ROBUST Synonyms

• possessing or exerting or displaying energy

• working hard to promote an enterprise

• a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)

• United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)

• prolific United States writer (1822-1909)

• exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• draw slowly or heavily

• 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

• having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease

• financially secure and functioning well

• promoting health; healthful

• exercising or showing good judgment

• large in amount or extent or degree

• showing warm and heartfelt friendliness

• providing abundant nourishment

• endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health

• consuming abundantly and with gusto

• deeply felt

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• (of a male) capable of copulation

• having great influence

• having or wielding force or authority

• 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 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

• financially secure and safe

• in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay

• the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

• the subjective sensation of hearing something

• mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium

• the sudden occurrence of an audible event

• the audible part of a transmitted signal

• (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

• a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

• a large ocean inlet or deep bay

• exercising or showing good judgment

• in excellent physical condition

• logically valid

• having legal efficacy or force

• vigorous or severe

• free from moral defect

• (of sleep) deep and complete

• complete; thorough

• appear in a certain way

• make a certain noise or sound

• give off a certain sound or sounds

• announce by means of a sound

• utter with vibrating vocal chords

• cause to sound

• measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• firm and dependable especially in loyalty

• 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

• stubbornly unyielding

• resistant to physical force or pressure

• characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity

• strong and active physically or mentally

• marked by richness and fullness of flavor

• possessing material wealth

• having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources)

• high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air

• suggestive of or characterized by great expense

• causing indignation due to hypocrisy

• people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group)

• of great worth or quality

• marked by great fruitfulness

• strong; intense

• very productive

• containing plenty of fat, or eggs, or sugar

• marked by richness and fullness of flavor

• pleasantly full and mellow

• affording an abundant supply