Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hard_times

1 sense of hard times

Sense 1
hard times -- (a time of difficulty)
       => time -- (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hard_time

2 senses of hard time

Sense 1
hard time, rough sledding -- (a difficulty that can be overcome with effort; "we had a hard time getting here"; "analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers")
       => difficulty -- (a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties")

Sense 2
hard time -- (a term served in a maximum security prison)
       => prison term, sentence, time -- (the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail")