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tough
adjective as in sturdy, strong
Weak matches
brawny, cohesive, conditioned, dense, durable, fibrous, flinty, hard as nails, hard-bitten, hardened, indigestible, inflexible, leathery, lusty, mighty, molded, resistant, rigid, robust, rugged, seasoned, sinewy, steeled, strapping, tough as nails, unbreakable, unyielding, withstanding
adjective as in obstinate, rough
Strongest matches
desperate, fierce, hard, hard-nosed, harsh, narrow, resolute, severe, stern, stiff, strict, terrible
Strong matches
Weak matches
arbitrary, callous, confirmed, cruel, drastic, exacting, ferocious, fixed, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hard-line, hard-shelled, headstrong, immutable, inflexible, intractable, merciless, obdurate, pugnacious, ruffianly, ruthless, stubborn, taut, unalterable, unbending, uncompromising, uncontrollable, unforgiving, unmanageable, unyielding, vicious, violent
adjective as in difficult, laborious
Weak matches
backbreaking, baffling, burdensome, effortful, exacting, exhausting, exigent, grievous, hairy, intractable, intricate, irksome, knotty, labored, no piece of cake, oppressive, perplexing, puzzling, resisting, taxing, thorny, toilsome, trying, unyielding, weighty, wicked
Example Sentences
"They're a phenomenal team, especially in their home, so we know the next two-and-a-half months is going to be tough for us," he said of Australia.
Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday exemplified how tough it can be to cut through the noise and dig into the actual numbers.
“A course with a reputation for a tough grading distribution will repel students,” Pinker said.
"It's been an incredibly tough journey throughout the year, but step by step, I managed to achieve gold medals along the way."
People are already inclined to save rather than spend and this only increases when there are perceptions of tough times ahead.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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