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robust en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɹɐʉˈbɐst/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ɹəˈbɐst/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ɹəˈbʌst/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (UK) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɹəˈbʌst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹəˈbɐst/ (Australia)
  • /ɹəʉˈbɐst/ (Australia)
  • /ɹəʊˈbʌst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹoʊˈbʌst/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin rōbus Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin rōbustuslbor. English robust Learned borrowing from Latin rōbustus.

Meanings

  1. Able to withstand adverse conditions.
  2. Evincing strength and health; strong; (often, especially) both large and healthy.
    • A robust wall was put up.
    • He was a robust man of six feet four.
    • robust health
    • She was stronger, larger, more robust physically than he had hitherto conceived. 1869, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn:
  3. Requiring strength or vigor.
    • robust employment
  4. Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety.
    • robust lesson
    • robust explanation
    • robust proof
    • robust findings
  5. (euphemistic) Rough; rude.
    • As a frenetic opening continued, Cahill - whose robust approach had already prompted Jamie Carragher to register his displeasure to Atkinson - rose above the Liverpool defence to force keeper Pepe Reina into an athletic tip over the top. 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
  6. (qualifier:systems engineering) Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.
  7. Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.
  8. Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.
  9. Of an individual or skeletal element: strongly built; muscular; not gracile.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most robust Degree=Sup lexicographic
more robust Degree=Cmp lexicographic
robuster Degree=Cmp uncommon lexicographic
robustest Degree=Sup uncommon lexicographic

Antonyms

fragile

Deriveds

robustly · bias-robust · robustify · robust australopithecine · robust capuchin monkey · robustity · nonrobust · robustize · robustious · robust association of massive baryonic objects · RAMBO · robust blacksmelt · robustness · heteroscedasticity-robust · robustful · unrobust · heterokurtosis-robust · robustic · robust Christianity

Relateds

robusta · corroborate · corroboration · roborative · roborant · roboreous · roboration · roborate · roborean

Synonyms

sturdy

Translations (72)

hu erőteljes (evincing strength) · hu erős (evincing strength) · pl czerstwy (evincing strength) · nrf frîngant (evincing strength) · de widerstandsfähig (evincing strength) · mk јак (evincing strength) · pl silny (evincing strength) · de grob (evincing strength) · fi jykevä (evincing strength) · ca robust (evincing strength) · pl rozrosły (evincing strength) · pl krzepki (evincing strength) · mi whakapūioio (evincing strength) · mk си́лен (evincing strength) · hu masszív (evincing strength) · mi tōtōpū (evincing strength) · mi hiwa (evincing strength) · bg здрав (evincing strength) · fi vahva (evincing strength) · eo fortika (evincing strength) · io robusta (evincing strength) · hu robusztus (evincing strength) · mk цврст (evincing strength) · la rōbustus (evincing strength) · ru кре́пкий (evincing strength) · ar قَوِيّ (evincing strength) · nl robuust (evincing strength) · qu nanaq (evincing strength) · hu szilárd (evincing strength) · mk здрав (evincing strength) · de herausfordernd (evincing strength) · nn robust (evincing strength) · bg силен (evincing strength) · gl robusto (evincing strength) · uk крі́пкий (evincing strength) · mn бөх (evincing strength) · sq ardhangët (evincing strength) · ga urrúnta (evincing strength) · fi roteva (evincing strength) · es robusto (evincing strength) · fr costaud (evincing strength) · ro robust (evincing strength) · de resilient (evincing strength) · el ρωμαλέος (evincing strength) · id tegar (evincing strength) · nb robust (evincing strength) · fi vankka (evincing strength) · he אֵיתָן (evincing strength) · mi ruarangi (evincing strength) · de zäh (evincing strength) · fi robusti (evincing strength) · de solide (evincing strength) · ms teguh (evincing strength) · gl rufo (evincing strength) · pl wysportowany (evincing strength) · sl robústen (evincing strength) · ru здоро́вый (evincing strength) · bg як (evincing strength) · he חָסוֹן (evincing strength) · de kräftig (evincing strength) · it robusto (evincing strength) · pt robusto (evincing strength) · fr robuste (evincing strength) · ms lasak (evincing strength) · de robust (evincing strength) · de anspruchsvoll (evincing strength) · nl degelijk (evincing strength) · ro vânjos (evincing strength) · gd làidir (evincing strength) · uk здоро́вий (evincing strength) · ro puternic (evincing strength) · sv robust (evincing strength)