Thesaurus:test

Thesaurus

test

English

Noun

Sense: a difficult task or experience

Synonyms

• all one's life's worth (idiomatic)
• challenge
• mountain    [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)
• test
• trial

Antonyms

• breeze    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cakewalk

Hypernyms

• chore
• difficult situation    [⇒ thesaurus]
• job
• task

Various

• Augean
• Herculean
• Sisyphean
•   —
• boil the ocean
• do the hard yards
• have a mountain to climb

Further reading

• “704. difficulty” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “686. exertion” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “675. essay” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “test” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.