Synonyms for rugged
ˈrʌg ɪdrugged

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1. rugged

   Synonyms:
   broken, hilly, inclined, irregular, rolling, rough, slanting, sloping, uneven

   Antonyms:
   even, flat, horizontal, level, plain, plane

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1. rugged

   Synonyms:
   uneven, bristly, shaggy, rough, wrinkled, rude, harsh, hard, crabbed, severe, austere, surly, turbulent, inclement, bluff, blunt, untutored, churlish, unpolished, difficult

   Antonyms:
   even, smooth, polished, glabrous, silky, glassy, refined, fine, finished, soft, mild, courtly, courteous

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1. ruggedadjective

   sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

   "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"

   Synonyms:
   tough, furrowed, broken

   Antonyms:
   ethereal, tender, smooth, exquisite, light-handed, overdelicate, dainty, gossamer, fragile, pastel, delicate, easy

2. furrowed, ruggedadjective

   having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

   "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"

   Synonyms:
   tough, furrowed, broken

   Antonyms:
   pastel, dainty, tender, fragile, overdelicate, easy, delicate, light-handed, exquisite, ethereal, gossamer, smooth

3. broken, ruggedadjective

   topographically very uneven

   "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"

   Synonyms:
   unkept, low, impoverished, humiliated, wiped out(p), broken in, tough, furrowed, busted, humbled, crushed, disordered, confused, broken, upset

   Antonyms:
   delicate, overdelicate, dainty, pastel, exquisite, easy, gossamer, ethereal, fragile, smooth, tender, light-handed

4. rugged, toughadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   tough, toughened, problematic, broken, sturdy, hard, furrowed, problematical, elusive, baffling, bad, ruffianly, knotty

   Antonyms:
   light-handed, easy, pastel, delicate, ethereal, fragile, tender, exquisite, overdelicate, smooth, dainty, gossamer

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1. ruggedadjective

   Synonyms:
   rough, craggy, cragged, uneven, irregular, scraggy

2. ruggedadjective

   Synonyms:
   harsh, inharmonious, grating

3. ruggedadjective

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial, U.S.] hardy, robust, vigorous, healthy

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1. ruggedadjective

   Synonyms:
   irregular, rough, uneven, scraggy, cragged, craggy, inclement, tempestuous, turbulent, boisterous, wild, robust, hardy, vigorous, austere, crabbed, harsh, unfeeling

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1. List of paraphrases for "rugged":

   robust, rough, ruggedized, beefy, chequered, steep, hilly, resilient, bumpy, resistant, joyless, sturdy, manly, resistive, big-boned, uneven, wild

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1. Sean McGoffin:

   The smugglers oftentimes will bring people across, these migrants have a lot of difficulties, have an issue, and get left behind, it's a very large area, very rugged, rough terrain, lightly populated throughout the entire area, so we do have a lot of areas that we cover.

2. James A. Garfield:

   Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis. Conservatives have their place in the piping times of peace; but in emergencies only rugged issue men amount to much.

3. Lewis Lapham:

   Except in a few well-publicized instances (enough to lend credence to the iconography painted on the walls of the media), the rigorous practice of rugged individualism usually leads to poverty, ostracism and disgrace. The rugged individualist is too often mistaken for the misfit, the maverick, the spoilsport, the sore thumb.

4. William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne:

   My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.

5. Adam Twidell:

   The runway appears, framed in the island's rugged outline as you approach. Depending on wind conditions, pilots can land on both ends of the 400-meter strip. It's like landing on an aircraft carrier, with a deep drop-off into the sea.