TOUGH as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a cruel and brutal fellow
   Synonym(s)
   • bully (what does bully mean?)
   • hooligan (what does hooligan mean?)
   • roughneck (what does roughneck mean?)
   • rowdy (what does rowdy mean?)
   • ruffian (what does ruffian mean?)
   • yob (what does yob mean?)
   • yobbo (what does yobbo mean?)
   • yobo (what does yobo mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tough is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • attacker (what does attacker mean?)
   • aggressor (what does aggressor mean?)
   • assailant (what does assailant mean?)
   • assaulter (what does assaulter mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bullyboy (what does bullyboy mean?)
   • muscleman (what does muscleman mean?)
   • muscle (what does muscle mean?)
   • skinhead (what does skinhead mean?)
   • tough guy (what does tough guy mean?)
   • plug-ugly (what does plug-ugly mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • browbeat (what does browbeat mean?)
   • bully (what does bully mean?)
   • swagger (what does swagger mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an aggressive and violent young criminal
   Synonym(s)
   • goon (what does goon mean?)
   • hood (what does hood mean?)
   • hoodlum (what does hoodlum mean?)
   • punk (what does punk mean?)
   • strong-armer (what does strong-armer mean?)
   • thug (what does thug mean?)
   • toughie (what does toughie mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tough is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • criminal (what does criminal mean?)
   • felon (what does felon mean?)
   • crook (what does crook mean?)
   • outlaw (what does outlaw mean?)
   • malefactor (what does malefactor mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • strong-arm (what does strong-arm mean?)
   • strong-arm (what does strong-arm mean?)
3. Meaning
   • someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
   Synonym(s)
   • street fighter (what does street fighter mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) tough is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • combatant (what does combatant mean?)
   • battler (what does battler mean?)
   • belligerent (what does belligerent mean?)
   • fighter (what does fighter mean?)
   • scrapper (what does scrapper mean?)

TOUGH as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough” is occasionally used colloquially for `bad”)
   Synonym(s)
   • bad (what does bad mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • my throat feels bad
   • she felt bad all over
   • he was feeling tough after a restless night
   Similar To
   • uncomfortable (what does uncomfortable mean?)
2. Meaning
   • substantially made or constructed
   Synonym(s)
   • sturdy (what does sturdy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • sturdy steel shelves
   • sturdy canvas
   • a tough all-weather fabric
   • some plastics are as tough as metal
   Similar To
   • rugged (what does rugged mean?)
3. Meaning
   • very difficult
   • severely testing stamina or resolution
   Synonym(s)
   • rugged (what does rugged mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a rugged competitive examination
   • the rugged conditions of frontier life
   • the competition was tough
   • it’’s a tough life
   • it was a tough job
   Similar To
   • difficult (what does difficult mean?)
   • hard (what does hard mean?)
4. Meaning
   • unfortunate or hard to bear
   Synonym(s)
   • hard (what does hard mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • had hard luck
   • a tough break
   Similar To
   • bad (what does bad mean?)
5. Meaning
   • tough to cut or chew
   Antonym(s)
   • tender (what does tender mean?)
   Similar To
   • cartilaginous (what does cartilaginous mean?)
   • gristly (what does gristly mean?)
   • rubbery (what does rubbery mean?)
   • chewy (what does chewy mean?)
   • coriaceous (what does coriaceous mean?)
   • leathered (what does leathered mean?)
   • leatherlike (what does leatherlike mean?)
   • leathery (what does leathery mean?)
   • fibrous (what does fibrous mean?)
   • sinewy (what does sinewy mean?)
   • stringy (what does stringy mean?)
   • unchewable (what does unchewable mean?)
   • hempen (what does hempen mean?)
   • fibrous (what does fibrous mean?)
   See Also
   • inedible (what does inedible mean?)
   • uneatable (what does uneatable mean?)
6. Meaning
   • physically toughened
   Synonym(s)
   • toughened (what does toughened mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the tough bottoms of his feet
   Antonym(s)
   • tender (what does tender mean?)
   • untoughened (what does untoughened mean?)
   Similar To
   • calloused (what does calloused mean?)
   • thickened (what does thickened mean?)
   • enured (what does enured mean?)
   • inured (what does inured mean?)
   • hardened (what does hardened mean?)
   • weather-beaten (what does weather-beaten mean?)
   See Also
   • experienced (what does experienced mean?)
   • rugged (what does rugged mean?)
   • strong (what does strong mean?)
7. Meaning
   • not given to gentleness or sentimentality
   Usage Example(s)
   • a tough character
   Antonym(s)
   • tender (what does tender mean?)
   Similar To
   • hard-bitten (what does hard-bitten mean?)
   • hard-boiled (what does hard-boiled mean?)
   • pugnacious (what does pugnacious mean?)
   • tough-minded (what does tough-minded mean?)
   • unsentimental (what does unsentimental mean?)
   See Also
   • hard (what does hard mean?)
   • insensitive (what does insensitive mean?)
8. Meaning
   • violent and lawless
   Synonym(s)
   • ruffianly (what does ruffianly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the more ruffianly element
   • tough street gangs
   Similar To
   • violent (what does violent mean?)