Synonyms: rugged
Definition: sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
Usage: with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture
Similar words: knockabout
Definition: suitable for rough use
Usage: a knockabout overcoat; a knockabout old car
Definition: substantially made or constructed
Usage: sturdy steel shelves; sturdy canvas; a tough all-weather fabric; some plastics are as tough as metal
Definition: very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
Usage: 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 words: difficult, hard
Definition: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Usage: a difficult task; nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access; difficult times; why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
Definition: topographically very uneven
Usage: broken terrain; rugged ground
Similar words: unsmooth, rough
Definition: having or caused by an irregular surface
Usage: trees with rough bark; rough ground; rough skin; rough blankets; his unsmooth face
Definition: having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
Usage: furrowed fields; his furrowed face lit by a warming smile
Similar words: canaliculate
Definition: having thin parallel channels
Usage: canaliculate leafstalks of certain plants
Similar words: corrugated
Definition: shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
Usage: the surface of the ocean was rippled and corrugated
Definition: full of ruts
Usage: rutty farm roads