Physically vigorous or robust; not readily affected by disease or adverse conditions; healthy. Of a person or animal, or the physical constitution…

Physically strong or robust; capable of great physical endurance and exertion; resilient, hardy; (esp. in early use) bold and vigorous in…

Of persons, and animals: Strongly and stoutly built, sturdy, robust.

Strong, stout, powerful. Of a person or animal: physically strong or powerful; lusty, robust, sturdy, vigorous. Also as n. Now rare (chiefly Scottish…

Of living creatures: Stout, stalwart, sturdy (cf. sense A. 8); esp. in alliterative phrases as †stiff in stour, †stiff on steed. Obsolete exc. dialect…

Phrase, true as steel (said of persons, rarely of things, statements, etc.). Also, †steel to the (very) back: thoroughly robust; thoroughly…

= stalworth, adj.

Strong, vigorous, robust, stalwart, mighty; exercising strength, energetic (passing into A. 3).

Of persons and their dispositions. Strong, capable of endurance. Obsolete.

Of persons: Stalwart of body, bone, hands.

Stout, stalwart, valiant, mighty. Obsolete.

Capable of great physical endurance; strongly resisting force, injury fatigue, etc.; not easily overcome, tired, or impaired; hardy, stout, sturdy.

Of persons: stout, active.

Of persons or animals: Strong, sturdy, stalwart.

Strong, firm, standing fast, esp. in battle; capable of resisting; valiant. Obsolete.

= wight, adj.

Vigorous, forcible, violent.

Of a person, a part of the body, or (esp. in later use) a person's physique, etc.: solid, sturdy; strong, burly; muscular; well-built.

That has strong, skilfully made, or closely fitting joints; spec. (of a person or animal) strong-limbed, robust. Also: that fits together well (li…

Brave, courageous, sturdy. Obsolete.

Strong and hardy; strongly and solidly built, sturdy; healthy. Of a person or animal.

Of persons (†and animals): Strongly and stoutly built, sturdy, robust.

Stout, valiant, strong.

= robustious, adj. (in various senses).

Strong, tough, sturdy; (of a person) brave, stout-hearted; (of a thing) †impressive, splendid (obsolete). Now English regional.

Of a person or animal: capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, or adverse conditions; physically robust; healthy. Of a thing: sturdy, tough…

Strong and hardy; sturdy; healthy. Of a person. Now rare.

Hardy, strong in endurance. Obsolete.

Physically robust; = rustic, adj. 2c. Now archaic and rare.

Physically robust; hardy; (of health) vigorous, rude. Cf. rustical, adj. 4b.

Of a person (considered physically), part of the body, etc.: extremely hardy or robust; capable of great endurance; strong.

Robust, sturdy.

Strong and active, stout, strapping.

Originally of a young woman: †Full of activity, vigorous, lusty (obsolete). Now of a person of either sex: Strongly and stoutly built, robust, sturdy.

Chiefly U.S. Of a person: strong, sturdy; robust, vigorous.

Of persons, their constitution, etc.: Strong, healthy, sturdy.

Stout, stalwart.

Irish English. Of a person: stout, robust; (euphemistic) fat. Also occasionally of a thing: large, sturdy. Cf. generous, adj. 6a. Obsolete.

figurative. Hard, unyielding; tough. Now rare.

adj. = swank, adj.1, swanking, adj.1

tough as (old) bootsor leather. Frequently figurative, implying sense A. 4.

Strong, stout, brave; fine, splendid.

In comparisons, as hard (also tough, sharp) as nails.

Tough, uncompromising; characteristic of a hard-ass. Cf. hard-ass, n.

In predicative use, of a person: tough, strong, hardened.