Grep  of  noun  tough 
  tough 
  tough  guy 
  tough  luck 
  toughie 
  toughness 
 
  Overview  of  noun  tough 
 
  The  noun  tough  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  street  fighter,  tough  --  (someone  who  learned  to  fight  in  the  streets  rather  than  being  formally  trained  in  the  sport  of  boxing) 
  2.  hood,  hoodlum,  goon,  punk,  thug,  tough,  toughie,  strong-armer  --  (an  aggressive  and  violent  young  criminal) 
  3.  bully,  tough,  hooligan,  ruffian,  roughneck,  rowdy,  yob,  yobo,  yobbo  --  (a  cruel  and  brutal  fellow) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  tough 
 
  The  adj  tough  has  8  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  tough  --  (not  given  to  gentleness  or  sentimentality;  "a  tough  character") 
  2.  (5)  rugged,  tough  --  (very  difficult;  severely  testing  stamina  or  resolution;  "a  rugged  competitive  examination";  "the  rugged  conditions  of  frontier  life";  "the  competition  was  tough";  "it's  a  tough  life";  "it  was  a  tough  job") 
  3.  (2)  tough,  toughened  --  (physically  toughened;  "the  tough  bottoms  of  his  feet") 
  4.  (2)  sturdy,  tough  --  (substantially  made  or  constructed;  "sturdy  steel  shelves";  "sturdy  canvas";  "a  tough  all-weather  fabric";  "some  plastics  are  as  tough  as  metal") 
  5.  (1)  ruffianly,  tough  --  (violent  and  lawless;  "the  more  ruffianly  element";  "tough  street  gangs") 
  6.  (1)  bad  tough  --  (feeling  physical  discomfort  or  pain;  "my  throat  feels  bad";  "she  felt  bad  all  over";  ('tough'  is  occasionally  used  colloquially  for  `bad'  as  in  "he  was  feeling  tough  after  a  restless  night")) 
  7.  tough  --  (tough  to  cut  or  chew) 
  8.  hard,  tough  --  (unfortunate  or  hard  to  bear;  "had  hard  luck";  "a  tough  break") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  tough 
 
  8  senses  of  tough 
 
  Sense  1 
  tough  (vs.  tender) 
 
  tender  (vs.  tough) 
  =>  caring,  protective 
  =>  sentimental 
 
  Sense  2 
  rugged,  tough 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  difficult)  ->  easy 
 
  Sense  3 
  tough  (vs.  tender),  toughened 
 
  tender  (vs.  tough),  untoughened 
  =>  delicate,  soft 
 
  Sense  4 
  sturdy,  tough 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  rugged)  ->  delicate 
 
  Sense  5 
  ruffianly,  tough 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  violent)  ->  nonviolent 
 
  Sense  6 
  bad  tough 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  uncomfortable)  ->  comfortable,  comfy 
 
  Sense  7 
  tough  (vs.  tender) 
 
  tender  (vs.  tough) 
  =>  chewable,  cuttable 
  =>  crisp,  crispy 
  =>  short 
  =>  tenderized,  tenderised 
  =>  flaky,  flakey 
 
  Sense  8 
  hard,  tough 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  bad)  ->  good 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  tough 
 
  8  senses  of  tough 
 
  Sense  1 
  tough  (vs.  tender) 
  =>  hard-bitten,  hard-boiled,  pugnacious 
  =>  tough-minded,  unsentimental 
  Also  See->  hard#2;  insensitive#2 
 
  Sense  2 
  rugged,  tough 
  =>  difficult  (vs.  easy),  hard 
 
  Sense  3 
  tough  (vs.  tender),  toughened 
  =>  calloused,  thickened 
  =>  enured,  inured,  hardened 
  =>  weather-beaten 
  Also  See->  experienced#1;  rugged#1;  strong#1 
 
  Sense  4 
  sturdy,  tough 
  =>  rugged  (vs.  delicate) 
 
  Sense  5 
  ruffianly,  tough 
  =>  violent  (vs.  nonviolent) 
 
  Sense  6 
  bad  tough 
  =>  uncomfortable  (vs.  comfortable) 
 
  Sense  7 
  tough  (vs.  tender) 
  =>  cartilaginous,  gristly,  rubbery 
  =>  chewy 
  =>  coriaceous,  leathered,  leatherlike,  leathery 
  =>  fibrous,  sinewy,  stringy,  unchewable 
  =>  hempen,  fibrous 
  Also  See->  inedible#1,  uneatable#1 
 
  Sense  8 
  hard,  tough 
  =>  bad  (vs.  good) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  tough 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  tough 
 
  tough  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  8) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  tough 
  tough 
  tough-minded 
  toughened 
 
  Overview  of  noun  tough 
 
  The  noun  tough  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  street  fighter,  tough  --  (someone  who  learned  to  fight  in  the  streets  rather  than  being  formally  trained  in  the  sport  of  boxing) 
  2.  hood,  hoodlum,  goon,  punk,  thug,  tough,  toughie,  strong-armer  --  (an  aggressive  and  violent  young  criminal) 
  3.  bully,  tough,  hooligan,  ruffian,  roughneck,  rowdy,  yob,  yobo,  yobbo  --  (a  cruel  and  brutal  fellow) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  tough 
 
  The  adj  tough  has  8  senses  (first  6  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  tough  --  (not  given  to  gentleness  or  sentimentality;  "a  tough  character") 
  2.  (5)  rugged,  tough  --  (very  difficult;  severely  testing  stamina  or  resolution;  "a  rugged  competitive  examination";  "the  rugged  conditions  of  frontier  life";  "the  competition  was  tough";  "it's  a  tough  life";  "it  was  a  tough  job") 
  3.  (2)  tough,  toughened  --  (physically  toughened;  "the  tough  bottoms  of  his  feet") 
  4.  (2)  sturdy,  tough  --  (substantially  made  or  constructed;  "sturdy  steel  shelves";  "sturdy  canvas";  "a  tough  all-weather  fabric";  "some  plastics  are  as  tough  as  metal") 
  5.  (1)  ruffianly,  tough  --  (violent  and  lawless;  "the  more  ruffianly  element";  "tough  street  gangs") 
  6.  (1)  bad  tough  --  (feeling  physical  discomfort  or  pain;  "my  throat  feels  bad";  "she  felt  bad  all  over";  ('tough'  is  occasionally  used  colloquially  for  `bad'  as  in  "he  was  feeling  tough  after  a  restless  night")) 
  7.  tough  --  (tough  to  cut  or  chew) 
  8.  hard,  tough  --  (unfortunate  or  hard  to  bear;  "had  hard  luck";  "a  tough  break") 

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