Synonyms for Tough:

• adj.

  •Herculean (adjective)
  • mightiest,
  • gigantic.
  •adamant (adjective)
  • more rockhard,
  • most rockhard,
  • most rock-hard,
  • rock hard,
  • rockhard,
  • un breakable,
  • in destructible,
  • most rock hard,
  • flinty,
  • more rock-hard,
  • un-breakable,
  • in-destructible,
  • more rock hard.
  •aggressive (adjective)
  • go after,
  • get up and go,
  • shooting from the hip,
  • hard sell,
  • Assertory,
  • flip,
  • smart alecky,
  • nervy,
  • flipper.
  •all (adjective)
  • tough,
  • hard.
  •arduous (adjective)
  • more murder,
  • most murder,
  • painful.
  •awful (adjective)
  • grody,
  • horrendous.
  •best (adjective)
  • more transcendent,
  • in-comparable,
  • un surpassed,
  • matchless,
  • in imitable,
  • number 1,
  • un-rivaled,
  • out standing,
  • nonpareil,
  • most nonpareil,
  • para-mount,
  • perfect,
  • more primo,
  • topser,
  • un paralleled,
  • fore-most,
  • more out-of-sight,
  • un-equaled,
  • topsest,
  • more nonpareil,
  • more out of sight,
  • out-of-sight,
  • most out-of-sight,
  • incomparable,
  • un-paralleled,
  • most primo,
  • un rivaled,
  • fore most,
  • in comparable,
  • un equaled,
  • firstrate,
  • second none,
  • outstanding,
  • para mount,
  • in-imitable,
  • pre eminent,
  • most out of sight,
  • most first rate,
  • un-surpassed,
  • first rate.
  •brave (adjective)
  • gritty.
  •brawny (adjective)
  • hardy,
  • powerful,
  • thewier,
  • thewiest,
  • ablebodied,
  • able bodied.
  •burdensome (adjective)
  • more superincumbent,
  • super-incumbent,
  • super incumbent,
  • most crushing,
  • more carking,
  • most superincumbent,
  • most carking,
  • more crushing.
  •callous (adjective)
  • in flexible,
  • un-bending,
  • un bending,
  • more case-hardened,
  • impassive,
  • more case hardened,
  • in-sensate,
  • in-flexible,
  • more indurated,
  • un affected,
  • in sensible,
  • hard bitten,
  • un-impressionable,
  • most case-hardened,
  • in-different,
  • un caring,
  • in-sensible,
  • more toughened,
  • cold blooded,
  • most casehardened,
  • in sentient,
  • un-caring,
  • in different,
  • in-sentient,
  • un-concerned,
  • most indurated,
  • most case hardened,
  • un susceptible,
  • un responsive,
  • un-susceptible,
  • un-responsive,
  • un concerned,
  • more casehardened,
  • in sensate,
  • un-affected,
  • most inured,
  • case hardened,
  • most toughened,
  • hard boiled,
  • more inured,
  • un impressionable.
  •cohesive (adjective)
  • dense,
  • weak,
  • coherent,
  • inseparable,
  • adhesive.
  •conscientious (adjective)
  • faithful,
  • re-liable,
  • more diligent,
  • minding ps qs,
  • ex act,
  • re-liablest,
  • re liablest,
  • hanging in,
  • re liabler,
  • minding p's q's,
  • heart and soul in to,
  • minding p q,
  • ex-act,
  • re-liabler,
  • heart soul into,
  • walking eggs,
  • heart soul in to,
  • minding p and q,
  • minding ps and qs,
  • re liable.
  •courageous (adjective)
  • fearless,
  • fire-eating,
  • Impavid,
  • red-blooded,
  • valorous,
  • fire eating,
  • stand tall.
  •crabby (adjective)
  • chuffiest,
  • most mumpish,
  • chuffier,
  • more mumpish.
  •crabby/crabbed (adjective)
  • more ill-humored,
  • more illhumored,
  • snappish,
  • most nastytempered,
  • more nastytempered,
  • bad tempered,
  • most ill-humored,
  • nastytempered,
  • ill-humored,
  • un sociable,
  • most ill humored,
  • morose,
  • most nasty tempered,
  • more nasty tempered,
  • badtempered,
  • most crabbed,
  • mis-anthropic,
  • illtempered,
  • irritable,
  • nasty tempered,
  • more splenetic,
  • gloomy,
  • un-sociable,
  • splenetic,
  • huffy,
  • more ill humored,
  • most splenetic,
  • more nasty-tempered,
  • most illhumored,
  • most nasty-tempered,
  • illhumored,
  • ill tempered,
  • ill humored,
  • mis anthropic.
  •demanding (adjective)
  • more backbreaker,
  • most backbreaker,
  • importunate.
  •difficult (adjective)
  • galling,
  • complicated,
  • contrary,
  • severe,
  • fussy,
  • onerous,
  • oafish,
  • grinding,
  • tricky,
  • cantankerous,
  • ticklish,
  • immense,
  • wearisome,
  • cumbersome,
  • finicky,
  • complex,
  • wearing,
  • toilsome,
  • strenuous,
  • adverse,
  • bothersome,
  • Operose,
  • fractious,
  • wearying.
  •difficult, laborious (adjective)
  • labored,
  • exhausting,
  • handful,
  • Irksome,
  • backbreaking,
  • no piece of cake,
  • mean,
  • intricate,
  • hairy,
  • baffling,
  • Resisting,
