What are some opposite words for hardness?
Antonyms for hardness
ˈhɑrd nɪshard·ness
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term hardness.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
hardness
Antonyms:
benevolence, benignity, blessing, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tendernessSynonyms:
cruelty, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance
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Princeton's WordNet
hardnessnoun
the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
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softnessSynonyms:
harshness, rigour, callousness, callosity, severeness, severity, unfeelingness, rigourousness, inclemency, rigorousness, ruggedness, rigor, stiffness, insensibilityhardnessnoun
a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
"the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present"
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softnessSynonyms:
harshness, rigour, callousness, callosity, severeness, severity, unfeelingness, rigourousness, inclemency, rigorousness, ruggedness, rigor, stiffness, insensibilityunfeelingness, callousness, callosity, hardness, insensibilitynoun
devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
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softnessSynonyms:
harshness, rigour, callousness, callosity, severeness, severity, unfeelingness, rigourousness, inclemency, rigorousness, insensibility, ruggedness, rigor, stiffness, callushardness, ruggednessnoun
the quality of being difficult to do
"he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail"
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softnessSynonyms:
ruggedness, callosity, severeness, huskiness, rigor, unfeelingness, rigourousness, stiffness, harshness, inclemency, toughness, rigorousness, callousness, severity, insensibility, rigourseverity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffnessnoun
excessive sternness
"severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
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softnessSynonyms:
insensibility, ruggedness, callosity, grimness, awkwardness, severeness, rigor, unfeelingness, austereness, harshness, asperity, stiffness, callousness, scratchiness, roughness, cogency, gracelessness, inclemency, inclementness, badness, bad weather, hardship, rigorousness, cruelty, cruelness, clumsiness, abrasiveness, severity, rigourousness, rigour, validity
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
hardnessnoun
Synonyms:
induration, compactness, impenetrability, solidity, firmness, adamantAssociated words:
durometer
How to use hardness in a sentence?
In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business, soften the hardness of ill-success and disappointments, and give thee an humble confidence before God, when the ingratitude of man, or the iniquity of the times may rob thee of other rewards.
My job is to bore you and let the hardness of your seat and the warmth of your robe prepare you for what is to come.
Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time:
Hardness shatters; strength endures.
Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to find order in their experiences - "which is the mostest? which is the leastest?" They smell, taste, bite, and touch-test for hardness, softness, springiness, roughness, smoothness, coldness, warmness: the heft, shake, punch, squeeze, push, crush, rub, and try to pull things apart.
The first-in-class aircraft carrier was designed using advanced computer modeling methods, testing, and analysis to ensure the ship is hardened to withstand battle conditions, and these shock trials provide data used in validating the shock hardness of the ship.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#4043 | grace | |
#5455 | favor | |
#8158 | mercy | |
#11641 | blessing | |
#12537 | compassion | |
#14886 | pity | |
#15279 | kindness | |
#15356 | forgiveness | |
#17724 | pardon | |
#20803 | hardness | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#35273 | softness | |
#43547 | clemency | |
#44359 | benevolence | |
#50293 | forbearance | |
#52299 | gentleness | |
#74912 | leniency | |
#155933 | mildness | |
#243923 | lenity | |
#299128 | benignity |
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