Overview of adj hard
The adj hard has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (37) difficult, hard -- (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?")
2. (20) hard -- (metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb")
3. (15) hard -- (not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock")
4. (5) hard, knockout, severe -- (very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow")
5. (4) arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace")
6. hard -- (of speech sounds)
7. hard, heavy -- (of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker")
8. fermented, hard -- (having undergone fermentation; "hard cider")
9. hard, strong -- (having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor")
10. hard, tough -- (unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break")
11. hard -- (dried out "hard dry rolls left over from the day before")
Overview of adv hard
The adv hard has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (12) hard -- (with effort or force or vigor; "the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard")
2. (3) hard, firmly -- (with firmness; "held hard to the railing")
3. (1) hard -- (earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused")
4. (1) hard, severely -- (causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure")
5. (1) hard -- (slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard")
6. heavily, intemperately, hard -- (indulging excessively; "he drank heavily")
7. hard -- (into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours")
8. hard -- (very near or close in space or time; "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening")
9. hard -- (with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard")
10. hard -- (to the full extent possible; all the way "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left")
Antonyms of adj hard
11 senses of hard
Sense 1
difficult (vs. easy), hard
Sense 2
hard (vs. soft)
soft (vs. hard)
=> coddled, pampered, spoiled
=> compliant
=> diffused, softened
=> easy
=> effeminate, weak
=> euphonious
=> liquid
=> mellow, mellowing
Sense 3
hard (vs. soft)
soft (vs. hard)
=> brushed, fleecy, napped
=> cheeselike
=> compressible, squeezable
=> cushioned, cushiony, padded
=> demulcent, emollient, salving, softening
=> downy, downlike, flossy, fluffy
=> flabby, flaccid
=> brushed, fleecy, napped
=> yielding
=> mushy
=> overstuffed
=> softish, semisoft
=> spongy, squashy, squishy, spongelike
=> velvet, velvety
=> cottony
=> flocculent, woolly, wooly
Sense 4
hard, knockout, severe
INDIRECT (VIA strong) -> weak
Sense 5
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome
INDIRECT (VIA effortful) -> effortless
Sense 6
hard (vs. soft)
soft (vs. hard)
=> fricative, sibilant, spirant
=> palatal, palatalized, palatalised
=> fricative, sibilant, spirant
Sense 7
hard(postnominal), heavy
INDIRECT (VIA intemperate) -> temperate
Sense 8
fermented, hard
INDIRECT (VIA soured) -> unsoured
Sense 9
hard, strong
INDIRECT (VIA alcoholic) -> nonalcoholic, soft
Sense 10
hard, tough
INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good
Sense 11
hard
INDIRECT (VIA stale) -> fresh
Similarity of adj hard
11 senses of hard
Sense 1
difficult (vs. easy), hard
=> ambitious, challenging
=> arduous
=> awkward, embarrassing, sticky, unenviable
=> baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical
=> catchy, tricky
=> delicate, ticklish
=> fractious
=> hard-fought
=> herculean, Herculean
=> nasty, tight
=> rocky, rough
=> rugged, tough
=> stubborn
=> tall(postnominal)
=> thorny
=> troublesome
=> trying
=> vexed
=> serious
Also See-> demanding#1; effortful#1; hard#2
Sense 2
hard (vs. soft)
=> brutal, cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind
=> calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd
=> case-hardened, hardened, hard-boiled
=> steely
=> stiff, uphill
Also See-> difficult#1, hard#1; insensitive#2; merciless#1, unmerciful#1; tough#1
Sense 3
hard (vs. soft)
=> adamantine
=> corneous, hornlike, horny
=> erect, tumid
=> firm, solid
=> granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony
=> hardened, set
=> lignified, woody
=> marmoreal, marmorean
=> ossified
=> petrified
=> petrous, stonelike
=> slaty, slatey
=> steely
=> unpadded
=> semihard
Also See-> solid#1
Sense 4
hard, knockout, severe
=> strong (vs. weak)
Sense 5
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome
=> effortful (vs. effortless)
Sense 6
hard (vs. soft)
=> plosive
=> velar
Sense 7
hard(postnominal), heavy
=> intemperate (vs. temperate)
Sense 8
fermented, hard
=> soured (vs. unsoured)
Sense 9
hard, strong
=> alcoholic (vs. nonalcoholic)
Sense 10
hard, tough
=> bad (vs. good)
Sense 11
hard
=> stale (vs. fresh)
Attributes of adj hard
2 of 11 senses of hard
Sense 1
difficult (vs. easy), hard
=> difficulty, difficultness
Sense 3
hard (vs. soft)
=> hardness
Familiarity of adj hard
hard used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11)
Grep of adj hard
die-hard
hard
hard-and-fast
hard-baked
hard-bitten
hard-boiled
hard-core
hard-fought
hard-hitting
hard-line
hard-nosed
hard-of-hearing
hard-pressed
hard-surfaced
hard-to-please
hard put
hard to please
hard up
hardback
hardbacked
hardbound
hardcore
hardcover
hardened
hardfisted
hardheaded
hardhearted
hardline
hardly a
hardscrabble
hardwood
hardworking
hardy
semihard
Overview of adj hard
The adj hard has 11 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (37) difficult, hard -- (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?")
2. (20) hard -- (metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb")
3. (15) hard -- (not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock")
4. (5) hard, knockout, severe -- (very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow")
5. (4) arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious, punishing, toilsome -- (characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace")
6. hard -- (of speech sounds)
7. hard, heavy -- (of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker")
8. fermented, hard -- (having undergone fermentation; "hard cider")
9. hard, strong -- (having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor")
10. hard, tough -- (unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break")
11. hard -- (dried out "hard dry rolls left over from the day before")
Overview of adv hard
The adv hard has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (12) hard -- (with effort or force or vigor; "the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard")
2. (3) hard, firmly -- (with firmness; "held hard to the railing")
3. (1) hard -- (earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused")
4. (1) hard, severely -- (causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure")
5. (1) hard -- (slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard")
6. heavily, intemperately, hard -- (indulging excessively; "he drank heavily")
7. hard -- (into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours")
8. hard -- (very near or close in space or time; "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening")
9. hard -- (with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard")
10. hard -- (to the full extent possible; all the way "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left")
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