resilientadjective
uk/rɪˈzɪl.jənt/us/rɪˈzɪl.jənt/C2 able to quickly return to a previous good condition:
This rubber ball is very resilient and immediately springs back into shape.
She's a resilient girl - she won't be unhappy for long.
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Physically strong and powerful
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- almighty
- billy-o
- brute
- burly
- elemental
- high-octane
- industrial-strength
- invincible
- invulnerable
- muscle-flexing
- omnipotent
- reckon
- stout
- sturdy
- superhuman
- to be reckoned with idiom
- tough
- toughie
- unabated
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resilience
noun [ U ] uk/rɪˈzɪl.jəns/us/rɪˈzɪl.jəns/formal resiliency,