Synonyms of hardy

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hardy

adjective

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1

as in sturdy

able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure

chrysanthemums are hardy enough to survive a light frost

the settlers of the Old West were a hardy lot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sturdy
• strong
• rugged
• tough
• stout
• vigorous
• hardened
• durable
• toughened
• healthy
• robust
• hard
• inured
• resilient
• hard-bitten
• tenacious
• thriving
• stalwart
• stable
• staunch
• permanent
• enduring
• hale
• leathery
• cast-iron
• virile
• immortal
• prospering
• flinty
• lasting
• muscular
• everlasting
• brawny
• unyielding
• flourishing
• fortified
• imperishable
• lusty
• tempered
• staying
• husky
• seasoned
• stanch
• fit
• strapping
• able-bodied
• red-blooded
• sound
• annealed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weak
• soft
• delicate
• tender
• worn
• enfeebled
• fragile
• weakened
• diseased
• infirm
• susceptible
• exhausted
• vulnerable
• frail
• nonhardy
• sensitive
• emasculated
• debilitated
• puny
• crippled
• wasted
• unsound
• incapacitated
• enervated
• temporary
• transient
• sapped
• worn-out
• perishable
• mortal
• yielding
• unresistant
• resistless
• run-down

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• weak
• soft
• delicate
• tender
• worn
• enfeebled
• fragile
• weakened
• diseased
• infirm
• susceptible
• exhausted
• vulnerable
• frail
• nonhardy
• sensitive
• emasculated
• debilitated
• puny
• crippled
• wasted
• unsound
• incapacitated
• enervated
• temporary
• transient
• sapped
• worn-out
• perishable
• mortal
• yielding
• unresistant
• resistless
• run-down

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2

as in adventurous

inclined or willing to take risks

hardy souls who pioneered new paths into outer space

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adventurous
• brave
• courageous
• fearless
• daring
• bold
• venturous
• gutsy
• nerved
• enterprising
• venturesome
• adventuresome
• gallant
• dashing
• valiant
• audacious
• emboldened
• heroic
• reckless
• nervy
• intrepid
• impulsive
• foolish
• heroical
• dauntless
• foolhardy
• undaunted
• valorous
• wild
• stupid
• stalwart
• plucky
• stouthearted
• free-swinging
• spirited
• lionhearted
• unafraid
• impetuous
• stout
• daredevil
• spunky
• dumb
• thoughtless
• hotheaded
• silly
• imprudent
• brash
• overconfident
• rash
• heedless
• swashbuckling
• incautious
• madcap
• gritty
• overbold
• mad
• nutty
• brainless
• hasty
• unreasonable
• lunatic
• insane
• idiotic
• wacky
• crazy
• witless
• moronic
• scatterbrained
• absurd
• asinine
• unnecessary
• irrational
• precipitate
• headlong
• balmy
• whacky
• greathearted
• harebrained
• gadarene
• idiotical
• half-witted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• timid
• timorous
• cowardly
• unadventurous
• pusillanimous
• cautious
• careful
• craven
• coward
• milky
• wary
• prudent
• shy
• afraid
• lily-livered
• frightened
• heedful
• fearful
• chickenhearted
• wise
• overcautious
• sane
• unenterprising
• sensible
• reasonable
• fainthearted
• terrified
• startled
• cool
• scared
• calm
• alarmed
• poltroon
• spooked
• milk-livered
• levelheaded
• rational
• overcareful
• sage
• unnerved
• shocked
• sound
• affrighted
• horrified
• terrorized
• worried
• upset
• concerned
• dismayed
• appalled

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• timid
• timorous
• cowardly
• unadventurous
• pusillanimous
• cautious
• careful
• craven
• coward
• milky
• wary
• prudent
• shy
• afraid
• lily-livered
• frightened
• heedful
• fearful
• chickenhearted
• wise
• overcautious
• sane
• unenterprising
• sensible
• reasonable
• fainthearted
• terrified
• startled
• cool
• scared
• calm
• alarmed
• poltroon
• spooked
• milk-livered
• levelheaded
• rational
• overcareful
• sage
• unnerved
• shocked
• sound
• affrighted
• horrified
• terrorized
• worried
• upset
• concerned
• dismayed
• appalled

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