RUGGEDISE Synonyms

• a support that steadies or strengthens something else

• two items of the same kind

• a set of two similar things considered as a unit

• either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material

• a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it

• elastic straps that hold trousers up

• an appliance that corrects dental irregularities

• a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring

• a structural member used to stiffen a framework

• prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult

• support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace

• support by bracing

• cause to be alert and energetic

• make strong or stronger

• enclose by or as if by a fortification

• prepare oneself for a military confrontation

• add nutrients to

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• become hard or harder

• make hard or harder

• harden by reheating and cooling in oil

• make healthy

• cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

• make stronger

• strengthen and support with rewards

• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind

• free from danger or risk

• not likely to fail or give way

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• financially safe

• get by special effort

• cause to be firmly attached

• assure payment of

• make certain of

• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug

• furnish with battens

• make strong or stronger

• gain strength

• give a healthy elasticity to

• make tough or tougher

• produce in a version designed to withstand rough usage