rugged
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture
Related & opposite
- robust also see
- strong also see
- toughened also see
- delicate antonym
- strength attribute
- ruggedness derivation
- knockabout similar to
- sturdy similar to
Sense 2 adjective
having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface
furrowed fields
Related & opposite
- unfurrowed antonym
- canaliculate similar to
- corrugated similar to
- rutted similar to
Sense 3 adjective
topographically very uneven
broken terrain
Related & opposite
- ruggedness derivation
- rough similar to
Sense 4 adjective
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
a rugged competitive examination
Related & opposite
- ruggedness derivation
- formidability derivation
- difficult similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | robust |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | strong |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | toughened |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | delicate |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | strength |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruggedness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | knockabout |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sturdy |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unfurrowed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | canaliculate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | corrugated |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | rutted |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruggedness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | rough |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruggedness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | formidability |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | difficult |