Synonyms for tiring
- adjective
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All synonyms
Adjective
1. Exhausting
exhausting, tiresome, tedious, wearisome, grueling, fatiguing, wearing, draining, weariful
Other
exhaustive dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
That tires or tire.
Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring.
Related words
- Word family
- tiring-house tiring-room
Example sentences
- exhausting The run up the river can be exhausting for salmon.
- tedious The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious.
- tiresome I never, ever want to do that tiresome work again.
- wearisome The work required to investigate that is boring and wearisome.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tiring | rising | |
| exhausting | rising | |
| tedious | steady | |
| tiresome | steady | |
| wearisome | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- wearing2, tedious3
- 8 letters
- draining2, tiresome3, grueling3, weariful
- 9 letters
- fatiguing3, wearisome3
- 10 letters
- exhausting3, exhaustive3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wearing2 = 2 syllables).