ROBUSTIOUS Synonyms

• characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality

• of or relating to dynamics

• (used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being

• an efficient incentive

• possessing or exerting or displaying energy

• working hard to promote an enterprise

• characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)

• forceful and definite in expression or action

• United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)

• English novelist and poet (1840-1928)

• having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

• able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions

• invulnerable to fear or intimidation

• full of life and energy

• full of zest or vigor

• quick and energetic

• elastic; rebounds readily

• filled with events or activity

• full of spirit; full of life

• having great power or force or potency or effect

• (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree

• strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

• having great influence

• (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

• displaying superhuman strength or power

• recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like

• elastic; rebounds readily

• sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction

• marked by richness and fullness of flavor

• strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity

• rough and crude

• sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

• having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

• topographically very uneven

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• having strength or power greater than average or expected

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• not faint or feeble

• having or wielding force or authority

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• of good quality and condition; solidly built

• of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection

• being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

• freshly made or left

• strong and sure

• not making concessions

• having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

• substantially made or constructed

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity

• strong and active physically or mentally

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

• violently agitated and turbulent

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline

• unwilling to submit to authority

• incapable of being controlled