Scrabble & Words with friends points
- tough is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- tough is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- tough is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10
Definition of tough
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (adjective)
Synonyms
- baffling
- elusive
- knotty
- problematic
- problematical
- very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution (adjective)
Examples
- the competition was tough
- it's a tough life
- it was a tough job
Synonyms
- rugged
- someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing (noun)
Synonyms
- street fighter
- unfortunate or hard to bear (adjective)
Examples
- a tough break
Synonyms
- hard
- violent and lawless (adjective)
Examples
- tough street gangs
Synonyms
- ruffianly
- physically toughened (adjective)
Examples
- the tough bottoms of his feet
Synonyms
- toughened
- an aggressive and violent young criminal (noun)
Synonyms
- goon
- hood
- hoodlum
- punk
- strong-armer
- thug
- toughie
- a cruel and brutal fellow (noun)
Synonyms
- bully
- hooligan
- roughneck
- rowdy
- ruffian
- yob
- yobbo
- yobo
- substantially made or constructed (adjective)
Examples
- a tough all-weather fabric
- some plastics are as tough as metal
Synonyms
- sturdy
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') (adjective)
Examples
- he was feeling tough after a restless night
Synonyms
- bad
- not given to gentleness or sentimentality (adjective)
Examples
- a tough character
- resistant to cutting or chewing (adjective)
See definition of tough in Merriam Webster