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herculean
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Herculean
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerful, strong |
| Synonyms: | almighty, backbreaking, colossal, courageous, forceful, gargantuan, gigantic, hard, heroic, huge, impressive, laborious, mighty, strenuous, tough, vigorous |
| Main Entry: | giant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, big, blimp, brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, gigantic, gross*, huge, hulking, humongous*, immense, jumbo, mammoth, monstrous*, mountainous, prodigious, super-duper, titanic, vast, whale of a, whaling |
| Antonyms: | dwarf, little, miniature, miniscule, minor, small, teeny, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gigantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very large |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, Moby, blimp, brobdingnagian, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gross*, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, monster, monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, super-colossal, titan, tremendous, vast, whopping |
| Antonyms: | dwarfed, little, miniature, miniscule, small, teeny, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, exhausting |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, arduous, backbreaking, bothersome, burdensome, complicated, demanding, difficile, distressing, effortful, exacting, fatiguing, formidable, grinding, hairy*, heavy*, intricate, involved, irksome, knotty, labored, laborious, mean, merciless, murder, onerous, operose, rigorous, rough, rugged, scabrous, serious, severe, slavish, sticky, strenuous, terrible, tiring, toilful, toilsome, tough, troublesome, unsparing, uphill battle, uphill, wearing, wearisome, wearying |
| Antonyms: | easy, facile, mild, simple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | husky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big, burly |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, brawny, gigantic, hefty, mighty, muscular, powerful, rugged, sinewy, stalwart, stocky, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, thickset, well-built |
| Antonyms: | little, small, thin |
| Main Entry: | laborious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, difficult |
| Synonyms: | arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, effortful, fatiguing, forced, heavy, herculean, labored, onerous, operose, ponderous, rough go, stiff, strained, strenuous, tiresome, toilsome, tough, tough job, wearing, wearisome, wicked* |
| Antonyms: | easy, effortless, facile, simple, trivial |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muscular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerfully built |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, able-bodied, athletic, brawny, bruising, burly, fibrous, hefty, hulky, husky, lusty, mighty, muscled, powerful, powerhouse, pumped up, ripped, robust, ropy, sinewy, stalwart, stout, strapping, stringy, strong, sturdy, tiger, tough, vigorous, well-built, wiry |
| Antonyms: | delicate, flabby, infirm, skinny, weak |
| Main Entry: | prodigious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge, enormous |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, big, colossal*, fantastic, giant, gigantic, gross, immeasurable, immense, inordinate, jumbo, king-size, large, mammoth, massive, mighty, monstrous, monumental, mortal, stupendous, towering, tremendous, vast |
| Antonyms: | little, small, tiny |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strenuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult; requiring hard work |
| Synonyms: | Herculean, arduous, demanding, effortful, energy-consuming, exhausting, hard, laborious, mean, operose, taxing, toilful, toilsome, tough, tough going, uphill, wicked |
| Antonyms: | easy, effortless, facile |
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