robust

adj.强壮的；adj.稳定无误的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
robust (adjective)
1.
a) having or exhibiting strength or health - vigorous
b) having or showing , strength, or firmness - vigor a robust debate a robust faith
c) strongly formed or constructed - sturdy a robust plastic
d) capable of performing without failure under a wide range of conditions - robust software
2.
- rough rude stories … laden with robust, down-home imagery Playboy
3.
requiring strength or - vigor robust work
4.
- full-bodied robust coffee , also - hearty a robust dinner
5.
of, relating to, resembling, or being a relatively large, heavyset (especially and ) characterized especially by heavy molars and small incisors adapted to a vegetarian diet - australopithecine Australopithecus robustus A. boisei compare gracile 3 healthy
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
robust (adjective)
1.
enjoying health and vigor
SYNONYMS:
able-bodied, bouncing, fit, hale, hearty, robust, sound, well, well-conditioned, whole, wholesome
RELATED WORDS:
hard, hardy, iron, lusty, rugged, stalwart, strong, sturdy, tough; ambulatory, nondisabled, uncrippled; active, agile, chipper, lively, sprightful, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vital; blooming, clean-cut, flourishing, flush, prospering, thriving; all right, good, right
NEAR ANTONYMS:
decrepit, enfeebled, feeble, infirm, run-down, sickened, sickly, weak, weakened, weakly, worn-out; challenged, crippled, debilitated, differently abled, disabled, halt, incapacitated, lame; delicate, fragile, frail; emaciated, gaunt, haggard, malnourished, undernourished; afflicted, troubled; bad, poorly
ailing, diseased, ill, sick, unfit, unhealthy, unsound, unwell
robust (adjective)
2.
having active strength of body or mind
SYNONYMS:
dynamic, energetic, flush, gingery, lusty, peppy, red-blooded, robust, vital
RELATED WORDS:
animated, brisk, dashing, kinetic, lively, punchy, spirited, sprightly, vivacious; energized, enlivened, invigorated, vitalized; firm, fortified, mettlesome, mighty, powerful, puissant, strong; refreshed, rejuvenated, revitalized; able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, burly, fit, hardy, husky, muscular, robustious, rugged, stalwart, stout, strapping, sturdy, tough, virile; hale, healthy, hearty, sound; capable, competent
NEAR ANTONYMS:
delicate, effete, enervated, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, wan, weak, weakened; impotent, powerless, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, tired; indolent, lackadaisical, languid, lazy; invertebrate, nerveless, soft, spineless, wimpy; ill, unhealthy, unsound, unwell; broken-down, debilitated, decrepit, disabled, wasted, worn-out
dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid
robust (adjective)
3.
having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)
SYNONYMS:
big, concentrated, full, heady, lusty, muscular, plush, potent, rich, robust, strong
RELATED WORDS:
heavy; straight, undiluted, unmixed; high-octane, high-test; enriched, fortified; concentrated
NEAR ANTONYMS:
dilute, diluted, watered-down, watery
delicate, light, mild, thin, thinned, weak, weakened
robust (adjective)
4.
not showing weakness or uncertainty
SYNONYMS:
forceful, hearty, iron, lusty, robust, solid, stout, strong, sturdy, vigorous
RELATED WORDS:
hard, ironclad, mighty, powerful, tough, unyielding; animated, brisk, energetic, frisky, jaunty, jazzy, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy; assured, certain, confident, sanguine, secure, sure
NEAR ANTONYMS:
feeble, fragile, frail; limp, listless, spiritless; diffident, insecure, self-doubting; characterless, effete, frail, spineless, weakened, weak-kneed, wimpy, wishy-washy
uncertain, weak
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