Related Words for tough cookie

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cracker
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Noun
corker
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Noun
athlete
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Noun
grinder
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Noun
fighter
/x
Noun
cutter
/x
Noun
soldier
/x
Noun
cook
/
Noun
warrior
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Noun
sticker
/x
Noun
ball of fire
///x
Phrase, Noun
workhorse
/x
Noun
busy bee
/x/
Phrase, Noun
straight shooter
//x
Phrase, Noun
heavy hitter
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
old soldier
//x
Name, Name
standout
/x
Noun
thinker
/x
Noun
achiever
x/x
Noun
toolbox
/x
Noun
iceman
/x
Noun
climber
/x
Noun
cobbler
/x
Noun
city slicker
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
nutter
/x
Noun
bulldozer
/xx
Noun
bruiser
/x
Noun
tech
/
Noun
mountaineer
/xx
Noun
road warrior
//xx
Phrase, Noun
sandwich
/x
Noun
strongman
/x
Noun
crusher
/x
Noun
topper
/x
Noun
jock
/
Noun
maker
/x
Noun
person
/x
Noun
poser
/x
Noun
taskmaster
/xx
Noun
doer
/
Noun
lightweight
//
Adjective
keener
/x
Noun
bake
/
Noun, Verb
camper
/x
Noun
thruster
/x
Noun
cropper
/x
Noun
hummer
/x
Name
stoner
/x
Noun
machine
x/
Noun
talker
/x
Noun
breaker
/x
Noun
cheerleader
/xx
Noun
book
/
Noun
old hand
//
Name, Name
trooper
/x
Noun
dodger
/x
Noun
enforcer
x/x
Noun
scrubber
/x
Noun
rowdy
/x
Adjective
rock climber
//x
Phrase, Noun
shooter
/x
Noun
punk rocker
//x
Phrase, Noun
hotshot
/x
Noun
yeoman
/x
Noun
player
/x
Noun
roadster
/x
Noun
eater
/x
Noun
dynamo
/xx
Noun
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
active
/x
Adjective, Noun
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
adam
/x
Name
adamant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
aggravating
/xxx
Adjective
aggressive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
ambitious
x/x
Adjective
ankara
/xx
Name
arduous
/xx
Adjective
assertive
x/x
Adjective
austere
x/
Adjective
awkward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
badass
/x
Noun, Adjective
bag
/
Noun, Verb
baton
x/
Noun, Verb
beefy
/x
Adjective
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
binding
/x
Noun, Adjective
birdie
/x
Noun, Verb
biscuit
/x
Noun
bisque
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
brave
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
breeze
/
Noun, Verb
brownie
/x
Noun
brutal
/x
Adjective
bug
/
Noun, Verb
bully
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bummer
/x
Noun
bun
/
Noun, Verb
burdensome
/xx
Adjective
cache
/
Noun, Verb
cake
/
Noun, Verb
callous
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
candy
/x
Noun, Verb
cartilaginous
/xxxx
Adjective
challenging
/xx
Adjective, Noun
cheesecake
/x
Noun
chef
/
Noun, Verb
chewy
/x
Noun, Adjective
chocolate
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chocolate chip cookie
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
chrysalis
/xx
Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
chunky
/x
Adjective, Noun
cinch
/
Noun, Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
client
/x
Noun
collide
x/
Verb
comparison
x/xx
Noun
complex
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
complicated
/xxx
Adjective
consistent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
contentious
x/x
Adjective
control
x/
Noun, Verb
cookies
/x
Verb
costly
/x
Adjective
cow
/
Noun, Verb
crazy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
crescent
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crippling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
cruel
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
crumb
/
Noun, Verb
cryptographic
/x/x
Adjective
crystalline
/xx
Adjective, Noun
cumbersome
/xx
Adjective
cupcake
/x
Noun, Verb
damning
/x
Adjective, Noun
date
/
Noun, Verb
daunting
/x
Adjective, Noun
decisive
x/x
Adjective
delicate
/xx
Adjective, Noun
demanding
x/x
Adjective
dense
/
Adjective, Noun
determined
x/x
Adjective
dialect
/xx
Noun
dicey
/x
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
dire
/
Adjective, Noun
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
distressing
x/x
Adjective
dog biscuit
//x
Phrase, Noun
dogged
/
Adjective, Adverb
dome
/
Noun, Verb
dorado
x/x
Name
dough
/
Noun, Verb
doughnut
/x
Noun, Verb
draconian
x/xx
Adjective
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
dry
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dur
x
Noun, Adjective
dura
/x
Noun
durable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
durum
/x
Noun
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
elusive
x/x
Adjective
email
x/
Noun, Verb
encrypted
x/x
Adjective
energetic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
event
x/
Noun, Verb
exacting
x/x
Adjective
expensive
x/x
Adjective
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
extremist
x/x
Adjective, Noun
eyewitness
//x
Noun, Verb
fascist
/x
Adjective, Noun
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fermi
/x
Name
ferocious
x/x
Adjective
fibrous
/x
Adjective
fierce
/
Adjective, Adverb
fight
/
Verb, Noun
filthy
/x
Adjective, Verb
firm
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
flake
/
Noun, Verb
food
/
Noun
forceful
/x
Adjective
formatted
/xx
Adjective
formidable
/xxx
Adjective
fort
/
Noun, Verb
fortune cookie
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
found
/
Verb, Noun
frustrating
/xx
Adjective
fundamentalist
xx/xx
Noun
gingerbread man
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
golf
/
Noun, Verb
goody
/x
Name, Adjective
goon
/
Noun, Verb
granola bar
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
grim
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
gruelling
/x
Adjective, Noun
gutsy
//
Adjective
guy
/
Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardcore
//
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
hardened
/x
Adjective
hardworking
/xx
Adjective
hardy
/x
Adjective, Noun
harsh
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
hawkish
/x
Adjective
heated
/x
Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heightened
/x
Adjective
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
hood
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hooligan
/xx
Noun
hostile
/x
Adjective, Noun
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
hunger
/x
Noun, Verb
id
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
implacable
x/xx
Adjective
impossible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
incisive
x/x
Adjective
inelastic
xx/x
Adjective
inflexible
x/xx
Adjective