hard-boiled

The word “hard-boiled” has 2 syllables: hard-boiled

It's pronounced as /ˌhɑrdˈbɔɪld/

What is synonym and antonym for hard-boiled?

In the thesaurus, “hard-boiled” has 149 synonyms and 81 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for hard-boiled along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for hard-boiled

abusive
acrimonious
affectless
agile
alert
apt
artful
astute
austere
barbarous
bestial
boorish
brainy
bright
brilliant
brutal
brutish
cagey
cagy
calculating
callous
canny
case-hardened
clear-eyed
clear-sighted
clever
cold
cold-blooded
compassionless
crafty
cruel
cunning
desensitized
devious
disagreeable
discerning
discriminating
discriminative
dodgy
evil-minded
experienced
firm
foxy
frosty
grim
guileful
hard
hard as nails
hard-bitten
hard-hearted
hard-line
hard-nosed
hard-shelled
hardheaded
harsh
hateful
headstrong
heady
heartless
heavy-handed
heedless
ill-natured
ill-tempered
inconsiderate
indurate
inflexible
ingenious
inhuman
inhumane
insensate
insensitive
insightful
intelligent
ironfisted
ironhanded
ironhearted
jackbooted
keen
knock-down-and-drag-out
knowing
malevolent
malicious
mean
merciless
nimble
obdurate
obstinate
oppressive
pachydermatous
pawky
perceptive
percipient
perspicacious
pitiless
quick
quick-witted
rancorous
remorseless
resourceful
rough
rough-and-tumble
ruthless
sagacious
sage
sapient
savage
savvy
scheming
severe
sharp
sharp-eyed
sharp-sighted
sharp-witted
shrewd
slash-and-burn
sledgehammer
slick
sly
smart
soulless
spiteful
stern
stoney
stony
stonyhearted
strict
subtle
surly
take-no-prisoners
thick-skinned
thoughtless
tough
tricky
unbending
uncaring
uncharitable
unfeeling
unfriendly
ungentle
unloving
unmerciful
unsparing
unsympathetic
unthinking
veteran
vicious
virulent
wily
wise

Antonyms for hard-boiled

affectionate
airheaded
artless
benevolent
benignant
birdbrained
brain-dead
brainless
charitable
clement
compassionate
cordial
dense
dim-witted
dopey
dopy
dull
dumb
empty-headed
exploitable
feebleminded
fond
foolish
friendly
gentle
good-natured
good-tempered
gormless
gracious
guileless
gullable
gullible
half-witted
humane
idiotic
idiotical
ignorant
imbecile
imbecilic
indulgent
ingenuous
innocent
kind
kindhearted
kindly
knuckleheaded
lamebrain
lamebrained
lenient
loving
lunkheaded
merciful
mild
moronic
naive
obtuse
sensitive
silly
simple
slow
slow-witted
softheaded
softhearted
stupid
sympathetic
tender
tenderhearted
thick-witted
thickheaded
thoughtless
tolerant
understanding
uninformed
unintelligent
unknowing
unperceptive
unwise
warm
warmhearted
weak-minded
witless

Meanings of hard-boiled

verb
1. To cook (an egg) to a solid consistency: to cause to be hard-boiled.
adjective
1. (of a boiled egg) Cooked to a solid consistency.
2. (of a person, especially of a detective) Callous and unsentimental.
3. Written in a laconic, dispassionate, often ironic style for a realistic, unsentimental effect (characterizes hard-boiled fiction, a subgenre of detective fiction).

Example Sentences

The hard-boiled detective solved the case with sharp intuition.
She prefers reading hard-boiled crime novels over romance stories.
His hard-boiled demeanor made him seem unapproachable at first.
The movie features a hard-boiled hero who never backs down from danger.
Despite the chaos, she remained hard-boiled and focused on her mission.

On this page you'll find 230 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to hard-boiled, such as: abusive, acrimonious, affectionate, affectless, agile, airheaded, alert.

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