  • puzzling,
  • wicked,
  • perplexing.
  •dispassionate (adjective)
  • most iceberg,
  • more poker-faced,
  • nonpartisan,
  • more unexcited,
  • most cold-fish,
  • un-emotional,
  • more cold fish,
  • most poker faced,
  • dis interested,
  • un-excitable,
  • un flappable,
  • un excitable,
  • judicial,
  • un prejudiced,
  • iceberg,
  • dis-passionate,
  • non-discriminatory,
  • more nondiscriminatory,
  • most coldfish,
  • more poker faced,
  • un-involved,
  • most unexcitable,
  • more unexcitable,
  • dis-interested,
  • un-ruffled,
  • more coldfish,
  • un involved,
  • non discriminatory,
  • most cold fish,
  • most unexcited,
  • most poker-faced,
  • un-biased,
  • more cold-fish,
  • Quieter,
  • un excited,
  • un biased,
  • non partisan,
  • un-moved,
  • couldnt care less,
  • un-prejudiced,
  • un ruffled,
  • un moved,
  • most nondiscriminatory,
  • poker faced,
  • more iceberg,
  • un emotional,
  • coldfish,
  • quietest,
  • un-flappable,
  • dis passionate,
  • un-excited.
  •durable (adjective)
  • Diuturnal,
  • perduring,
  • persistent,
  • long-continued.
  •efficient (adjective)
  • more well organized,
  • potent,
  • most efficient,
  • more wellorganized,
  • most valuable,
  • more well-organized,
  • most well organized,
  • most well-organized,
  • wellorganized,
  • well organized,
  • most wellorganized,
  • more efficient.
  •energetic (adjective)
  • demoniac,
  • highpowered,
  • ball of fire,
  • kinetic,
  • forcible.
  •exacting (adjective)
  • hyper-critical,
  • most nit picking,
  • more nit-picking,
  • most nit-picking,
  • nit picking,
  • un sparing,
  • by book,
  • more nit picking,
  • unsparing,
  • hyper critical,
  • un-sparing,
  • ex acting,
  • ex-acting.
  •excellent (adjective)
  • fine,
  • premium,
  • excellent.
  •feisty (adjective)
  • excitable,
  • hot-blooded,
  • hotblooded,
  • full of pep,
  • Gutty,
  • zestful.
  •firm (adjective)
  • more fine-grained,
  • in elastic,
  • close grained,
  • fine grained,
  • more nonporous,
  • most close grained,
  • most closegrained,
  • more close-grained,
  • closegrained,
  • more fine grained,
  • most compressed,
  • most finegrained,
  • most fine grained,
  • more solidified,
  • most close-grained,
  • more close grained,
  • most congealed,
  • more finegrained,
  • most nonporous,
  • in-elastic,
  • non porous,
  • more concrete,
  • more congealed,
  • non-porous,
  • most fine-grained,
  • more jelled,
  • more closegrained,
  • most solidified,
  • finegrained,
  • most jelled,
  • more compressed.
  •forbidding (adjective)
  • most offputting,
  • dis agreeable,
  • off putting,
  • un-friendliest,
  • more off putting,
  • more offputting,
  • offputting,
  • un-approachable,
  • un friendliest,
  • more glowering,
  • un approachable,
  • more off-putting,
  • un-friendlier,
  • more foreboding,
  • forbidding,
  • un friendlier,
  • dis-agreeable,
  • fore boding,
  • most off-putting,
  • most glowering,
  • unapproachable,
  • most foreboding,
  • most off putting,
  • un-friendly,
  • fore-boding.
  •formidable (adjective)
  • more allpowerful,
  • most all powerful,
  • more dismaying,
  • most ballbuster,
  • most dismaying,
  • over powering,
  • dis maying,
  • more ballbuster,
  • allpowerful,
  • more all-powerful,
  • over-powering,
  • dis-maying,
  • more all powerful.
  •great (adjective)
  • most hellacious,
  • un-qualified,
  • greater,
  • super duper,
  • fabbest,
  • un qualified,
  • more super-duper,
  • more surpassing,
  • out this world,
  • more dynamite,
  • un mitigated,
  • un-mitigated,
  • fabber,
  • sur passing,
  • hellacious,
  • most dynamite,
  • more super duper,
  • most superduper,
  • out sight,
  • out of world,
  • sur-passing,
  • more hellacious,
  • most super duper,
  • more superduper,
  • most super-duper,
  • most surpassing,
  • out world,
  • out of sight.
  •grievous (adjective)
  • more heart-rending,
  • most afflicting,
  • dis-quieting,
  • up-setting,
  • more afflicting,
  • up setting,
  • in-tolerable,
  • dis quieting,
  • un bearable,
  • in tolerable,
  • more heart rending,
  • more wounding,
  • un-bearable,
  • heart rending,
  • most heart rending,
  • most heart-rending,
  • most wounding.
  •hard (adjective)
  • Toilful,
  • uphill battle,
  • harder,
  • hard as nails.
  •hard-nosed (adjective)
  • stubborn as mule,
  • toughminded,
  • hard nosed,
  • tough minded,
  • hard-nosed.
  •hard-nosed/hardheaded (adjective)
