jawbreakers

Rock-hard candy balls

Jawbreakers are hard, round candies designed to be sucked rather than chewed—large enough and dense enough to challenge the jaw if you try to bite through.

The name captures both the candy's toughness and its size: She bought a bag of jawbreakers at the candy store.

Figuratively, a jawbreaker is a word difficult to pronounce: The medical terminology was full of jawbreakers.

candy

gobstopper

Long-lasting spherical candy

confectionery · sugar · candy store · fruit flavors · Ferrara · sweet · multicolored · layers · dissolve · saliva

difficulty

tongue twister

Phrase hard to articulate

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious · antidisestablishmentarianism · pronunciation · articulation · syllables · spelling bee · linguistic · phonetic · vocabulary · elocution

impact

punch

Strike with fist

haymaker · fist · blow · slugger · boxing · fight · teeth · dental · fracture · bruise

Categories
Opposites
candy texture

jawbreakerscotton candy

Spun sugar confection

marshmallows · gummy bears · taffy · gummies · caramels

ease of consumption

jawbreakerscotton candy

Spun sugar confection

chocolate truffles · Fun Dip · Pop Rocks · pudding · chocolate

candy size/duration

jawbreakersTic Tacs

Small pellet-shaped mints

sprinkles · Smarties · candy buttons · Pop Rocks · nonpareils

Family

jawbreaker

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G