Thesaurus / tougher
FEEDBACKsynonyms for tougher
synonyms for tougher
- hard
- healthy
- resilient
- solid
- stiff
- tenacious
- tight
- vigorous
- firm
- fit
- hardy
- stalwart
- stout
- 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
- harsh
- stiff
- resolute
- hard
- terrible
- strict
- severe
- desperate
- stern
- fierce
- narrow
- hard-nosed
- firm
- savage
- adamant
- refractory
- arbitrary
- callous
- confirmed
- cruel
- drastic
- exacting
- ferocious
- fixed
- hard-boiled
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immutable
- inflexible
- intractable
- merciless
- obdurate
- pugnacious
- ruthless
- stubborn
- taut
- unalterable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncontrollable
- unforgiving
- unmanageable
- unyielding
- vicious
- violent
- hard-bitten
- hard-shelled
- ruffianly
- troublesome
- stiff
- hard
- arduous
- onerous
- demanding
- severe
- strenuous
- heavy
- uphill
- handful
- mean
- backbreaking
- baffling
- burdensome
- exacting
- exigent
- grievous
- hairy
- intractable
- intricate
- irksome
- knotty
- labored
- oppressive
- perplexing
- puzzling
- taxing
- thorny
- toilsome
- trying
- unyielding
- weighty
- wicked
- effortful
- exhausting
- resisting
- no piece of cake
antonyms for tougher
MOST RELEVANT
- tender
- weak
- delicate
- easy-going
- amenable
- yielding
- calm
- pliant
- flexible
- nice
- soft
- mild
- gentle
- easy
- controllable
- wobbly
- vulnerable
- unstable
- fragile
- supple
- tolerant
- lenient
- uncertain
- facile
- pliable
- kind
- peaceful
- tender
- gentle
- weak
- delicate
- mild
- calm
- soft
- pliant
- flexible
- nice
- easy
- controllable
- kind
- wobbly
- vulnerable
- unstable
- fragile
- trivial
- facile
- pliable
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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But our forebears were composed of less delicate nerves and tougher thews and sinews than ourselves.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPERMrs Mason worked away as hard as any of them; but she was older and tougher; and, besides, the gains were hers.
RUTHELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELLIn metal bridges wrought iron has been replaced by mild steel—a stronger, tougher and better material.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSBut in none of his stories did Alger ever portray a tougher background or give it a bigger skyrocket finish.
DAVID LANNARCK, MIDGETGEORGE S. HARNEYYou look tougher than ever, and here am I growing palpably old.
PAUL PATOFFF. MARION CRAWFORDIt is pretty tough cake, ma'am; but it's always tougher where there's none.
PRUDY KEEPING HOUSESOPHIE MAYOur flesh is tougher and more solid than thine, yet 'tis not of iron.
PHARAOH'S BROKERELLSWORTH DOUGLASSWithout Helen and Les agreeing to stay, it might have been tougher.
THE PLANET STRAPPERSRAYMOND ZINKE GALLUNI took a step backward, thankful he was coming in wide open because I had seen few tougher-looking characters in my lifetime.
"AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS, OFFICER"RALPH SHOLTOHis older and tougher nature showed itself there, she thought, for he must have given the order himself.
GREIFENSTEINF. MARION CRAWFORD