Antonyms for difficulty
ˈdɪf ɪˌkʌl ti, -kəl tidif·fi·cul·ty

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. difficulty

   Difficulty makes an undertaking otherwise than easy. That which rests upon one as a burden is an encumbrance. An impediment is primarily something that checks the foot or in any way makes advance slow or difficult; an obstacle is something that stands across the way, an obstruction something that is built or placed across the way. An obstruction is always an obstacle, but an obstacle may not always be properly termed an obstruction; boxes and bales placed on the sidewalk are obstructions to travel; an ice-floe is an obstacle to navigation, and may become an obstruction if it closes an inlet or channel. A hindrance (kindred with hind, behind) is anything that makes one come behind or short of his purpose. An impediment may be either what one finds in his way or what he carries with him; impedimenta was the Latin name for the baggage of a soldier or of an army. The tendency is to view an impediment as something constant or, at least for a time, continuous; as, an impediment in one's speech. A difficulty or a hindrance may be either within one or without; a speaker may find difficulty in expressing himself, or difficulty in holding the attention of restless children. An encumbrance is always what one carries with him; an obstacle or an obstruction is always without. To a marching soldier the steepness of a mountain path is a difficulty, loose stones are impediments, a fence is an obstruction, a cliff or a boulder across the way is an obstacle; a knapsack is an encumbrance.

   Antonyms:
   advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, help, relief, succor

   Synonyms:
   bar, barrier, clog, encumbrance, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction

Matched Categories

1. • Cognitive Factor
   • Condition
   • Effort
   • Quality

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. trouble, difficultynoun

   an effort that is inconvenient

   "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"

   Antonyms:
   ease, simpleness, simplicity, easiness

   Synonyms:
   fuss, trouble, worry, hassle, difficultness, problem, bother

2. difficultynoun

   a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result

   "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"

   Antonyms:
   simpleness, easiness, ease, simplicity

   Synonyms:
   trouble, difficultness

3. difficultynoun

   a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

   "grappling with financial difficulties"

   Antonyms:
   simpleness, ease, simplicity, easiness

   Synonyms:
   trouble, difficultness

4. difficulty, difficultnessnoun

   the quality of being difficult

   "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"

   Antonyms:
   simpleness, easiness, ease, simplicity

   Synonyms:
   trouble, difficultness

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1. difficultynoun

   Antonyms:
   ease, facility, extrication, release

   Synonyms:
   obstacle, impediment, obstruction, arduousness, hardness, controversy, disagreement, objection, cavil, predicament, quandary, dilemma

How to use difficulty in a sentence?

1. John Maynard Keynes:

   The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.

2. Elena Kagan:

   I think that is different, i have difficulty with that hypothetical.

3. William Schaffner:

   We do not test people with no symptoms because it's a resource issue, however, we are emphasizing that people who have this small cluster of important symptoms -- fever and anything related to the lower respiratory tract such as cough and difficulty breathing -- reach out to be evaluated.

4. Quincy Krosby:

   Most likely, there will be more volatility in the market and part of the reason is oil prices and the worry that somehow the price of oil is a reflection of inflation and deflation, the lower goes, the more it is a deflationary barometer. The lower it goes, the more difficulty the Fed has raising rates.

5. Rainer Maria Rilke:

   Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.

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