91 synonym, 12 definitions, 1 antonym for TOUGH

55 synonyms

#	Word	Frequency	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	arduous	1.51	7 letters	45 synonyms
2.	athletic	13.2	8 letters	14 synonyms
3.	bony	1.78	4 letters	21 synonym
4.	burdensome	0.71	10 letters	36 synonyms
5.	cartilaginous	0.2	13 letters	9 synonyms
6.	clinging	2.29	8 letters	14 synonyms
7.	concentrated	9.12	12 letters	61 synonym
8.	difficult	117	9 letters	113 synonyms
9.	durable	4.79	7 letters	15 synonyms
10.	exhausting	3.98	10 letters	51 synonym
11.	fatiguing	0.13	9 letters	33 synonyms
12.	ferocious	1.62	9 letters	33 synonyms
13.	fierce	8.32	6 letters	98 synonyms
14.	firm	61.7	4 letters	199 synonyms
15.	glutinous	0.18	9 letters	15 synonyms
16.	hale	3.98	4 letters	49 synonyms
17.	hard	339	4 letters	162 synonyms
18.	hard-line	162	8 letters	9 synonyms
19.	hardened	3.31	8 letters	60 synonyms
20.	hardyen.synonym.one	7.24	5 letters	51 synonym
21.	healthy	63.1	7 letters	69 synonyms
22.	horny	6.17	5 letters	20 synonyms
23.	incorrigible	0.32	12 letters	29 synonyms
24.	indefatigable	0.36	13 letters	28 synonyms
25.	inflexible	0.78	10 letters	70 synonyms
26.	leathery	0.42	8 letters	13 synonyms
27.	lusty	0.63	5 letters	28 synonyms
28.	muscular	4.68	8 letters	24 synonyms
29.	potent	5.5	6 letters	59 synonyms
30.	resolute	1.32	8 letters	108 synonyms
31.	rigid	5.62	5 letters	94 synonyms
32.	robust	8.71	6 letters	68 synonyms
33.	rugged	3.98	6 letters	63 synonyms
34.	savage	11.2	6 letters	88 synonyms
35.	severe	36.3	6 letters	170 synonyms
36.	sinewy	0.12	6 letters	28 synonyms
37.	solid	53.7	5 letters	136 synonyms
38.	stalwart	0.81	8 letters	67 synonyms
39.	sticky	6.31	6 letters	38 synonyms
40.	stringy	0.33	7 letters	15 synonyms
41.	strong	166	6 letters	187 synonyms
42.	sturdy	2.75	6 letters	57 synonyms
43.	tenacious	1.1	9 letters	43 synonyms
44.	terrible	51.3	8 letters	58 synonyms
45.	threadlike	0.06	10 letters	15 synonyms
46.	troublesome	2.45	11 letters	63 synonyms
47.	uncompromising	1.2	14 letters	46 synonyms
48.	unendurable	0.08	11 letters	14 synonyms
49.	unflagging	0.09	10 letters	42 synonyms
50.	unwaveringen.synonym.one	1.02	10 letters	62 synonyms
51.	unyielding	0.47	10 letters	91 synonym
52.	vehement	0.42	8 letters	43 synonyms
53.	vigourous	0	9 letters	114 synonyms
54.	violent	28.8	7 letters	77 synonyms
55.	viscous	0.87	7 letters	23 synonyms

28 synonyms

#	Word	Frequency	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	bodyguard	2.4	9 letters	22 synonyms
2.	brawler	0.27	7 letters	10 synonyms
3.	bruiser	0.4	7 letters	11 synonyms
4.	bully	7.41	5 letters	93 synonyms
5.	gangster	3.55	8 letters	10 synonyms
6.	goon	1.29	4 letters	52 synonyms
7.	heavy	91.2	5 letters	174 synonyms
8.	hood	16.2	4 letters	33 synonyms
9.	hoodlum	0.2	7 letters	15 synonyms
10.	hooligan	0.49	8 letters	10 synonyms
11.	muscle	27.5	6 letters	34 synonyms
12.	ned	5.13	3 letters	10 synonyms
13.	punk	15.8	4 letters	23 synonyms
14.	rascal	1.17	6 letters	77 synonyms
15.	redneck	1.35	7 letters	9 synonyms
16.	rough	30.9	5 letters	140 synonyms
17.	roughneck	0.07	9 letters	18 synonyms
18.	rowdy	1.62	5 letters	31 synonym
19.	ruffian	0.23	7 letters	33 synonyms
20.	scallyen.synonym.one	0.07	6 letters	10 synonyms
21.	street fighter	18.8	13 letters	1 synonym
22.	strikebreaker	0.01	13 letters	11 synonyms
23.	strong-armer	0.07	11 letters	7 synonyms
24.	thug	3.02	4 letters	33 synonyms
25.	toughie	0.06	7 letters	10 synonyms
26.	yob	0.09	3 letters	10 synonyms
27.	yobbo	0.01	5 letters	10 synonyms
28.	yobo	0.06	4 letters	10 synonyms

