Difficulty
Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.
Familiarity is an antonym for difficulty.
Nearby Word: difficult
Familiarity
Familiarity noun - The state of being in a very personal or private relationship.
How words are described
| considerable | considerable difficulty | considerable familiarity |
| sheer | sheer difficulty | sheer familiarity |
| real | real difficulty | real familiarity |
| massive | massive difficulty | massive familiarity |
| Other adjectives: increased, extreme, little, easy, new, incredible, general, apparent, greater, increasing. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Although most businesses usually reject them because of a lack of familiarity making the risk of forgeries too high (as well as the difficulty of exchanging them - and not having enough change, in the case of fifties), rather than because this trope is being played straight.
Source: Rare Money
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Familiarity and Difficulty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/familiarity
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