Antonyms for easy

Antonyms for (adj) easy

Main entry: easy

Definition: posing no difficulty; requiring little effort

Usage: an easy job; an easy problem; an easy victory; the house is easy to heat; satisfied with easy answers; took the easy way out of his dilemma

Antonyms: difficult, hard

Definition: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure


Antonyms: soil, grime, begrime, bemire, colly, dirty

Definition: make soiled, filthy, or dirty


Antonyms: soiled, dirty, unclean

Definition: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime


Antonyms: dirty

Definition: (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency


Antonyms: contaminating, dirty

Definition: spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination


Antonyms: unclean, impure

Definition: having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws


Antonyms: roughen

Definition: make rough or rougher


Antonyms: unsmooth, rough

Definition: having or caused by an irregular surface


Antonyms: rough, jolting, jolty, jumpy, bumpy, rocky

Definition: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements


Antonyms: rough

Definition: of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped


Antonyms: compound

Definition: composed of more than one part


Antonyms: complex

Definition: complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts


Antonyms: hard

Definition: resisting weight or pressure


Antonyms: hard

Definition: dispassionate


Antonyms: hard

Definition: (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum


Antonyms: hard, concentrated

Definition: (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source


Antonyms: loud

Definition: characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity


Antonyms: hardened

Definition: protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)


Antonyms: effortful

Definition: requiring great physical effort


Antonyms: painful

Definition: causing physical or psychological pain


Main entry: easy

Definition: free from worry or anxiety

Usage: knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy; an easy good-natured manner; by the time the chsild faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words

Antonyms: uneasy

Definition: lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance


Main entry: easy

Definition: affording pleasure

Usage: easy good looks

Antonyms: displeasing

Definition: causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities


Main entry: easy, gentle, soft

Definition: having little impact

Usage: an easy pat on the shoulder; gentle rain; a gentle breeze; a soft (or light) tapping at the window

Antonyms: dark, darkness

Definition: absence of light or illumination


Antonyms: dark

Definition: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black


Antonyms: dark

Definition: (used of color) having a dark hue


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: of comparatively great physical weight or density


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: unusually great in degree or quantity or number


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: of great intensity or power or force


Antonyms: heavy

Definition: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment


Main entry: easy, gentle

Definition: marked by moderate steepness

Usage: an easy climb; a gentle slope

Antonyms: sudden

Definition: happening without warning or in a short space of time


Antonyms: steep

Definition: having a sharp inclination


Main entry: prosperous, easy, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do, comfortable

Definition: in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich

Usage: they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards; easy living; a prosperous family; his family is well-situated financially; well-to-do members of the community

Antonyms: poor, poor people

Definition: people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)


Antonyms: poor

Definition: having little money or few possessions


Antonyms: poor

Definition: lacking in specific resources, qualities or substances


Antonyms: poor

Definition: characterized by or indicating poverty


Antonyms: lean

Definition: lacking in mineral content or combustible material


Main entry: easy

Definition: obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally

Usage: easy money

Antonyms: scarce

Definition: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand


Main entry: easy

Definition: less in demand and therefore readily obtainable

Usage: commodities are easy this quarter

Antonyms: unavailable

Definition: not available or accessible or at hand


Main entry: easy, promiscuous, light, loose, wanton, sluttish

Definition: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

Usage: her easy virtue; he was told to avoid loose (or light) women; wanton behavior

Antonyms: chaste

Definition: morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)


Main entry: easy

Definition: affording comfort

Usage: soft light that was easy on the eyes

Antonyms: uncomfortable

Definition: providing or experiencing physical discomfort


Antonyms: uncomfortable

Definition: conducive to or feeling mental discomfort


Main entry: easy, easygoing, leisurely

Definition: not hurried or forced

Usage: an easy walk around the block; at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace

Antonyms: hurried

Definition: moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste


Main entry: easy

Definition: readily exploited or tricked

Usage: an easy victim; an easy mark

Antonyms: unimpressionable

Definition: not sensitive or susceptible to impression


Antonyms for (adv) easy

Main entry: easy, tardily, slow, slowly

Definition: without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

Usage: he spoke slowly; go easy here--the road is slippery; glaciers move tardily; please go slow so I can see the sights

Antonyms: quickly, rapidly, chop-chop, speedily, apace

Definition: with rapid movements


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