Synonyms for herculean
ˌhɜr kyəˈli ən, hɜrˈkyu li-her·culean

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1. herculean, powerfuladjective

   displaying superhuman strength or power

   "herculean exertions"

   Synonyms:
   potent, muscular, hefty, brawny, sinewy, powerful, knock-down(a)

   Antonyms:
   easy, subhuman

2. herculeanadjective

   extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules

   "a herculean task"

   Synonyms:
   powerful

   Antonyms:
   subhuman, easy

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1. herculeanadjective

   Synonyms:
   strong, mighty, powerful, puissant, vigorous, sturdy, athletic, brawny, muscular, sinewy, stalwart, able-bodied

2. herculeanadjective

   Synonyms:
   difficult, toilsome, troublesome, laborious, operose, very hard

3. herculeanadjective

   Synonyms:
   large, great, gigantic, strapping, huge, colossal, cyclopean

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1. List of paraphrases for "herculean":

   arduous, titanic

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1. Tony Anderson:

   It will then be a Herculean task to implement within each bank the necessary requirements operationally.

2. Frank Marshall:

   We recast Marty McFly and that cut six weeks off our post-production schedule, we finished the film in nine weeks which was like a world record in those days but we really wanted to keep to our release date so everyone put in a Herculean effort to deliver the movie. The traditional time in those days was 20 to 24 weeks and we did it in nine.

3. Link Starbureiy:

   Finishing something is nearly always a herculean effort; bringing a job to completion requires resolve. People would be surprised to learn that most of the stuff out in the world is only a small percentage of what could have been accomplished.

4. Tony Chammany:

   Addressing both these phenomenon, climate change and modern slavery, is a herculean task for us as city administrators.

5. Saul Kavonic:

   These factors, combined with the greatly reduced appetite for large-scale greenfield investments in the current market conditions, made it quite a herculean task to achieve partner alignment to sanction Browse.