Herculean

Meaning of Herculean

adjective
  1. requiring great strength or effort.
    a Herculean task

late 16th century (in the sense ‘relating to Hercules’): from Latin Herculeus ‘Hercules’ + -an.

Information about Herculean

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of Herculean

Her-culean

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • Herculean is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Herculean synonyms

Meaning powerful:

powerful

Meaning involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring:

arduous

Meaning extremely tiring and demanding:

gruelling

Meaning requiring considerable time and effort:

laborious

Meaning (of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty:

onerous

Meaning requiring or using great effort or exertion:

strenuous

Meaning needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand:

difficult

Meaning inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable:

formidable

Meaning difficult to carry out or fulfil; taxing:

burdensome

Meaning requiring a great deal of endurance or effort:

hard

Meaning difficult and requiring determination or effort:

tough

Meaning extremely large; enormous:

huge

Meaning of great weight; difficult to lift or move:

heavy

Meaning large and heavy or solid:

massive

Meaning requiring great effort; difficult:

uphill

Meaning denoting or relating to a task that can never be completed:

Sisyphean

Meaning (of a task) requiring much skill or effort:

demanding

Meaning making one feel very tired; very tiring:

exhausting

Meaning physically or mentally demanding:

taxing

Meaning making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources:

exacting

Meaning causing tiredness; tiring:

wearying

Meaning causing one to feel tired or bored:

wearisome

Meaning cause (someone) to feel exhausted:

fatiguing

Meaning causing death:

killing

Meaning tire (someone) out:

knackering

Meaning involving hard or tedious work:

toilsome

Herculean antonyms

Meaning achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties:

easy

Translation of Herculean

Words that rhyme with Herculean

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