US /ɹoʊˈbʌst/ UK /ɹəʊˈbʌst/
adj Freq #18311

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Strong and unlikely to fail or break.

    We need a robust system that can handle heavy traffic.

  2. 2
    adj

    Strong and healthy.

    He was a robust man of six feet four.

  3. 3
    adj

    Full and rich in flavor.

    She poured a glass of robust red wine.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · strong and unlikely to fail... sturdystrong
3 adj · full and rich in flavor. rich
Word family
Derived forms bias-robustheterokurtosis-robustheteroscedasticity-robustnonrobustrobustfulrobusticityrobustificationrobustifyrobustiousrobustityrobustizerobustly
Related forms robusta

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rōbustus.

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