Synonyms of gauntlet

gauntlet

noun

variants also gantlet

as in ordeal

a test of faith, patience, or strength

before being adopted, school textbooks must often run the gauntlet of several local and state committees

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ordeal
• fire
• trial
• cross
• crucible
• initiation
• challenge
• baptism of fire
• misfortune
• baptism
• adversity
• hardship
• tribulation
• grievance
• tragedy
• grief
• mishap
• woe
• trouble
• difficulty
• vicissitude
• misadventure
• acid test
• privation
• litmus test
• rigor
• discomfort
• inconvenience
• complication
• nuisance
• mischance
• affliction
• asperity
• annoyance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gauntlet

Adding a ninth conference game in the age of the transfer portal could make the road even tougher, requiring teams to display the depth to survive a 16- or 17-game gauntlet to win a national championship. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026

Fortunately he is equipped with a gauntlet that absorbs the souls of his enemies, restoring his health or giving him supernatural powers. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

With four of their first five games on the road against playoff teams, their ability to medically weather an early-season gauntlet will be tested. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026

But before Bane can finish him off, Batman stabs a Batarang into a little knob on Bane’s wrist gauntlet, the one that controls his intake of Venom. — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

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