Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Variable and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Variable" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Both words in one sentence
- Because they can be so variable, they can be quite difficult to counter for the unprepared.
Source: Faction Calculus - The archery part of the Peasant's Quest on-line game is made more difficult by variable wind speeds.
Source: Gusty Glade - For, besides the things that have been said, the nature of peoples is variable; and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them in that persuasion.
Source: Literature / The Prince
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Variable and Difficult. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/variable
Difficult & Variable. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/variable>.
Variable or Difficult. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/variable.
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