robust
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
strongly or stoutly built: his robust frame.
suited to or requiring bodily strength or endurance: robust exercise.
rough, rude, or boisterous: robust drinkers and dancers.
rich and full-bodied: the robust flavor of freshly brewed coffee.
strong and effective in all or most situations and conditions: The system requires robust passwords that contain at least one number or symbol.Our goal is to devise robust statistical methods.
Origin of robust
1Other words for robust
Opposites for robust
Other words from robust
- ro·bust·ly, adverb
- ro·bust·ness, noun
- un·ro·bust, adjective
- un·ro·bust·ly, adverb
- un·ro·bust·ness, noun
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How to use robust in a sentence
From person to person, immune responses to an infection develop along a spectrum, with some people mounting robust, protective responses and others being left with weaker responses.
Another COVID-19 reinfection: This time second infection was more severe | Beth Mole | August 28, 2020 | Ars TechnicaVaccines, however, might trigger a more robust immune response.
A Hong Kong man got the new coronavirus twice | Erin Garcia de Jesus | August 26, 2020 | Science News For StudentsPirofski says it’s easier to feel confident about the answers to these questions when there are robust clinical trials with placebo controls.
COVID-19 plasma treatments may be safe, but we don’t know if they work | Tina Hesman Saey | August 25, 2020 | Science NewsVaccines, however, might trigger a more robust immune response and help protect populations by providing herd immunity.
A man in Hong Kong is the first confirmed case of coronavirus reinfection | Erin Garcia de Jesus | August 24, 2020 | Science NewsRebekah Kondrat, founder of consultancy Kondrat Retail said that in her experience, while all retailers have some form of de-escalation training, DTC startups opening stores for the first time often don’t have robust enough de-escalation training.
By being too customer-obsessed, DTC startups are failing their retail employees | Anna Hensel | August 21, 2020 | Digiday
robust work in this area is coming from Jeffrey Gordon lab at Washington University in St. Louis.
But the malpractice system is not robust in China, and patients feel powerless.
Will US Health Care Follow in China’s Bloody Footsteps? | Daniela Drake | September 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhere Simmons is jocular in a kind of clever fratboy way, Lund is more refined in his language and more robust in his indignation.
Forget the Wife Beating—Are You Ready for Some Football? | Steve Almond | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer normally flagging energy at that hour was surprisingly robust.
To this end, a robust Special Operations Forces presence beyond simply a modest advisory effort should be sent to Iraq.
The Englishman of the days of road-travel was a much more robust person than the Englishman of railway times.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperJet black ringlets—then in vogue—clustered round an exceedingly fair face, on which there dwelt the hue of robust health.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneAt present the patient is a robust, healthy-looking woman, of fair intelligence and good spirits.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes BennettHis strength is robust, so that he does his ordinary work as a pianoforte maker.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes BennettShe is robust and active, and takes her full share in domestic work.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for robust
/ (rəʊˈbʌst, ˈrəʊbʌst) /
strong in constitution; hardy; vigorous
sturdily built: a robust shelter
requiring or suited to physical strength: a robust sport
(esp of wines) having a rich full-bodied flavour
rough or boisterous
(of thought, intellect, etc) straightforward and imbued with common sense
Origin of robust
1Derived forms of robust
- robustly, adverb
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