Nouns (4)
die
n. a device used for shaping metal
die
n. a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
dice, die
n. small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers
Verbs (29)
die
v. suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense); "Whosoever..believes in me shall never die"
die
v. disappear or come to an end; "Their anger died"; "My secret will die with me!"
die
v. to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
die
v. be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame; "I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered"; "We almost died laughing during the show"
die
v. languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
die
v. feel indifferent towards; "She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery"
die
v. suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"
die, die out
v. cut or shape with a die; "Die out leather for belts"
pall, die, become flat
v. lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"
exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, perish, pip out
v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way
v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
Adverbs (21)
hard, energetically, strenuously, with great force
adv. "The team played hard"
hard, slowly, reluctantly, with difficulty
adv. "Prejudices die hard"
hard, heavily, intemperately
adv. indulging excessively; "he drank heavily"
hard, severely, causing difficulty, causing pain, causing suffering
adv. causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure"
Adjectives (31)
hard
adj. resisting weight or pressure
hard
adj. dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";
hard
adj. (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum; "Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"
difficult, hard
adj. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
dry, hard
adj. dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
tough, hard
adj. unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
strong, hard
adj. being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"
concrete, hard
adj. formed by the coalescence of particles
heavy, hard
adj. given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"
knockout, severe, hard
adj. very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
heavy, hard, slavish, arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, grueling, gruelling, laborious, labourious, punishing, strenuous, toilsome
adj. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
Fuzzynyms (286)
cast, mold, mould
n. container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
dice, die
n. small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers
die
n. a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
pattern, figure, design
n. a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
cast, mold, mould
n. container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
dice, die
n. small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers
die
n. a device used for shaping metal
pattern, figure, design
n. a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
cast, mold, mould
n. container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
die
n. a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
die
n. a device used for shaping metal
pattern, figure, design
n. a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, perish, pip out
v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
fade, fade out
v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
lessen, subside
v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
leave, depart
v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
pall, die, become flat
v. lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"
ebb
v. flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"
wane
v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"
bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out
v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"
fall, decrease, diminish, lessen
v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
taper
v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness
v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
waste, waste away, diminish
v. become diminished
shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up
v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
lapse
v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
pass, lapse, go by, go along, elapse, glide by, slip away, slide by, slip by
v. pass by; "three years elapsed"
pass, work, airt, make one's way, work one's way
v. go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
withdraw, bow out
v. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
leave, exit, go out, get out
v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
retire, go into retirement
v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
bend, flex
v. form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
fold, turn up, fold up
v. bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
crash, fall violently
v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
crash, break up, break apart
v. break violently or noisily; smash;
tumble, collapse, break down, crumble, crumple
v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
fall, come down, go down, descend
v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
fall, decrease, diminish, lessen
v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
fall
v. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
pry, jimmy, lever, prise
v. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
break
v. crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"
break, interrupt, end prematurely
v. terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
break, break in
v. make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"
break, damp, dampen, weaken, soften
v. lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse
v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
drop, degenerate, deteriorate
v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, lose substance
v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
waste, languish, waste away, pine away
v. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"
fade, languish
v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
drop, sink, drop down
v. fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"
weaken, make weak, make weaker
v. lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
sink, slump, slide down
v. fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
decline, wane, go down, grow smaller
v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"
fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness
v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
wane
v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"
wane, decrease in phase
v. of the moon
hardhearted, stonyhearted, unfeeling
adj. devoid of feeling for others; "an unfeeling wretch"
complicated
adj. difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"
exigent, exacting
adj. requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation"
severe, unmerciful, unsparing
adj. not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"
byzantine, involved, tangled, knotty, tortuous, vermiculate, intricate, convoluted, labyrinthine
adj. highly complex or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
elaborate, intricate
adj. marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"
willful, wilful, froward, headstrong, self-willed
adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
heavy, hard, slavish, arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, grueling, gruelling, laborious, labourious, punishing, strenuous, toilsome
adj. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
inconvenient
adj. not suited to your comfort, purpose or needs; "it is inconvenient not to have a telephone in the kitchen"; "the back hall is an inconvenient place for the telephone"
ambiguous, perplexing, puzzling
adj. lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement"
perverse
adj. marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans"
rugged
adj. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "a rugged trapper who spent months in the wilderness"; "those that survive are stalwart rugged men"; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
knockout, severe, hard
adj. very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
concrete, hard
adj. formed by the coalescence of particles
tough, hard
adj. unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
intense
adj. in an extreme degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
rugged
adj. sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "a rugged trapper who spent months in the wilderness"; "those that survive are stalwart rugged men"; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
firm
adj. possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue; "firm muscles"
intense
adj. in an extreme degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
difficult, hard
adj. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
ambitious, challenging, demanding
adj. requiring full use of your abilities or resources; "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"
burdensome, onerous, taxing
adj. 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"
severe, unmerciful, unsparing
adj. not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"
difficult, hard
adj. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
formidable, tall
adj. impressively difficult; "a tall order"
deadening, boring, dreary, tedious, ho-hum, irksome, tiresome, wearisome
adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
rough, tough, rocky
adj. full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"
troublesome, unruly, fractious
adj. hard to manage; inclined to make trouble: "a difficult child"
teasing, annoying, chafing, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, vexatious, vexing
adj. causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
trying, serious, distressful
adj. causing vexation or worry: "trying times"; "serious problems"
glaring, harsh
adj. disagreeable to the senses; "the harsh cry of a blue jay"; "harsh cognac"; "the harsh white light makes you screw up your eyes"; "harsh irritating smoke filled the hallway"
harsh, rigorous, brutal, cruel, unkind
adj. (of weapons or instruments) causing suffering and pain; "brutal instruments of torture"; "cruel weapons of war"
austere, severe, chaste
adj. severely simple; "a stark interior"
severe
adj. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing"
firm, firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly
adv. with resolute determination; "we firmly believed it"; "you must stand firm"
high, richly, luxuriously
adv. in a rich manner; "he lives high"
Synonyms (124)
die down, die back
v. suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back"
weaken, become weak, die down, get weak, get weaker
v. become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
solid
adj. of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state"
difficult, hard
adj. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
insensitive
adj. deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
unmerciful, merciless
adj. having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"
tough
adj. not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"
complex
adj. complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"
demanding
adj. requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"
effortful
adj. requiring great physical effort
hard
adj. dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";
addled
adj. (of eggs) no longer edible; "an addled egg"
bad, spoilt, spoiled
adj. (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
corrupt, tainted, putrid, decomposed, rotten
adj. touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
cold, old
adj. having lost freshness through passage of time; "a cold trail"; "dogs attempting to catch a cold scent"
rotting, decomposing, putrescent
adj. becoming putrid; "a trail lined by putrescent carcasses"
flyblown
adj. spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots"
limp, wilted
adj. not firm; "wilted lettuce"
musty, moldy, mouldy
adj. covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor"
rancid
adj. (used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon"
fearful, atrocious, awful, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable
adj. exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
mischievous, naughty, badly behaved
adj. badly behaved; "he was saucy and mischievous in school"; "a naughty boy"
corked, corky
adj. (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; "a corked port"
sorry, pitiful, sad, deplorable, lamentable, woeful
adj. bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs"
severe, distressing
adj. very bad in degree or extent; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage"
disturbing
adj. causing distress or worry or anxiety; "distressing (or disturbing) news"; "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation"; "a disturbing amount of crime"; "a revelation that was most perturbing"; "a new and troubling thought"; "in a particularly worrisome predicament"; "a worrying situation"; "a worrying time"
fine, pretty
adj. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
horrid
adj. exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"
incompetent, unskilled
adj. not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess"
negative
adj. having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"
poor
adj. unsatisfactory; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor"
swingeing
adj. severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"
uncollectible
adj. not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
unfavorable, unfavourable
adj. not favorable; "made an unfavorable impression"; "unfavorable reviews"
unacceptable, unsatisfactory
adj. "the pay is unsatisfactory and the conditions are unacceptable"
unsuitable
adj. not conducive to good moral development; "the movie is unsuitable for children"
intoxicant, intoxicating
adj. able to intoxicate
laced, spiked
adj. having alcohol added: "a cup of brandy-laced coffee"; "he drank too much of the spiked punch"
spirituous, spiritous
adj. containing or of the nature of alcohol; "spiritous beverages"; "spirituous liquors"
coagulated, solidified
adj. changed into a solid mass
congealed, jelled, jellied
adj. congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling; "in Georgia they serve congealed salads"
solid-state
adj. consisting of semiconductor materials and components and related devices
solid-state
adj. characteristic of or relating to the physical properties of solid materials especially electromagnetic or thermodynamic or structural properties of crystalline solids
unrestrained, uncontrolled, untempered
adj. not moderated or controlled; "his untempered individualism"
beefed-up
adj. made greater or stronger; "beefed-up sales efforts"
hefty, muscular, powerful, brawny
adj. (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"
bullnecked
adj. having a thick short powerful neck
bullocky
adj. resembling a bullock in strength and power; "thick bullocky shoulders"
determined, beardown
adj. devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters"
drastic
adj. forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures"
hobnail, hobnailed
adj. marked by the wearing of heavy boots studded with hobnails; "hobnailed laborers"
ironlike
adj. exhibiting strength or hardness like that of iron; "ironlike determination"; "ironlike nerves"; "ironlike discipline of the Marines"
powerful, knock-down
adj. strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow"
noticeable
adj. readily noticed; "a noticeable resemblance"
potent
adj. having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"
reinforced, strengthened
adj. given added strength or support; "reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting"
robust
adj. strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity; "the experiment yielded robust results"; "a robust faith"
solid, substantial, sturdy
adj. of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"
well-knit, well-set
adj. strongly and firmly constructed; "a well-knit argument"; "a well-knit theatrical production"; "well-knit athletes"; "a sailor short but well-set"- Alexander Hamilton
difficult
adj. requiring much effort and trouble; "the mountain climb was long, steep, and difficult"
wearing, exhausting, tiring, wearying
adj. producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing"
heavy, labored, laboured
adj. requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading"
leaden, plodding
adj. (of movement) slow and laborious; "leaden steps"
Antonyms (55)
come into existence, be born
v. come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"
come through, make it, pull through, survive
v. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
start, begin, commence, set about, set out, start out
v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
revive, come to, regain consciousness
v. return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"
better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, become better
v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
wear, hold out, endure
v. last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
stay, rest, remain, continue
v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
finish, complete
v. come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
gain, gain weight, get fatter, put on weight
v. increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
soft
adj. yielding readily to pressure or weight
downy, flossy, fluffy
adj. like down or as soft as down
spongy, squashy, squishy
adj. easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"
soft
adj. compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"
soft
adj. (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
easy
adj. posing no difficulty; requiring little effort; "an easy job"; "an easy problem"; "an easy victory"; "the house is easy to heat"; "satisfied with easy answers"; "took the easy way out of his dilemma"
simple
adj. having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"
simple, elementary, uncomplicated, unproblematic
adj. easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"
effortless
adj. requiring or apparently requiring no effort; "the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air"
facile
adj. arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; "too facile a solution for so complex a problem"
easy
adj. performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand"
pleasant
adj. affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "a pleasant person to be around"; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"
soft
adj. compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"
effortless
adj. requiring or apparently requiring no effort; "the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air"
lightly
adv. indulging with temperance; "we eat lightly in the morning"
die hard
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