harder
Less of ease
Harder is the comparative form of hard—more difficult, more solid, more intense.
What's harder depends on context: a harder surface resists pressure better, a harder exam challenges more, a harder punch lands with greater force.
The second mile was harder than the first.
To try harder is to increase effort.
Hard to accomplish
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
- complicatedDifficult to understand
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- demandingRequiring great effort
troublesome · laborious · onerous · intricate · perplexing · daunting · formidable · grueling
More resistant to pressure
- denserMore closely packed
- stifferLess flexible, comparatively
- tougherMore resistant to damage
- solidifiedMade firm, not fluid
compressed · compacted · calcified · petrified · crystallized · tempered · cured · set
More resistant to damage
- sturdierMore solidly constructed
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- seasonedFlavored or battle-tested
- temperedStrengthened through heat treatment
calloused · thickened · inured · steeled · fortified · roughened · toughened · strengthened
Having greater power
- fiercerMore violently intense
- sharperGambling cheat or swindler
- heavierHaving more mass
- louderGreater in volume
faster · deeper · steeper · harsher · bolder · rougher · meaner · crueler
Applying force to move
- strainingExerting intense effort
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- grindingMolar action sometimes
- perseveringMaintaining effort despite difficulty
persisting · doubling down · redoubling · exerting · toiling · laboring · sweating · striving
challenging
Hard to accomplish
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
- complicatedDifficult to understand
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
demanding · troublesome · laborious · onerous · intricate · perplexing · daunting · formidable · grueling · exacting
firmer
More resistant to pressure
solidified · compressed · compacted · calcified · petrified · crystallized · tempered · cured · set · frozen
tougher
More resistant to damage
tempered · calloused · thickened · inured · steeled · fortified · roughened · toughened · strengthened
stronger
Having greater power
louder · faster · deeper · steeper · harsher · bolder · rougher · meaner · crueler · severer
pushing
Applying force to move
- strainingExerting intense effort
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- grindingMolar action sometimes
persevering · persisting · doubling down · redoubling · exerting · toiling · laboring · sweating · striving · endeavoring
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- hard workSustained strenuous effort
- work hardExpend serious effort
- hard timeStruggle or imprisonment
- hard driveComputer's internal storage device
- hardly everAlmost not at all
- the hard wayThrough difficulty, not ease
hard, hardly, harden, hardy, hardship, hardness, hardened, hardening, hardcore