hardy

Adjective

• invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  • audacious explorers
    
  • fearless reporters and photographers
    
  • intrepid pioneers
    

• able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions
  • strawberries are hardy and easy to grow
    
  • camels are tough and hardy creatures
    

• having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
  • hardy explorers of northern Canada
    
  • proud of her tall stalwart son
    
  • stout seamen
    
  • sturdy young athletes
    

Noun

• English novelist and poet (1840-1928)

• United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  audacious , brave , dauntless , fearless , intrepid , unfearing , stalwart , stout , sturdy , Hardy , Thomas Hardy , Oliver Hardy