Synonyms for stone

rock, stony, rocky, flinty, adamantine, hard, rough, cragged, craggy, petrified, petrous, calciferous, calcific, lithic, calcified, become stone, petrographic, petrographical, crystallographic, lithographic, lithological, marble, granite.

concretion, mass, crag, cobblestone, cobble, boulder, gravel, pebble, rock, sand, grain, granite, marble, flint, gem, jewel.

criticize, blame, reprimand; see attack 2, scold.

take great pains, do everything possible, persist, try hard; see continue 1, pursue 1, work 1.