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

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

Ole Miss has to get through the SEC gauntlet of LSU, Florida and Vanderbilt before hosting the Tigers. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026

However consumer environments are the ultimate gauntlet for robotics with regards to unbounded task complexity, near-infinite environmental diversity, and a very high safety threshold. — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

The nonconference slate is no gauntlet, but things really tighten up around mid-October. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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