Synonym Dictionary

Skillful and effective, especially in a difficult situation.

A difficult or unfavorable condition or period.

To make a difficulty, burden, or discomfort less severe.

Requiring considerable effort or endurance.

Showing an unfeeling disregard for other people's difficulties.

To get around a difficulty, obstacle, or rule.

Driven by an urge that is difficult to resist.

To compete or struggle against difficulty or opposition.

To twist or coil together; figuratively, to make tangled or complicated.

Complicated and difficult to follow.

The central and most important point of an issue.

To work out the meaning of coded, unclear, or difficult material.

A difficult situation requiring a choice between unsatisfactory alternatives.

Different in kind or difficult to compare directly.

To make a meaning or difficult point clear.

Difficult to find, catch, achieve, or define.

Something puzzling or difficult to understand.

An act of avoiding a duty, difficulty, or direct response.

Making a fault or difficult situation seem less serious or blameworthy.

To free from a difficulty, entanglement, or constraint.

Recklessly bold despite obvious danger or difficulty.

Courage and strength in facing difficulty.

Something that obstructs or makes progress difficult.

Unable to be entered or passed through; also impossible to understand or interpret.