  • more unsentimental,
  • un-sentimental,
  • head strong,
  • levelheaded,
  • most toughnut,
  • most unsentimental,
  • headstrong,
  • most tough-nut,
  • most hardheaded,
  • more tough-nut,
  • toughnut,
  • most tough nut,
  • more tough nut,
  • un sentimental,
  • more toughnut,
  • more hard nosed.
  •hardened (adjective)
  • thick-skinned.
  •hardheaded (adjective)
  • level headed,
  • hardheaded.
  •harsh (adjective)
  • most cussed,
  • un gracious,
  • un-civil,
  • dis-courteous,
  • un civil,
  • dis courteous,
  • un-gracious,
  • hardshell,
  • more cussed.
  •hateful (adjective)
  • malevolent.
  •healthy (adjective)
  • in good shape,
  • rosy-cheeked,
  • safe and sound,
  • in the pink,
  • bushy-tailed,
  • physically fit,
  • in fine fettle,
  • bright-eyed,
  • in fine feather,
  • hale,
  • full of life.
  •heavy (adjective)
  • Acroamatic,
  • pro-found,
  • pro founder,
  • more acroamatic,
  • pro found,
  • most acroamatic,
  • pro-founder.
  •high-grade (adjective)
  • worldest,
  • highgrade,
  • worlder,
  • high grade.
  •incompliant (adjective)
  • more brassbound,
  • muler,
  • in-compliant,
  • most brassbound,
  • in compliant.
  •incompressible (adjective)
  • in-compressible.
  •insensitive (adjective)
  • hardhearted,
  • ruthless,
  • coldhearted,
  • unemotional,
  • cool,
  • apathetic,
  • blunt,
  • aloof,
  • feelingless,
  • cold-blooded,
  • indifferent,
  • objective,
  • Imperceptive,
  • numb,
  • nonchalant,
  • heartless,
  • unconcerned,
  • passive,
  • detached,
  • emotionless,
  • insusceptible,
  • passionless.
  •insusceptible (adjective)
  • in susceptible.
  •intractable (adjective)
  • in-tractable,
  • pig headed,
  • most bull-headed,
  • more bull-headed,
  • bull headed,
  • most bull headed,
  • more bull headed,
  • in tractable.
  •intractable /intransigent (adjective)
  • selfwilled,
  • un-manageable,
  • most selfwilled,
  • un-pliable,
  • un disciplined,
  • most self-willed,
  • un pliabler,
  • un governable,
  • in curable,
  • un-governable,
  • unpliabler,
  • un-pliablest,
  • most intransigent,
  • un pliablest,
  • more self willed,
  • more selfwilled,
  • un-disciplined,
  • un pliable,
  • in docile,
  • in-soluble,
  • in-curable,
  • self willed,
  • more self-willed,
  • unpliablest,
  • un cooperative,
  • set stone,
  • un manageable,
  • un-cooperative,
  • un-pliabler,
  • in soluble,
  • in-docile,
  • most self willed.
  •irritable (adjective)
  • crabby.
  •knotty (adjective)
  • more gordian,
  • more reticular,
  • more ramified,
  • most gordian,
  • most nodulous,
  • most ramified,
  • reticular,
  • more nodulous,
  • mystifying,
  • maziest,
  • most reticular,
  • Nodulous,
  • mazier.
  •malevolent (adjective)
  • bad-natured,
  • murderous.
  •muscular (adjective)
  • hulky,
  • most well-built,
  • most powerhouse,
  • most muscled,
  • ropiest,
  • well built,
  • most well built,
  • more muscled,
  • most tiger,
  • more wellbuilt,
  • more powerhouse,
  • more well-built,
  • more bruising,
  • most wellbuilt,
  • more tiger,
  • wellbuilt,
  • more ripped,
  • more well built,
  • most bruising,
  • most ripped.
  •nasty (adjective)
  • un cleanly,
  • more polluted,
  • un-cleaner,
  • bummest,
  • uncleanly,
  • mephitic,
  • un-cleanlier,
  • un-godliest,
  • un cleaner,
  • un-godlier,
  • un-holiest,
  • un appetizing,
  • un-godly,
  • yucky,
  • un holy,
  • un clean,
  • un holier,
  • un-appetizing,
  • un-holy,
  • beastlier,
  • un-holier,
  • objectionable,
  • un holiest,
  • un-cleanliest,
  • un-cleanest,
  • un godliest,
  • un godlier,
  • unholy,
  • most polluted,
  • un cleanest,
  • beastliest,
  • un cleanlier,
  • soiled,
  • un godly,
  • un-cleanly,
  • un cleanliest.
  •naughty (adjective)
  • ex-asperating,
  • most rascally,
  • dis obedient,
  • teasing,
  • in-subordinate,
  • more exasperating,
  • impish,
  • in-decorous,
  • in decorous,
  • dis-orderly,
  • more rascally,
  • in subordinate,
  • dis-obedient,
  • most exasperating,
  • ex asperating,
  • dis orderly.
  •obdurate (adjective)
  • most hard hearted,
  • un-impressible,
  • most hard-hearted,
  • most stiff necked,
  • tough nut crack,
  • most stiff-necked,
  • more hard-hearted,
  • more stiffnecked,
  • stiff necked,
  • in-exorable,
  • more stiff necked,
  • un shakable,
  • hard hearted,
  • un impressible,
  • stiffnecked,
  • more unimpressible,
  • most bullhead,
  • more hard hearted,
  • more stiff-necked,
