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cakewalk

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of CAKEWALK

something easily done or dealt with <no one was pretending that winning the election would be a cakewalk>

Synonyms breeze, cake, cakewalk, child's play, cream puff, duck soup, kid stuff, picnic, pushover, roses, snap

Related Words no-brainer, nothing; sitting duck; gimme, laugher, walkaway

Near Antonyms brainteaser, poser, stumper, toughie (also toughy); bother, nuisance, trouble

Antonyms bear, beast, chore, headache, horror show, killer, labor, murder, pain, sticky wicket, stinker [slang]

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