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

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

According to the company, the MH3 has been designed to perform work that is unsafe, repetitive, or physically exhausting for human workers. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

Enjoy the moment — don’t turn a good idea into an exhausting production. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

Navigating the world of carrier contracts, device discounts, and twisted terms and conditions can make the process exhausting, and paying for a phone outside of a contract can cost hundreds and even thousands of dollars. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026

One-minute episodes were a better fit for fragmented and exhausting work schedules. — Lavender Au, The Dial, 30 June 2026

Verb

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

Trapped by high interest rates and the cumulative weight of inflation, the bottom 80 percent of earners are aggressively pulling back on discretionary goods, exhausting credit options and downgrading to private-label and discount brands. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 10 June 2026

On Tuesday, the Social Security Administration said the federal program is at risk of exhausting its trust fund as soon as 2023. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 June 2026

Sliding effortlessly from incisive observer to chaotic flirt to exhausting narcissist, Firstman is never not in on the joke. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 May 2026