TOUGH-MINDED Synonyms

• having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation

• characterized by great determination

• devoting full strength and concentrated attention to

• determined or decided upon as by an authority

• strongly motivated to succeed

• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

• with resolute determination

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• not soft or yielding to pressure

• strong and sure

• not subject to revision or change

• (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling

• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

• securely established

• possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

• become taut or tauter

• make taut or tauter

• guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory

• firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination

• characterized by quickness and firmness

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• firm and dependable especially in loyalty

• having a determined will

• marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment

• having a determined will

• stubbornly unyielding

• resistant to physical force or pressure

• facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination

• aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are

• of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism

• representing what is real; not abstract or ideal