  • most stiffnecked,
  • more bullhead,
  • most unimpressible,
  • un-shakable.
  •obstinate, rough (adjective)
  • stern,
  • confirmed,
  • stubborn,
  • hard-shelled,
  • immutable,
  • pugnacious,
  • taut,
  • uncontrollable,
  • unbending,
  • fixed,
  • terrible,
  • merciless,
  • violent,
  • ferocious,
  • adamant,
  • unalterable,
  • cruel,
  • desperate,
  • savage,
  • resolute,
  • arbitrary,
  • refractory,
  • ruffianly,
  • hard-line,
  • drastic.
  •oppressive (adjective)
  • more depressive,
  • most ironhanded,
  • dis-heartening,
  • more confining,
  • more disheartening,
  • most depressive,
  • most confining,
  • dis heartening,
  • more headache,
  • Over-bearing,
  • heavyhanded,
  • in-human,
  • more ironhanded,
  • over bearing,
  • heavy handed,
  • most disheartening,
  • most headache,
  • in human.
  •Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • all-embracing,
  • self-willed,
  • nit-picking,
  • mazy,
  • brawny,
  • ropy,
  • unsentimental,
  • cold-fish,
  • harsh,
  • die hard,
  • stressful,
  • gristly,
  • out-standing,
  • Clocklike,
  • uncompliant,
  • Thewy,
  • tenacious,
  • demanding,
  • energetic,
  • well-built,
  • inhumane,
  • all-powerful,
  • uncompassionate,
  • formidable,
  • tiresome,
  • tough proposition,
  • obdurate,
  • un-regenerate,
  • locked in,
  • couldn't care less,
  • praiseworthy,
  • viscose,
  • powerhouse,
  • pre-eminent,
  • familiar with,
  • world-class,
  • boresome,
  • uncool,
  • Unrepenting,
  • stout,
  • steely,
  • laid back,
  • no nonsense,
  • salt of earth,
  • sturdy,
  • Mumpish,
  • serious,
  • feisty,
  • blow by blow,
  • resilient,
  • rough,
  • soup to nuts,
  • stubborn as a mule,
  • out and out,
  • Hard-hearted,
  • large order,
  • second to none,
  • uncompromising,
  • Unimpressible,
  • strict,
  • grievous,
  • awful,
  • vicious,
  • fine-grained,
  • top of the line,
  • Thankworthy,
  • durable,
  • courageous,
  • stable,
  • first class,
  • burdensome,
  • head-strong,
  • INDEPTH,
  • rubbery,
  • pumped up,
  • troublesome,
  • nowhere,
  • syrupy,
  • gluey,
  • strong,
  • tight,
  • fit as fiddle,
  • strong arm,
  • walking on eggs,
  • unrelenting,
  • fussbudget,
  • a bit much,
  • quick to recover,
  • dead set,
  • nasty,
  • unstirred,
  • beyond compare,
  • dispassionate,
  • built to last,
  • taxing,
  • anesthetized,
  • uncordial,
  • bullhead,
  • ho hum,
  • by numbers,
  • whole-hog,
  • close-grained,
  • hohum,
  • good at,
  • coldblooded,
  • viscid,
  • high-grade,
  • stringent,
  • thorny,
  • sans pareil,
  • primo,
  • particular,
  • all the way,
  • leathery,
  • unregenerate,
  • stringy,
  • top-of-the-line,
  • poker-faced,
  • reedy,
  • heart-rending,
  • hard core,
  • ho-hum,
  • rascally,
  • brassbound,
  • Iron-fisted,
  • knotty,
  • spunky,
  • wiry,
  • slam bang,
  • tough nut,
  • lusty,
  • heavy sledding,
  • badly behaved,
  • well-organized,
  • bull-headed,
  • hang-tough,
  • minding p's and q's,
  • Enervative,
  • zappy,
  • laborious,
  • vigorous,
  • in depth,
  • chirpier,
  • Muscled,
  • off-putting,
  • choicy,
  • stony,
  • firm,
  • good for,
  • backbreaker,
  • Unpliable,
  • tough going,
  • callous,
  • full of spirit,
  • nasty-tempered,
  • cool cat,
  • hardbitten,
  • weighty,
  • ironhearted,
  • viscous,
  • unsympathetic,
  • rough going,
  • stretchy,
  • conscientious,
  • insensitive,
  • tyrannical,
  • deaf to,
  • Casehardened,
  • superduper,
  • uncontrite,
  • heart and soul into,
  • best,
  • unexcited,
  • energy-consuming,
  • case-hardened,
  • blind to,
  • heavy,
  • difficult,
  • no picnic,
  • Incompliant,
  • nonporous,
  • set in one's ways,
  • hard line,
  • trying,
  • super-duper,
  • non-partisan,
  • Infestive,
  • tall order,
  • Unamiable,
  • head ache,
  • Impliable,
  • hardboiled,
  • muscular,
  • oppressive,
  • unsavory,
  • singleminded,
  • fab,
  • unfeeling,
  • rugged,
  • depressive,
  • glutinous,
  • dragger,
  • hard shell,
  • rolling with punches,
  • arduous,
  • ironfisted,
  • superincumbent,
  • mucilaginous,
  • dead set on,
  • unbendable,
  • sensationless,
  • robustuous,
  • robustious,
  • rough go,
  • aggressive,
  • chirpy,
  • nondiscriminatory,
  • chirpiest,
  • efficient,
  • unpitying,
  • in good health,
  • hardnosed,
  • naughty,
  • equal to,
  • rock-hard,
  • tough job,
  • exigent,
  • world class,
  • rocky,
  • ballbuster,
  • unexcitable,
  • aversive,
