Need another word that means the same as “hardness”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “hardness” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Hardness” are: callosity, callousness, insensibility, unfeelingness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness, ruggedness, firmness, solidity, rigidity, denseness, inflexibility, inelasticity, resistance, heartlessness, lack of compassion, lack of feeling, lack of sentiment, unkindness
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hardness” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| callosity | An area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot. |
| callousness | Insensitive and cruel disregard for others. The callousness of using children to send a political message. |
| denseness | The amount per unit size. |
| firmness | The trait of being resolute. The firmness of his hand on my chest. |
| harshness | The quality of being cruel or severe. He slowly opened his eyes to the harshness of the light. |
| heartlessness | An absence of concern for the welfare of others. |
| inclemency | Weather unsuitable for outdoor activities. |
| inelasticity | The lack of elasticity. |
| inflexibility | The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe. The inflexibility of the metal. |
| insensibility | Inability to be moved emotionally. Your insensibility to the extreme importance of the mission we are on. |
| lack of compassion | The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. |
| lack of feeling | The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. |
| lack of sentiment | The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. |
| resistance | The degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current causing energy dissipation By Ohm s law resistance measured in ohms is equal to the voltage divided by the current. Government forces were unable to crush guerrilla style resistance. |
| rigidity | Inability to be to bent or be forced out of shape. There was a regrettable rigidity in this decision. |
| rigor | The quality of being valid and rigorous. The rigors of boot camp. |
| rigorousness | Something hard to endure. |
| rigour | Excessive sternness. The rigours of a harsh winter. |
| rigourousness | Excessive sternness. |
| ruggedness | The quality of being difficult to do. The ruggedness of the mountains. |
| severeness | Extreme plainness. |
| severity | Excessive sternness. Severity of character. |
| solidity | The consistency of a solid. He exuded an aura of reassuring solidity. |
| stiffness | Excessive sternness. One flaw is the scholarly stiffness of the academics. |
| unfeelingness | Devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness. |
| unkindness | Inconsiderate and harsh behaviour. She had had enough of her father s unkindness. |
| athletic | Relating to athletes or athletics. An athletic club. |
| awkwardness | Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training. The awkwardness of youth. |
| consistency | Consistent behaviour or treatment. The consistency of measurement techniques. |
| diamond | A tool with a small diamond for cutting glass. Diamonds were trumps. |
| firm | Marked by firm determination or resolution not shakable. You need a firm grip on the steering. |
| firmness | The quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place. His firmness of purpose gained him a devoted following. |
| hard | Causing great damage or hardship. He d been a hard worker all his life. |
| inelasticity | The lack of elasticity. |
| inflexible | Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances. Once she had made up her mind she was inflexible. |
| lubricity | Feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness. |
| obduracy | Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible. |
| rigid | Incapable of or resistant to bending. A face rigid with pain. |
| rigidity | The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe. The rigidity of the school system. |
| rigidness | The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending. |
| rigor | The quality of being valid and rigorous. The rigors of boot camp. |
| rigour | Excessive sternness. The rigours of a harsh winter. |
| seriously | In a serious manner. A play dealing seriously with the question of divorce. |
| severity | Something hard to endure. She stared at me with mock severity. |
| solid | Of good quality and condition solidly built. A cube is a solid figure with six sides. |
| solidity | The quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally. The sheer strength and solidity of Romanesque architecture. |
| soundness | A state or condition free from damage or decay. You really have to question the soundness of these measures. |
| stiff | In a stiff manner. A long stiff climb up the bare hillside. |
| stiffness | The property of moving with pain or difficulty. Headache and neck stiffness. |
| strength | The number of people comprising a group, typically a team or army. The political and military strength of European governments. |
| strict | Characterized by strictness severity or restraint. A strict interpretation of the law. |
| strictly | In a way that involves rigid enforcement or that demands obedience. To be strictly accurate there are two Wolvertons. |
| stringent | Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures. Stringent safety measures. |
| strongly | With strength or in a strong manner. Strongly built vehicles. |
| unbending | Reserved, formal, or strict in one’s behaviour or attitudes; austere and inflexible. He was so unbending and uncompromising. |
| unpleasantness | The feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling. The recent unpleasantness of the weather. |
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