robust

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Synonyms: roust

Antonyms: roust

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. Able to [[withstand]] [[adverse]] [[condition]]s.
2. [[evince|Evincing]] [[strength]] and [[health]]; [[strong]]; {{q|often, especially}} both {{l|en|large}} and {{l|en|healthy#Adjective}}.
3. [[require|Requiring]] [[strength]] or [[vigor]].
4. [[sensible|Sensible]] (of intellect etc.); [[straightforward]], not given to or confused by [[uncertainty]] or [[subtlety]].
5. {{lb|en|euphemistic}} {{cap|rough}}; [[rude]].
6. {{lb|en|systems engineering}} Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.
7. {{lb|en|software engineering}} Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.
8. {{lb|en|statistics}} Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.
9. {{lb|en|chiefly|zoology|anthropology|paleontology}} Of an individual or skeletal element: strongly built; [[muscular]]; not [[gracile]].

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