Thesaurus:hardness

Thesaurus

hardness

English

Noun

Sense: the quality of being hard

Synonyms

• callosity
• durity
• firmness
• hardness
• induration
• inflexibility
• rigidity
• renitence
• renitency
• stiffness
• temper

Antonyms

• softness    [⇒ thesaurus]

Classes

• physical property    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• metallicness
• rockiness
• stoniness

Various

• bone
• cement
• concrete
• crystal
• oak
•   —
• metal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• iron
• steel
•   —
• rock
• stone
• diamond
• flint
• granite
• marble

See also

• Thesaurus:hard
• Thesaurus:harden

Further reading

• “323. hardness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “hardness” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.