  • uphill,
  • firstclass,
  • set in stone,
  • incompressible,
  • Chuffy,
  • stiff-necked,
  • zesty,
  • unyielding,
  • snapping back,
  • by the book,
  • robust,
  • great,
  • ironhanded,
  • Stickling,
  • Carking,
  • tough-nut,
  • tough nut to crack,
  • mule,
  • exacting,
  • ropier,
  • reusable.
  •particular (adjective)
  • dis criminating,
  • most stickler,
  • most fussbudget,
  • more fussbudget,
  • choicier,
  • more stickler,
  • dis-criminating,
  • choiciest.
  •praiseworthy (adjective)
  • more pillar,
  • salt earth,
  • most thankworthy,
  • most meritable,
  • meritable,
  • most pillar,
  • more thankworthy,
  • more meritable.
  •primary/prime (adjective)
  • more world-class,
  • more crackerjack,
  • most top of the line,
  • most crackerjack,
  • most top-of-the-line,
  • more worldclass,
  • most world class,
  • most world-class,
  • worldclass,
  • top-pest,
  • most worldclass,
  • more world class.
  •remorseless (adjective)
  • in humane,
  • un-forgiving,
  • un regenerate,
  • un merciful,
  • in tolerant,
  • un-remitting,
  • un-contrite,
  • more uncontrite,
  • un repenting,
  • un contrite,
  • more unregenerate,
  • most unrepenting,
  • in-humane,
  • un-merciful,
  • most uncontrite,
  • un-repenting,
  • more unrepenting,
  • most unregenerate,
  • un forgiving,
  • un remitting.
  •resilient (adjective)
  • more rebounding,
  • re bounding,
  • irrepressible,
  • stretchier,
  • most rebounding,
  • stretchiest,
  • more rubbery,
  • quick recover,
  • re-bounding,
  • most rubbery.
  •robust (adjective)
  • more robustious,
  • zappiest,
  • zappier,
  • most robustious,
  • full bodied,
  • most robustuous,
  • more robustuous,
  • fullbodied.
  •rocky (adjective)
  • rocklike,
  • Impassible.
  •rough (adjective)
  • un cultivated,
  • un-refined,
  • un cultured,
  • un mannerly,
  • un-cultivated,
  • un polished,
  • in elegant,
  • more untutored,
  • un-ceremonious,
  • ill mannered,
  • in-delicate,
  • un-mannerly,
  • untutored,
  • un-cultured,
  • un-couth,
  • most untutored,
  • un couth,
  • in delicate,
  • in-elegant,
  • un refined,
  • illmannered,
  • un tutored,
  • un-tutored.
  •rough-and-tumble (adjective)
  • more stridulent,
  • in harmonious,
  • more blustering,
  • tumultous-tumultuous,
  • squally,
  • un-musical,
  • most blustering,
  • more buffeting,
  • in-harmonious,
  • stridulent,
  • tumultoustumultuous,
  • most stridulent,
  • tumultous tumultuous,
  • most buffeting.
  •serious (adjective)
  • unhumorous,
  • smoking,
  • sobering,
  • out for blood,
  • no joke,
  • strictly business,
  • of consequence,
  • unamusing,
  • no laughing matter,
  • playing hard ball,
  • feller.
  •spunky (adjective)
  • zestier,
  • zestiest,
  • full spirit.
  •stable (adjective)
  • stabile,
  • solid as rock,
  • brick-wall,
  • well-founded,
  • brick wall,
  • unfluctuating,
  • staying put.
  •stalwart (adjective)
  • stalwart,
  • bound determined,
  • re doubtable,
  • re-doubtable,
  • most steamroller,
  • more steamroller.
  •staunch (adjective)
  • staunch,
  • trueblue,
  • liege,
  • true-blue.
  •stern (adjective)
  • hangtough,
  • steelier,
  • more hangtough,
  • more hang-tough,
  • more mortified,
  • more hang tough,
  • most hang tough,
  • most hang-tough,
  • steeliest,
  • most mortified,
  • most hangtough,
  • dyed in the wool.
  •stout (adjective)
  • in vincible,
  • in-vincible,
  • stouter.
  •strenuous (adjective)
  • more energy consuming,
  • most energyconsuming,
  • most energy-consuming,
  • more energyconsuming,
  • energy consuming,
  • most energy consuming,
  • more energy-consuming,
  • energyconsuming.
  •strict (adjective)
  • most iron-fisted,
  • up tight,
  • more iron fisted,
  • most iron fisted,
  • most ironfisted,
  • strait laced,
  • nononsense,
  • iron fisted,
  • most stickling,
  • unpermissive,
  • more ironfisted,
  • more unpermissive,
  • most unpermissive,
  • up-tight,
  • more iron-fisted,
  • un permissive,
  • un-permissive,
  • more stickling.
  •stringent (adjective)
  • most drawing,
  • more drawing.
  •stringy (adjective)
  • gangling,
  • threadlike,
  • reediest,
  • gristliest,
  • reedier,
  • gristlier.
  •strong (adjective)
  • mighty,
  • take charge,
  • iron-willed,
  • vital,
  • husky,
  • well-made,
  • virile,
  • mettlesome.
  •stubborn (adjective)
  • set in ones ways,
  • set ways,
  • set in one ways,
  • un reasonable,
  • set one ways,
  • un-reasonable,
  • set in ways,
