Robust

Adjective

 * 1) Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.
 * He was a robust man of six feet four.
 * 1) * Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)
 * She was stronger, larger, more robust physically than he had hitherto conceived.
 * 1) Violent; rough; rude.
 * 2) Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.
 * 3) Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety;
 * 4)  Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.
 * 5)  Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.
 * 6)  Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.

Derived terms

 * robustness

Adverbs for Robust
sturdily; splendidly; stoutly; healthily; vigorously; wholesomely; magnificently; enviably; admirably; stockily; brawnily; physically ; amazingly; heartily.

Thesaurus
able-bodied, active, acute, aggressive, animated, athletic, beefy, booming, bouncing, brawny, brisk, doughty, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, fit, flavorful, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, fruity, full of pep, full-blooded, full-bodied, full-strength, go-go, gutsy, gutty, hale, hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, healthy, hearty, hefty, husky, impetuous, incisive, intense, iron-hard, keen, kinetic, lively, living, lusty, mettlesome, mighty, muscular, nervy, nutty, obstinate, peppy, potent, powerful, prospering, prosperous, puissant, pungent, red-blooded, rich, roaring, robustious, robustuous, rude, rugged, sapid, sinewy, smacking, snappy, sound, spanking, spirited, stalwart, staunch, steely, stout, strapping, strenuous, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, take-charge, take-over, thrifty, thriving, tough, trenchant, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious, vivid, well-knit, zestful, zesty, zip, zippy

Etymology
From robustus: < robur:, robus:.

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: חסון, איתן
 * Polish: krzepki, silny, rozrosły, czerstwy, wysportowany
 * Portuguese: robusto


 * Romanian: robust, puternic, vânjos, robustă
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: làidir
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: robusto [cognate with roble, "oak tree"]
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * brotus
 * turbos

Adjective

 * 1) robust

Derived terms

 * Robustheit