3 definitions

tough (Noun) —	Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
tough (Noun) —	An aggressive and violent young criminal
tough (Noun) —	An uncultured, aggressive, rude, noisy troublemaker

15 types of

#	Word	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	aggressor	9 letters	17 synonyms
2.	assailant	9 letters	14 synonyms
3.	assailer	8 letters	4 synonyms
4.	assaulter	9 letters	4 synonyms
5.	attacker	8 letters	9 synonyms
6.	battler	7 letters	4 synonyms
7.	belligerent	11 letters	39 synonyms
8.	combatant	9 letters	16 synonyms
9.	criminal	8 letters	64 synonyms
10.	crook	5 letters	76 synonyms
11.	felon	5 letters	28 synonyms
12.	fighter	7 letters	24 synonyms
13.	malefactor	10 letters	18 synonyms
14.	outlaw	6 letters	79 synonyms
15.	scrapper	8 letters	4 synonyms

7 types

#	Word	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	bully	5 letters	93 synonyms
2.	bullyboy	8 letters	0 synonyms
3.	muscle	6 letters	34 synonyms
4.	muscleman	9 letters	5 synonyms
5.	plug-ugly	8 letters	1 synonym
6.	skinhead	8 letters	3 synonyms
7.	tough guy	8 letters	1 synonym

8 synonyms

#	Word	Frequency	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	bad	339	3 letters	125 synonyms
2.	baffling	1.35	8 letters	36 synonyms
3.	elusive	2.95	7 letters	30 synonyms
4.	knotty	0.32	6 letters	22 synonyms
5.	problematic	7.41	11 letters	20 synonyms
6.	problematical	0.07	13 letters	6 synonyms
7.	ruffianly	0	9 letters	1 synonym
8.	toughened	0.27	9 letters	16 synonyms

1 antonym

#	Word			Number of letters	Number of antonyms
1.	tender			6 letters	1 antonym

9 definitions

tough (Adjective) —	Not given to gentleness or sentimentality 1 example
	1. ex. "a tough character"
tough (Adjective) —	Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution 3 examples
	1. ex. "the competition was tough"
	2. ex. "it's a tough life"
	3. ex. "it was a tough job"
tough (Adjective) —	Physically toughened 1 example
	1. ex. "the tough bottoms of his feet"
tough (Adjective) —	Substantially made or constructed 2 examples
	1. ex. "a tough all-weather fabric"
	2. ex. "some plastics are as tough as metal"
tough (Adjective) —	Violent and lawless 1 example
	1. ex. "tough street gangs"
tough (Adjective) —	Feeling physical discomfort or pain ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for 'bad') 1 example
	1. ex. "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
tough (Adjective) —	Resistant to cutting or chewing
tough (Adjective) —	Unfortunate or hard to bear 1 example
	1. ex. "a tough break"
tough (Adjective) —	Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend, solve or believe 1 example
	1. ex. "a tough problem"

Similar words

— bad	— callous	— calloused	— cartilaginous
— chewy	— coriaceous	— difficult	— enured
— experienced	— experient	— fibrous	— gristly
— hard	— hard-bitten	— hard-boiled	— hardened
— hempen	— inedible	— insensitive	— inured
— leathered	— leatherlike	— leathery	— pugnacious
— rubbery	— rugged	— sinewy	— stringy
— strong	— tack	— tacky	— tag
— take	— tax	— teach	— tease
— thick	— thickened	— though	— thug
— thus	— tic	— tick	— toss
— touch	— touchy	— tough-minded	— tough-skinned
— tuck	— tug	— tusk	— twig
— unchewable	— uncomfortable	— uneatable	— unsentimental
— violent	— weather-beaten

8 misspelling

ough toough toug touggh toughh touugh ttough tuogh

With the same beginning

tough guy tough it out tough luck tough-minded tough-skinned toughen toughened toughie toughly toughness

With the same ending

furlough breakthrough ball of dough borough bough go through pierce through pull through plough leaf through

All synonyms in one line

arduous, athletic, bony, burdensome, cartilaginous, en.synonym.one, clinging, concentrated, difficult, durable, exhausting, fatiguing, ferocious, fierce, firm, glutinous, hale, hard, hard-line, hardened, hardy, healthy, horny, incorrigible, indefatigable, inflexible, en.synonym.one, leathery, lusty, muscular, potent, resolute, rigid, robust, rugged, savage, severe, sinewy, solid, stalwart, sticky, stringy, strong, sturdy, tenacious, terrible, threadlike, troublesome, uncompromising, unendurable, unflagging, unwavering, en.synonym.one, unyielding, vehement, vigourous, violent, viscous, bodyguard, brawler, bruiser, bully, gangster, en.synonym.one, goon, heavy, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, muscle, ned, punk, rascal, redneck, rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, scally, street fighter, strikebreaker, strong-armer, thug, toughie, en.synonym.one, yob, yobbo, yobo, bad, baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, en.synonym.one, problematical, ruffianly, toughened.

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Synonyms, tough antonyms, definition Tough

1. tough (a)

2. tough (Noun)

3. tough (Adjective)