  • set ones ways,
  • single minded,
  • set one's ways.
  •sturdy (adjective)
  • more strong-arm,
  • strongarm,
  • most strongarm,
  • most strong arm,
  • built last,
  • most strong-arm,
  • more strongarm,
  • more strong arm.
  •sturdy, strong (adjective)
  • seasoned,
  • fit,
  • indigestible,
  • Steeled,
  • strapping,
  • tough as nails,
  • stiff,
  • molded,
  • Withstanding,
  • conditioned,
  • cohesive.
  •taxing (adjective)
  • Sapping,
  • most sapping,
  • most enervating,
  • more enervating,
  • more stressful,
  • more sapping,
  • most stressful.
  •tenacious (adjective)
  • determined,
  • unforgetful,
  • brave,
  • plucky,
  • undaunted,
  • tireless,
  • bold,
  • dauntless,
  • insistent,
  • unflagging,
  • strong-willed,
  • true,
  • obstinate,
  • retentive,
  • fervent,
  • decisive,
  • flintlike,
  • dogged,
  • indomitable,
  • indefatigable,
  • steadfast,
  • bulldogged,
  • devoted,
  • bullheaded,
  • diligent,
  • hearty,
  • persevering,
  • enduring.
  •thick-skinned (adjective)
  • more hard-as-nails,
  • most hard-as-nails,
  • thick skinned,
  • be numbed,
  • most hard as nails,
  • hard-as-nails,
  • thickskinned,
  • be-numbed,
  • more hard as nails.
  •thorny (adjective)
  • more harassing,
  • most harassing,
  • Harassing.
  •thorough/thoroughgoing (adjective)
  • more particularized,
  • more all-embracing,
  • in-tensive,
  • most all-embracing,
  • more thorough,
  • most clocklike,
  • all out,
  • all way,
  • most particularized,
  • slambang,
  • most thorough,
  • from z,
  • most slam-bang,
  • all embracing,
  • de-tailed,
  • allembracing,
  • most whole hog,
  • Slam-bang,
  • more thoroughgoing,
  • wholehog,
  • more clocklike,
  • all inclusive,
  • more slam bang,
  • more whole hog,
  • from a z,
  • more wholehog,
  • most whole-hog,
  • de tailed,
  • more all embracing,
  • most all embracing,
  • allout,
  • more whole-hog,
  • most allembracing,
  • most slam bang,
  • more slambang,
  • fulldress,
  • allinclusive,
  • more slam-bang,
  • most wholehog,
  • most slambang,
  • in tensive,
  • from to z,
  • soup nuts.
  •tight (adjective)
  • pre-carious,
  • pre carious.
  •troublesome (adjective)
  • in-convenient,
  • most vexing,
  • most infestive,
  • more infestive,
  • in convenient,
  • more vexing,
  • in-festive,
  • in festive.
  •trying (adjective)
  • most aggravating,
  • pro-vocative,
  • more aggravating,
  • pro vocative.
  •unbendable (adjective)
  • un bendable.
  •uncompassionate (adjective)
  • un charitable,
  • un compassionate,
  • un-compassionate,
  • un-touched,
  • un-charitable,
  • un touched.
  •uncompliant (adjective)
  • un-compliant,
  • un compliant.
  •uncompromising (adjective)
  • un-compromising,
  • un compromising.
  •unfeeling (adjective)
  • most anesthetized,
  • un cordial,
  • most iron-hearted,
  • un-feeling,
  • un feeling,
  • un-amiable,
  • cold hearted,
  • more unamiable,
  • in-animate,
  • most iron hearted,
  • more ironhearted,
  • un-cordial,
  • most sensationless,
  • more uncordial,
  • most ironhearted,
  • more sensationless,
  • more anesthetized,
  • most deadened,
  • more iron-hearted,
  • un amiable,
  • most uncordial,
  • in animate,
  • more deadened,
  • more iron hearted,
  • iron hearted,
  • Iron-hearted,
  • most unamiable.
  •unhospitable (adjective)
  • in hospitable,
  • in-hospitable,
  • un hospitable,
  • un-hospitable,
  • un-inviting,
  • un inviting.
  •unpitying (adjective)
  • un-pitying,
  • un pitying.
  •unrelenting (adjective)
  • unabated.
  •unsavory (adjective)
  • no good.
  •unstirred (adjective)
  • un-stirred,
  • un stirred.
  •unsympathetic (adjective)
  • anti pathetic,
  • un congenial,
  • Half-hearted,
  • un-congenial,
  • half hearted,
  • un-sympathetic,
  • anti-pathetic,
  • most aversive,
  • un sympathetic,
  • more aversive.
  •unyielding (adjective)
  • most impliable,
  • more immalleable,
  • more unswayable,
  • un-movable,
  • Immalleable,
  • un-yielding,
  • most unswayable,
  • most immalleable,
  • more impliable,
  • Unswayable,
  • un-swayable,
  • un swayable,
  • un yielding,
  • un movable.
  •uphill (adjective)
  • up-hill,
  • up hill.
  •vicious (adjective)
  • most backbiting,
  • more backbiting.
  •vigorous (adjective)
  • strong as an ox,
  • take-charge,
  • hard-driving,
  • strong as ox,
  • take over,
  • take-over.
  •viscous (adjective)
  • gluiest,
  • most syrupy,
  • gluier,
  • more syrupy,
  • gelatinous.

