Synonyms of hardship

hardship

noun

ˈhärd-ˌship 

as in difficulty

something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal

working two jobs was a hardship he was willing to endure to get out of debt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• difficulty
• obstacle
• adversity
• hardness
• trial
• rigor
• hurdle
• discomfort
• inconvenience
• asperity
• misfortune
• nuisance
• tribulation
• tragedy
• embarrassment
• interference
• hindrance
• obstruction
• impediment
• affliction
• mishap
• let
• handicap
• deterrent
• encumbrance
• inhibition
• rub
• hitch
• snag
• stop
• knock
• chain
• shackle
• catch
• crimp
• hump
• clog
• pons asinorum
• trammel
• block
• bar
• check
• manacle
• fetter

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opportunity
• advantage
• break

Examples of hardship in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An estimated 8 million federal student loan borrowers experiencing financial hardship may be eligible to have their loans forgiven — some even automatically — if the regulation is finalized as proposed, the Department of Education announced Friday. —Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024

What comes out is an album about turning life lessons into bops and today’s hardships into tonight’s drink orders. —Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024

Yes, there isn’t a lot of money around but there is the prospect of a golden entrepreneurial future built on the foundations of a few years of relative hardship. —Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024

In southern Africa, food prices have risen sharply in many areas affected by the drought, increasing the hardship. —Gerald Imray, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024