Hot potato
Hot potato noun - A difficult situation.
Hardship and hot potato are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hardship" instead a noun phrase "Hot potato".
Hardship
Hardship noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.
Hot potato and hardship are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hot potato" instead a noun "Hardship".
Nearby Word: hard
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- trouble and hot potato
- trouble and hardship
- trial and hot potato
- trial and hardship
- pressure and hot potato
- pressure and hardship
- necessity and hot potato
- necessity and hardship
- predicament and hot potato
- predicament and hardship
- disaster and hot potato
- disaster and hardship
- hazard and hot potato
- hazard and hardship
Cite this Source
Hardship and Hot potato. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hot_potato/hardship
Hot potato & Hardship. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hot_potato/hardship>.
Hardship or Hot potato. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hot_potato/hardship.
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