• interj.

  •Other relevant words: (interjection)
  • tough shit,
  • tough luck.

• n.

  •
  • accessory,
  • drug baron,
  • abductor,
  • CONMAN,
  • child molester,
  • con woman,
  • arsonist,
  • fence,
  • drug lord,
  • con artist.
  •
  • continue,
  • able-bodied.
  •
  • unforgiving.
  •
  • solid as a rock,
  • action.
  •
  • too bad,
  • you're breaking my heart,
  • purpose,
  • my heart bleeds (for someone).
  •
  • sweat out,
  • endure.
  •bully (noun)
  • coercers,
  • in-solents,
  • in-solent,
  • in solents,
  • in solent.
  •calloused (noun)
  • calloused.
  •cartilaginous (noun)
  • cartilaginous.
  •chewy (noun)
  • chewy.
  •combatant (noun)
  • foe,
  • Jouster,
  • adversary,
  • rival,
  • brawler,
  • thug,
  • contestant,
  • enemy,
  • quarreler,
  • bruiser,
  • swordsman,
  • warrior,
  • battler,
  • soldier,
  • assailant,
  • fighter,
  • competitor,
  • mercenary,
  • pugilist,
  • opponent,
  • struggler,
  • combatant,
  • gladiator,
  • duelist,
  • man-at-arms,
  • militant,
  • rioter,
  • antagonist.
  •coriaceous (noun)
  • coriaceous.
  •enured (noun)
  • enured.
  •evildoer (noun)
  • hooligan,
  • scoundrel,
  • criminal,
  • gunman,
  • ruffian,
  • demon,
  • bad guy,
  • evildoer,
  • ogre,
  • desperado,
  • vandal,
  • vulture,
  • cutthroat,
  • fiend,
  • thief,
  • monster,
  • vampire,
  • law breaker,
  • terrorist,
  • tyrant,
  • snake,
  • wrongdoer,
  • brute,
  • crook,
  • hoodlum,
  • viper.
  •fibrous (noun)
  • fibrous.
  •gangster (noun)
  • mafioso,
  • hit person,
  • member of the family,
  • hoodlums,
  • gangster,
  • Mafiosi,
  • bruisers,
  • goon.
  •hard-bitten (noun)
  • hard-bitten.
  •hard-boiled (noun)
  • hard-boiled.
  •hardened (noun)
  • hardened.
  •hardy (noun)
  • sound,
  • capable.
  •hempen (noun)
  • hempen.
  •hood (noun)
  • hood.
  •inured (noun)
  • inured.
  •leathered (noun)
  • leathered.
  •leatherlike (noun)
  • leatherlike.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • Grafter,
  • antagonizer,
  • harriers,
  • grafters,
  • persecutors,
  • insolents,
  • persecutor,
  • roughneck,
  • coercer,
  • cardsharp,
  • prisoner,
  • mischiefmaker,
  • bully,
  • recreants,
  • varmints,
  • tormenter,
  • varmint,
  • insolent,
  • rascal,
  • intimidator,
  • harrier,
  • tormenters,
  • antagonizers.
  •person (noun)
  • street fighter.
  •person who is rowdy, mean (noun)
  • rowdy,
  • villain,
  • punk.
  •prisoner (noun)
  • internees,
  • lifers,
  • detainees,
  • internee,
  • jailbirds,
  • detainee,
  • chain gang member,
  • jailbird,
  • lifer.
  •rascal (noun)
  • good for nothing,
  • pre tenders,
  • pre tender,
  • pre-tenders,
  • re probate,
  • re-probate,
  • dis grace,
  • mischief maker,
  • cardsharps,
  • dis-graces,
  • re-probates,
  • dis graces,
  • dis-grace.
  •sinewy (noun)
  • sinewy.
  •strong-armer (noun)
  • strong-armer.
  •thickened (noun)
  • thickened.
  •tough (noun)
  • tough-minded,
  • weather-beaten,
  • bad,
  • yobbo,
  • toughie,
  • yobo,
  • toughened,
  • uncomfortable,
  • yob,
  • unchewable.
  •unfavorable (noun)
  • unfortunate,
  • untimely,
  • unfavorable.

