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

Yet even those who make it through the eligibility gantlet could find their access to care diminished. — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 16 June 2026

For now, though, the team will take a long vacation before facing the gauntlet that is an NFL summer. — Mike Kaye june 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026

The gauntlet of booby traps culminating in the giant boulder that kick off Raiders is my single favorite opening sequence in a movie ever. — Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026

Objectively, running the full gauntlet of a classification’s elite is a steeper climb. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026

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