Word of the Day
Monday, September 28, 2026 · a new word every day
Word of the day · Sep 28
onerousadjective
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
What “onerous” means
Adjective (1)
- not easily borne; wearing“the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return”“my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests”“a taxing schedule”Synonyms: burdensometaxing
Previous words
- Sun, Sep 27 pithy concise and full of meaning
- Sat, Sep 26 elusive difficult to describe
- Fri, Sep 25 candor ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
- Thu, Sep 24 culpable deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
- Wed, Sep 23 flippant showing inappropriate levity
- Tue, Sep 22 jaded exhausted
- Mon, Sep 21 propensity an inclination to do something
About the Word of the Day
Every day we pick one useful, interesting English word from a list of 365, with its pronunciation, meanings and examples from WordNet 3.0. The question above is also question 1 of the Daily Word Quiz: answer it here and continue with nine more. You can find more practice on the Word Quiz page.