DICTOMETER

TOUGHER

1. Synonyms:
   • Tough
   Definitions:
   • not given to gentleness or sentimentality
   Examples:
   • A tough character
   Antonyms:
   • TENDER
   • protective
   • sentimental
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Rugged
   • Tough
   Definitions:
   • very difficult
   • severely testing stamina or resolution
   Examples:
   • A rugged competitive examination
   • The rugged conditions of frontier life
   • The competition was tough
   • It's a tough life
   • It was a tough job
   Antonyms:
   • Easy
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Tough
   • Toughened
   Definitions:
   • physically toughened
   Examples:
   • The tough bottoms of his feet
   Antonyms:
   • GH
   • delicate, soft
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Sturdy
   • Tough
   Definitions:
   • substantially made or constructed
   Examples:
   • Sturdy steel shelves
   • Sturdy canvas
   • A tough all-weather fabric
   • Some plastics are as tough as metal
   Antonyms:
   • Delicate
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Ruffianly
   • Tough
   Definitions:
   • violent and lawless
   Examples:
   • The more ruffianly element
   • Tough street gangs
   Antonyms:
   • Nonviolent
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Bad
   • Tough
   Definitions:
   • feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
   Examples:
   • My throat feels bad
   • She felt bad all over
   • He was feeling tough after a restless night
   Antonyms:
   • Comfortable
   • Comfy
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Tough
   Definitions:
   • resistant to cutting or chewing
   Antonyms:
   • TENDER
   • chewable, cuttable
   • crisp, crispy
   • flaky, flakey
   • tenderized, tenderised
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Hard
   • Tough
   Definitions:
   • unfortunate or hard to bear
   Examples:
   • Had hard luck
   • A tough break
   Antonyms:
   • Good
   
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Baffling
   • Elusive
   • Knotty
   • Problematic
   • Problematical
   • Tough
   Definitions:
   • making great mental demands
   • hard to comprehend or solve or believe
   Examples:
   • A baffling problem
   • I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
   • A problematic situation at home
   Antonyms:
   • Easy