenuous,
- sweaty,
- tall,
- testing,
- toilsome,
- tough,
- uphill
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Antonyms for challenging
- cheap,
- easy,
- effortless,
- facile,
- light,
- mindless,
- simple,
- soft,
- undemanding
- a challenging test designed to whittle down the number of contestants
Synonyms for challenging
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- easy,
- effortless,
- facile,
- simple,
- smooth
Antonyms for challenging
challenging
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of challenging (Entry 2 of 2)
- don't hesitate to challenge any statement that generalizes about people
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- having to put up with an overbearing boss challenges forbearance
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The first known use of challenging was in 1842
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