Synonyms for onerous
ˈɒn ər əs, ˈoʊ nər-oner·ous

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1. onerousadjective

   Synonyms:
   difficult, demanding, taxing, wearing

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1. onerous

   Arduous (Latin arduus, steep) signifies primarily so steep and lofty as to be difficult of ascent, and hence applies to that which involves great and sustained exertion and ordinarily for a lofty aim; great learning can only be won by arduous toil. Hard applies to anything that resists our endeavors as a scarcely penetrable mass resists our physical force. Anything is hard that involves tax and strain whether of the physical or mental powers. Difficult is not used of that which merely taxes physical force; a dead lift is called hard rather than difficult; breaking stone on the road would be called hard rather than difficult work; that is difficult which involves skill, sagacity, or address, with or without a considerable expenditure of physical force; a geometrical problem may be difficult to solve, a tangled skein to unravel; a mountain difficult to ascend. Hard may be active or passive; a thing may be hard to do or hard to bear. Arduous is always active. That which is laborious or toilsome simply requires the steady application of labor or toil till accomplished; toilsome is the stronger word. That which is onerous (Latin onus, a burden) is mentally burdensome or oppressive. Responsibility may be onerous even when it involves no special exertion.

   Synonyms:
   arduous, difficult, exhausting, hard, laborious, severe, toilsome, trying

   Antonyms:
   easy, facile, light, pleasant, slight, trifling, trivial

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1. onerous

   Synonyms:
   burdensome, toilsome, heavy, responsible, oppressive, laborious, oppose, difficult

   Antonyms:
   light, easy, trivial, inoppressive

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1. burdensome, onerous, taxingadjective

   not easily borne; wearing

   "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"

   Synonyms:
   burdensome, taxing

   Antonyms:
   light

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1. onerousadjective

   Synonyms:
   burdensome, oppressive, heavy, weighty, laborious, toilsome, operose, hard, difficult

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1. onerousadjective

   Synonyms:
   laborious, difficult, arduous

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1. List of paraphrases for "onerous":

   burdensome, costly, expensive, heavy, cumbersome, arduous, difficult, weighty

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1. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   So we want to make sure that these reforms are not so onerous that they inhibit our participation in the international economy, but of course our national security interests come first.

2. Anna Ready:

   They changed the underlying definition of staple foods to exclude foods that have multiple ingredients so that a mixed fruit cup or can of chicken noodle soup could no longer be counted towards a retailer’s stocking requirements, this is extremely onerous for small format retailers with limited storage space and it would be very costly to change supply and delivery, or even remodel a store, to comply with this.

3. Greg Everson:

   We found that the test had tremendous sensitivity over the full range of liver disease, not just at late stage, we're hoping we can work with the FDA to set a pathway that's not too onerous and get this available quickly.

4. Jeff Paine:

   Overly prescriptive regulation and onerous compliance obligations... would act as market barriers and stifle growth and competitiveness.

5. Norma Jean Mattei:

   So you've got to figure out how you can think of how you can make people safe and keep people safe, but not have standards so onerous that their financial health is at risk.