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Synonyms for rugged

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  1. Rough; said especially of terrain

    hilly, broken, mountainous; see rough 1.

  2. Strong; said especially of persons

    hale, sturdy, hardy; see healthy 1, strong 1.

See rugged in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


adjective
  1. Having a surface that is not smooth:

    coarse, cragged, craggy, harsh, ironbound, jagged, ragged, rough, scabrous, uneven. See smooth
  2. Physically toughened so as to have great endurance:

    hard, hard-bitten, hard-handed, hardy, tough. Idiom: hard as nails. See continue, strong
  3. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms:

    dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. See calm
  4. Marked by vigorous physical exertion:

    knockabout, rough, rough-and-tumble, strenuous, tough. See action

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