Qualities
Synonyms for tough
Synonyms for tough: sturdy, hard and problematic. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for tough
Interchangeable with tough in this sense
Audited under tough's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one tough carries in that sense.
- sturdyadjective, in the sense "substantially made or constructed"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name tough as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- hardhard is an adjective in the sense "unfortunate or hard to bear"
- problematicproblematic is an adjective in the sense "making great mental demands"
one of these comes from tough's own entry in the bank, and two were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
substantially made or constructed
A tough all-weather fabric.
The true synonym
sturdy
Same sentence, swapped: A sturdy all-weather fabric.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for tough in the sentence quoted.
- elusive
- killing
- difficult
Where tough turns up in the game
tough is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where tough is the trap
- deliciousadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is delightful, in the sense "greatly pleasing or entertaining", and tough is on the board beside it.
Play tough
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so tough reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from qualities at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. tough carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.