hardness - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for hardness , a list of similar words for hardness from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

excessive sternness

Synonyms

• hardness
• harshness
• inclemency
• rigor
• rigorousness
• rigour
• rigourousness
• severeness
• severity
• stiffness

More generic

• sternness
• strictness

Noun

the quality of being difficult to do

Synonyms

• hardness
• ruggedness

More generic

• difficultness
• difficulty

Noun

devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

Synonyms

• callosity
• callousness
• hardness
• insensibility
• unfeelingness

More generic

• insensitiveness
• insensitivity

More specific

• dullness

Noun

a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering

Synonyms

• hardness

More generic

• quality

Noun

the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale

Synonyms

• hardness

More generic

• body
• consistence
• consistency
• substance

Opposite / Antonyms

• softness

More specific

• firmness
• incompressibility

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