robust

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Able to withstand adverse conditions.
Evincing strength and health; strong; (often, especially) both large and healthy.
Requiring strength or vigor.
Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety.
Rough; rude.
Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.
Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.
Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.
Of an individual or skeletal element: strongly built; muscular; not gracile.

Pronunciation

/ɹəʊˈbʌst/ /ɹəˈbʌst/ en-uk-robust.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-robust.wav /ɹoʊˈbʌst/ /ɹəʉˈbɐst/ /ɹəˈbɐst/ /ɹɐʉˈbɐst/ /rɵˈbəsʈ/ /ˈrobəsʈ/

Word forms

robust more robust robuster most robust robustest

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rōbustus.

Synonyms

sturdy

Antonyms

fragile

Related words

robusta

Derived words

bias-robust heterokurtosis-robust heteroscedasticity-robust nonrobust robust association of massive baryonic objects robust australopithecine robust blacksmelt robust capuchin monkey robust Christianity robustful robusticity robustification robustify robustious robustity robustize robustly robustness unrobust

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