5 Letters
3 Consonants
2 Vowels
1 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use tough as a article, noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
About Tough
A 1 syllables article and 5 letters with the letters g, h, o, t, and u, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter u. Tough starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters t, to, tou, toug, and the ending characters are h, gh, ugh, ough, ..
Definition
A cruel and brutal fellow
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Tough is set as a grade one word that starts with t, ends with h, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
Scrabble
Is tough a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Tough in Pig Latin is said as "oughtay or oughtway".
Unigram
t | o | u | g | h
Bigram
to | ou | ug | gh
Trigram
tou | oug | ugh
Quadrigram
toug | ough
Word Gram
Noun Examples
a cruel and brutal fellow
an aggressive and violent young criminal
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
Adjective Satellite Examples
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad');
"my throat feels bad";
"she felt bad all over";
"he was feeling tough after a restless night"
substantially made or constructed;
"sturdy steel shelves";
"sturdy canvas";
"a tough all-weather fabric";
"some plastics are as tough as metal"
very difficult;
severely testing stamina or resolution;
"a rugged competitive examination";
"the rugged conditions of frontier life";
"the competition was tough";
"it's a tough life";
"it was a tough job"
unfortunate or hard to bear;
"had hard luck";
"a tough break"
violent and lawless;
"the more ruffianly element";
"tough street gangs"
Article Examples
tough to cut or chew
physically toughened;
"the tough bottoms of his feet"
not given to gentleness or sentimentality;
"a tough character"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Tough"

There are 1,498 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to tough.

SynonymDefinition
Abidingunceasing
"an abiding belief"
"imperishable truths"
Abrasivea substance that abrades or wears down
Abstrusedifficult to penetrate
incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
"the professor''s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"
"a deep metaphysical theory"
"some recondite problem in historiography"
Acea serve that the receiver is unable to reach
Ace High
Acidstreet name for lysergic acid diethylamide
Acrobaticvigorously active
"an acrobatic dance"
"an athletic child"
"athletic playing"
"gymnastic exercises"
Activista militant reformer
Act Superior
Acutea mark ('') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

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Anagrams

There are 2 anagrams from tough.

Anagram Definition
Tougha cruel and brutal fellow
Ought

View English words with the unique letters used in tough. Words With The Letters Ghotu

Derives

Tough derives from 3 words.

Word Definition
Browbeatdiscourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
intimidate
Bullya cruel and brutal fellow
Swaggera proud stiff pompous gait

Hypernyms

Tough has 4 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Aggressora confident assertive person who acts as instigator
Assailantsomeone who attacks
Assaultersomeone who attacks
Attackersomeone who attacks

Hyponyms

There are 6 hyponyms for tough

Word Definition
Bullyboya swaggering tough;
usually one acting as an agent of a political faction
Musclemuscular strength
Musclemansomeone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature
Plug Ugly
Skinheada young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
Tough Guy

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word tough.

Is tough a scrabble word or can you use tough in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 65354 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 34212 games. This 5 letter 9 point scrabble word can be rearranged 120 ways. What other words can be made with the letters g, h, o, t, and u? There's 6 with 7 letters or less with the letters g, h, o, t, and u. Here is a list of 6 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Thought (7 letters) 14 +5 14 +4 thought
Tough (5 letters) 9 10 ought
Doughty (7 letters) 15 +6 15 +5 doughty
Though (6 letters) 13 +4 13 +3 though
Ought (5 letters) 9 10 ought
Bought (6 letters) 12 +3 14 +4 bought





     

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