• v.

  •persevere (verb)
  • persist.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tough love,
  • shatterproof,
  • rigor,
  • inviolate,
  • shockproof,
  • unassailable,
  • Skinless,
  • heatproof,
  • herculean,
  • jellied,
  • boneless,
  • water-resistant,
  • hard-fought,
  • rough-and-tumble,
  • fierce,
  • time-consuming,
  • invulnerable,
  • gorilla,
  • persnickety,
  • flameproof,
  • indissoluble,
  • unmanageable,
  • fiddly,
  • heat-resistant,
  • Hunky,
  • rustproof,
  • meaty,
  • knockabout,
  • Hard-handed,
  • indestructible,
  • hard-earned,
  • hardline,
  • ineradicable,
  • unbreakable,
  • irresistible,
  • rocket science,
  • fireproof,
  • healthy,
  • effortful.
  •
  • ambitious,
  • unbeatable,
  • permanent,
  • jerk,
  • athletic,
  • weatherproof,
  • tall,
  • bulletproof,
  • strident,
  • incorruptible,
  • defensible,
  • impregnable,
  • bombproof,
  • unshakable,
  • generous,
  • industrial-strength,
  • flyblown,
  • heavy-duty,
  • invincible,
  • rooted.
  •
  • precision,
  • substantially,
  • bony,
  • rigorous,
  • awkward.
  •
  • mug,
  • waterproof,
  • intensive,
  • narrow,
  • intense.
  •
  • rigid,
  • iron.
  •
  • sensitivity.
  •
  • sure,
  • solid.
  •
  • lean.
  •criminal
  • malefactor.
  •relentless
  • remorseless.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • bravo,
  • Unlimber,
  • unmalleable,
  • tacky,
  • crabbed,
  • Untractable,
  • Unflexible,
  • gummy,
  • Intractile,
  • steep,
  • hefty,
  • spartan,
  • cramp,
  • Unpliant,
  • intractable,
  • hard to understand,
  • inflexible,
  • resistant,
  • sticky,
  • Hard-headed.

Paraphrases for Tough:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    difficult, hard.
  • Proper noun, singular
    difficult, hard.
  • Interjection
    hard.
  • Verb, past tense
    hard.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    fierce, serious, ferocious, painstaking, thorough, grim, thorny, sturdy, stark, stubborn, high, restrictive, brutal, sharp, delicate, problematic, burdensome, relentless, violent, terrific, ambitious, awkward, tightening, hawkish, resistant, tortuous, terrible, steadfast, complex, easy, hardworking, hardened, persistent, unrelenting, aggravating, rude, sensitive, bad, worst, grave, troubled, weighty, distressing, harrowing, unpleasant, hostile, extreme, implacable, knotty, stressful, dire, damning, cut-throat, great, inconvenient, stringency, radical, vehement, merciless, expensive, assertive, unshakeable, huge, rigour, callous, nasty, uncomfortable, contentious, dirty, heated, elusive, hard-wearing, beefy, costly, unwavering, critical, ultra-orthodox, unforgiving, crippling, brave, acute, sophisticated, dura, militant, rock-hard, staunch, scrupulous, incisive, hot, valiant, significant, courageous, dangerous, big, loud, frustrating, disagreeable, potent, precarious, tedious, dogged, dramatic, crucial, overwhelming, troubling, hard-working.
  • Verb, past tense
    Persisted, Lasted, spans.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    stringent, stricter, rigorous, arduous, challenging, stiff, vigorous, rigid, uncompromising, toughened, daunting, strenuous, intense, complicated, hard-fought, demanding, bitter, onerous, exacting, intransigent, ruthless, painful, resolute, hard-hitting, uphill, rugged, tricky, forceful, laborious, draconian, drastic, inflexible, tenacious, resilient, cumbersome, aggressive, intractable, strongly-worded, stern, energetic, heavy-handed, rough, formidable, troublesome, unyielding, austere, strong-worded, decisive, heavy-duty, ugly, strict.
  • Proper noun, singular
    rough, strict.
  • Interjection
    rough.
  • Verb, base form
    brave.

Antonyms for Tough:

• adj.

  • all
    tender.
  • difficult, laborious
    trivial.
  • obstinate, rough
    uncertain, easy-going, supple.
  • sturdy, strong
    kind, slack, nice, soft, unstable, weak, delicate, loose, controllable, fragile, wobbly, easy, facile.
  • Other antonyms:
    lenient, relaxed, willing, clear, emasculated, gentle, compromising, sensitive, pliant, luxurious, complaisant, easygoing, mindless, charitable, comfy, responsive, friendly, transient, moderate, resistless, amenable, achievable, genial, soothing, nonviolent, mortal, incapacitated, peaceful, balmy, crippled, pleasant, tolerant, hospitable, exhausted, laid-back, accessible, temporary, susceptible, undemanding, reposeful, snug, pliable, accepting, manageable, doable, merciful, temperate, bearable, unresistant, mild, acquiescent, diseased, endurable, clement, compliant, perishable, calm, lax, uncomplicated, straightforward, cozy, elementary, worn, worn-out, indulgent, puny, relaxing, yielding, user-friendly, vulnerable, agreeable, unproblematic, patient, forbearing, tolerable, flexible, comforting, restful.

Homophones for Tough:

• tuff.

Hyponym for Tough:

• n.

  • person
    combatant, scrapper, belligerent, fighter, battler.