onerous

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Learn the meaning of onerous with synonyms, antonyms and an example sentence. Part of our 11 plus vocabulary list used for selective school and grammar school preparation.

onerous

(adjective)

onerous

(adjective)

Meaning

involving a lot of effort and difficulty

Example

"The onerous task of cleaning the entire school took all day."

Synonyms

burdensomeheavy

Antonyms

easylight

More about this word

Word origin: From Latin 'onerous', meaning 'burdensome'.
Related word forms: noun: onus