Tough synonyms

Durable, firm, hard-wearing, hard, heavy-duty, indestructible, inflexible, long-lasting, resilient, resistant, rigid, rugged, solid, sound, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, toughened, unbreakable, well built, and made to last are all synonyms for tough.

Chewy, fibrous, gristly, leathery, sinewy, stringy, and cartilaginous are all another word for tough.

Cynical, determined, dogged, doughty, fit, gritty, hard-bitten, hard, hardened, hardy, powerful, red-blooded, resilient, resolute, robust, rugged, stalwart, strong, and (as) tough as old boots are all synonyms for tough.

Herculean, arduous, baffling, bothersome, burdensome, demanding, difficult, exacting, exhausting, exigent, fatiguing, formidable, hard, heavy, irksome, knotty, laborious, mystifying, onerous, perplexing, prickly, punishing, puzzling, strenuous, stressful, taxing, thorny, ticklish, tiring, toilsome, tricky, troublesome, wearying, and intractable are all another word for tough.

Adamant, callous, cold, cool, firm, flinty, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, hard-hitting, hard-nosed, hard, harsh, inflexible, merciless, ruthless, severe, stern, stony-hearted, stony, strict, unbending, uncaring, uncompromising, unsentimental, unsympathetic, unyielding, and badass are all synonyms for tough.

Callous, criminal, disorderly, lawbreaking, lawless, rough, rowdy, unruly, vicious, violent, wild, and hardened are all another word for tough.

Bruiser, brute, bully boy, bully, desperado, gangster, gorilla, hard man, heavy, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough guy, toughie, yahoo, yob, yobbo, and hoon are all synonyms for tough.