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Tough

//tʌf//

Synonyms for "tough" (571 found)

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Informal (143)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

heavy hot swell firm

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(14 words)

mean cool keen savage cutting boss hood proof grim monster gear killing evergreen beast

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

hard sharp rough stiff

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

bad

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

sound ok

Adj, noun, verb, slang(14 words)

game stable punk acute mug steep sticky smashing wizard stunning berserk ripping gangster corking

Adj, adv, noun, slang(2 words)

cold solid

Adj, adv, intj, noun, slang(1 words)

great

Adj, adv, name, slang(1 words)

strong

Adj, adv, det, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

thick

Adj, adv, verb, slang(2 words)

tight wicked

Adj, adv, intj, noun, particle, verb, slang(1 words)

steady

Adj, verb, slang(4 words)

fixed bang up obfuscated spiffing

Adj, noun, slang(25 words)

delicate tacky stubborn rowdy massive killer pasty chronic crackerjack slimy nifty gooey bomber groovy spiffy gummy slabby doughy ducky spunky

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chewy plug-ugly gutty hard-earned bonzer

Name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

devil gun nail wolf goon

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

bully

Adj, intj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

neat

Adj, name, verb, slang(1 words)

harsh

Noun, verb, slang(7 words)

blade torpedo thug fiend hooligan roughneck mucker

Adj, adv, slang(3 words)

fierce serious terrible

Adj, name, slang(4 words)

rocky icy stony nobby

Adj, name, noun, slang(5 words)

revolutionary dandy rum terror husky

Name, noun, slang(3 words)

dragon tiger vixen

Adj, slang(23 words)

tricky hairy out of sight painful delicious horny out of this world burly ropy stringy scrumptious gutsy peachy hunky dory plucky bang-up slap-up fine and dandy hunky-dory ace-high

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marvy clingy bulldoggy

Noun, slang(11 words)

gorilla gunsel fighter hatchet man brawler something else bruiser swordsman she-wolf fighting cock fencer

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

fab

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

yahoo

Phrase, slang(1 words)

no picnic

General use (428)

Adjective(11 words)

hard bad rugged knotty problematic sturdy problematical elusive baffling toughened ruffianly

Adj, noun, verb(27 words)

narrow concrete complex piercing lasting violent permanent rival brute staunch enduring strapping taxing aged trying callous ruffian unbending remaining domineering

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crushing abiding puzzling splitting punishing grueling baffling

Adj, verb(36 words)

obscure rugged knotted spirited difficult exacting obdurate intricate inveterate crabbed intemperate confirmed hardened obscured forced demanding strained perplexed garbled taut

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labored jumbled untiring complicated scrambled clotted curdled perplexing jellied inured hard-boiled coagulated mystifying inspissated clabbered dure

Noun(71 words)

punk bully hood goon rowdy thug hooligan roughneck hoodlum gumbo ruffian wrangler competitor yob troublemaker toughie firebrand contestant holy terror yobbo

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Adj, adv, noun(2 words)

extreme long term

Adj, name(5 words)

severe vital steely hefty bony

Adj, name, noun, verb(5 words)

cramp antique marble stern stout

Adj, name, noun(6 words)

constant hardy resolute sturdy termagant doughty

Adj, noun(46 words)

substantial critical stalwart immutable rigid criminal ancient perpetual adherent spartan dense resistant authoritarian perennial militant giant belligerent aggressive refractory madcap

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Adjective(155 words)

obstinate extravagant brutal persistent outrageous rigorous weighty intense tenacious steadfast unyielding relentless vigorous furious realistic strict inflexible unconscionable austere grievous

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meticulous unfeeling virulent oppressive robust excessive venomous stodgy nervy formidable vehement exorbitant strenuous knotty unsympathetic pertinacious ticklish strong arm unruly flinty troublesome abstruse well-built immoderate laborious arduous viscous wearisome regrettable bulky well-grounded viscid ruthless herculean well-made thorny unalterable intractable mettlesome merciless unasked gritty syrupy onerous sinewy gluey brawny unkind burdensome perdurable uncompromising irksome well-founded gamy serviceable unsparing clammy unfading operose starchy toilsome stringent wiry muscular long-standing glutinous gelatinous slithery fibrous bullheaded hardhearted ungiving intrepid sempervirent mucilaginous long-lived red-blooded thick-skinned hard-fought backbreaking resistive macrobiotic superincumbent virile hard as nails long-lasting procrustean marblelike difficile jawbreaking grumous intransient leathery ironlike amylaceous longevous cartilaginous unsentimental corneous jellylike tremellose rocklike gaumy effortful gummous granitic glairy diuturnal longeval gumlike age-long glutenous gluelike stonelike osseous coriaceous lapideous lithoid leatherlike granitelike lithoidal bulldoggish gristly hard-nosed flintlike cemental steellike diamondlike overtechnical stickable spiritful self-adhesive hard-line hard-bitten hard-set

Name, noun(10 words)

atlas fury demon superman titan hercules hotspur goliath rodman polyphemus

Name, noun, verb(5 words)

cement witch knight sword tarzan

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb(1 words)

okay

Adj, adv(2 words)

powerful long-term

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

uphill

Noun, verb(4 words)

continuing gladiator staying persisting

Noun, phrase, verb(1 words)

picnic

Adj, adv, name(1 words)

manly

Intj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

bravo

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gumbolike Briareus tough as leather Spartanic Charles Atlas the mighty the strong hard to understand

Proper Noun(2 words)

samson Antaeus

Verb(5 words)

thickened bulldogged withstanding perduring jelled

Adverb(1 words)

but good

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