🔄 Synonyms of "Effortful"
22 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| arduous | Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance. |
| heavynoun | (of any physical thing) Having great weight. |
| hardnoun | (of material or fluid) Solid and firm. |
| difficultverb | Hard, not easy, requiring much effort. |
| gruelingnoun | Alternative spelling of gruelling. [Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.] |
| leadenverb | Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish. |
| gruellingnoun | Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking. |
| strenuous | (of a task) Requiring great exertion; very laborious. |
| laborious | Requiring much physical effort; toilsome. |
| laboured | Expressive of strenuous effort. |
| ploddingnoun | Progressing slowly and laboriously. |
| strainingnoun | The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc) |
| labored | Alternative form of laboured. [Expressive of strenuous effort.] |
| toilsome | Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious. |
| exhausting | Very tiring. |
| punishingnoun | That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding. |
| tiringnoun | That tires or tire. |
| labourious | Obsolete form of laborious. [Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.] |
| draggingnoun | That drags. |
| wearyingnoun | The process of making weary. |
| backbreaking | (figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring. |
| wearingnoun | That which is worn; clothes; garments. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Effortful"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| effortless | Without effort. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Effortful"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| toilsome | Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious. |
| labouredverb | Expressive of strenuous effort. |
| labourious | Obsolete form of laborious. [Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.] |
| backbreaking | (figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring. |
| laborious | Requiring much physical effort; toilsome. |
| laboredverb | Alternative form of laboured. [Expressive of strenuous effort.] |
| arduous | Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance. |
| punishingverb | That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding. |
| gruelling | Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking. |
| difficult | Hard, not easy, requiring much effort. |
| strainingnoun | The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc) |
| strenuous | (of a task) Requiring great exertion; very laborious. |
| hard | (of material or fluid) Solid and firm. |
| plodding | Progressing slowly and laboriously. |
| heavy | (of any physical thing) Having great weight. |
| exhausting | Very tiring. |
| grueling | Alternative spelling of gruelling. [Very difficult or taxing; exhausting; backbreaking.] |
| tiring | That tires or tire. |
| dragging | That drags. |
| wearingverb | (not comparable) Intended to be worn. |
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