Synonyms of exhausting

exhausting 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in stressful

Related Words

• stressful
• difficult
• oppressive
• burdensome
• arduous
• onerous
• challenging
• strenuous
• grueling
• labored
• laborious
• trying
• taxing
• backbreaking
• uphill
• bruising
• complex
• complicated
• formidable
• herculean
• toilsome
• sweaty
• demanding
• tough
• rigorous
• testing
• exacting
• tricky
• problematic
• severe
• effortful
• serious
• intricate
• tight
• killer
• murderous
• tall
• elusive
• troublesome
• stubborn
• annoying
• hard
• abstract
• irksome
• involved
• abstruse
• heavy
• thorny
• vexatious
• hellacious
• recondite
• insoluble
• bothersome
• distressing
• knotty
• ticklish
• opaque
• pick-and-shovel
• rugged
• stiff
• rough
• painful
• hairy
• moiling
• Augean
• spiny
• stringent
• brutal
• grim
• cruel
• strict
• grievous
• inhuman

Dissimilar Words

• manageable
• clear
• elementary
• achievable
• uncomplicated
• smooth
• gentle
• comforting
• doable
• soothing
• easy
• painless
• relaxed
• simple
• light
• cheap
• soft
• mindless
• effortless
• facile
• undemanding

2

as in exhaustive

Related Words

• exhaustive
• inclusive
• copious
• comprehensive
• abundant
• encyclopedic
• thoroughgoing
• panoramic
• accurate
• entire
• omnibus
• specific
• correct
• in-depth
• precise
• exact
• complete
• inclusionary
• specified
• replete
• explicit
• itemized
• elaborate
• detailed
• thorough
• enumerated
• particular
• distinct
• delineated
• circumstantial
• picturesque
• full
• listed
• vivid
• descriptive
• particularized
• minute
• blow-by-blow
• graphic
• inventoried
• numerated
• mapped (out)
• sharp

Dissimilar Words

• summary
• short
• brief
• compendious
• concise
• succinct
• compact
• pithy
• curtailed
• terse
• crisp
• ambiguous
• abbreviated
• cut
• shortened
• abridged
• vague
• trimmed
• sketchy
• nebulous
• indeterminate
• general
• pruned
• broad
• nondescript
• nonspecific
• overall
• unspecified
• bird's-eye

exhausting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of exhaust

1

as in tiring

to use up all the physical energy of

the long day at the county fair had exhausted everyone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tiring
• wearing
• killing
• draining
• wearying
• busting
• fatiguing
• harassing
• wasting
• burning out
• knocking out
• wearing out
• breaking
• frazzling
• fagging
• washing out
• doing in
• doing up
• enervating
• debilitating
• weakening
• outwearing
• sapping
• tuckering (out)
• wearing to a frazzle
• enfeebling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• energizing
• invigorating
• strengthening
• activating
• resting
• relaxing
• rejuvenating
• vitalizing
• unwinding

2

as in draining

to make complete use of

we had been at the theme park barely for two hours, and we were on the verge of exhausting our spending money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• draining
• consuming
• spending
• absorbing
• depleting
• reducing
• burning
• expending
• eating
• using
• emptying
• devouring
• drawing down
• playing out
• running out of
• decreasing
• wasting
• using up
• diminishing
• downsizing
• debilitating
• lowering
• weakening
• dwindling
• sapping
• undermining
• impoverishing
• crippling
• lessening
• bankrupting
• enfeebling
• cleaning (out)
• disabling
• blowing
• de-escalating
• abating
• drying up
• dissipating
• squandering
• lavishing
• guzzling
• running through
• frittering (away)
• throwing away
• misspending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• replacing
• renewing
• enlarging
• reinforcing
• enforcing
• strengthening
• augmenting
• rebuilding
• repairing
• restoring
• preserving
• saving
• reviving
• bolstering
• conserving
• fortifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exhausting

Adjective

This exhausting existence has kept Lucky emotionally dependent on her father. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 July 2026

Slowing down to actually notice the trees around you is part of what makes long-distance hiking restorative rather than just exhausting. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026

Stones, 90 exhausting minutes into his first start for almost one month, alongside him. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Our Awards Editor Marcus Jones joins co-hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio for an exhaustive (but hardly exhausting) rundown of the drama, comedy, and limited series categories. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 July 2026

Guehi, Konsa, Stones and Burn were in the lineup in the frantic, exhausting late minutes of the win against Mexico. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

Playing Tom was exhausting in a way that playing Nile wasn’t. — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

All in all, launching the book has been an exhausting and lovely gift of an experience. — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

If cooking dinner every night feels repetitive and exhausting, online grocery delivery is your ultimate solution to simplify weekly meal planning, eliminate stressful trips to the store and get fresh ingredients brought straight to your door. — Rachel Cortez, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Verb

But there were hero moments here too, the same refusal to lose, the same team-work, the same selfless effort in exhausting physical conditions. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026

The two young women at the center of the chamber piece that is Fruit Gathering face more challenges than hard work in a monotonous environment, including exhausting work, economic uncertainty and social repression. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

This convergence is a very encouraging sign, providing the first footprint of a structural trend change and indicating that the selling pressure from the recent rug pull is finally exhausting itself. — Nishant Pant, CNBC, 7 July 2026

And more than a decade into the LHC era, neither frontier has come close to exhausting its potential. — Florencia Canelli, Scientific American, 1 July 2026

That matters because unloading mixed freight can be exhausting work. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

After exhausting her options in the lower courts, Shirilla took her case to Ohio's highest court. — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

Naval forces are increasingly looking for ways to defeat large numbers of drones without exhausting expensive missile inventories. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026

The Spurs seemed emotionally spent after exhausting all of their energy in unseating the defending champions. — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026