Thesaurus
rugged
Synonyms and Antonyms of rugged
- a rugged construction that survived for hundreds of years
flinty, leathery, resilient, stalwart
durable, enduring, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lasting, permanent, stable, staunch (also stanch), staying, tenacious, unyielding
flourishing, prospering, thriving
fit, fortified, hale, healthy, husky, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sound, strapping, virile
- the incredibly rugged conditions that the polar explorers faced
- The warrior's rugged features frightened the child.
bleak, cold, hostile, inhospitable, inimical, unfriendly, unsympathetic
adamant, bound, determined, firm, intent, purposeful, resolute, resolved, steadfast, unflinching
fixed, hard, hardened, hardheaded, immovable, implacable, inflexible, ironhanded, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, rigid, self-willed, set, stiff, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
black, cheerless, dark, gloomy, glum, joyless, melancholic, moody, morose, sulky, sullen, surly
brooding, grave, humorless, melancholy, serious, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber (or sombre), staid, unsmiling
- a rugged athlete who's competing in weight lifting in the Olympics
- rugged terrain that made for slow going
- Even more rugged than most ultramarathons, this one crosses a desert.
abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic (also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, tricky
bruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, trying
annoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatious
cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
- New Hampshire's Mount Washington has some of the ruggedest weather in all of North America.
- enjoyed a kind of rugged humor
coarse, common, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, insensible, low, lowbred, lowbrow, raffish, rough, rough-hewn, roughneck, rude, tasteless, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar
Synonym Discussion of rugged
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- a rough wooden board
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- a harsh fabric that chafes the skin
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- an old house with uneven floors
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- a rugged landscape
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- a scabrous leaf
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