Difficulty and Smooth sailing

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Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.

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Smooth sailing is an antonym for difficulty.

Nearby Word: difficult

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Difficulty is an antonym for smooth sailing in topics: facility, ease, easy thing to accomplish, easy undertaking.

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Smooth sailing and Difficulty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/smooth_sailing

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Smooth sailing or Difficulty. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/smooth_sailing.

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