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
1540–50; <Latin rōbustus oaken, hard, strong, equivalent to rōbus-, stem of rōbur oak, strength + -tus adj. suffix
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 Technica
Vaccines, 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 Students
Pirofski 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 News
Vaccines, 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 News
Rebekah 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.
‘Good Poop’ Diet Is the Next Big Thing|Daniela Drake|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
To this end, a robust Special Operations Forces presence beyond simply a modest advisory effort should be sent to Iraq.
Lessons From Fallujah, Then and Now|Dr. Daniel R. Green|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was robust, easy to move around, relatively simple to operate, and deadly in its accuracy.
Russia’s Missiles Stung the World Long Before MH17|Clive Irving|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Several others claim to have seen a robust figure wearing a hat and a poncho crouched against a table in the library.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was a strong, robust man in the prime of life, with a profession and hosts of acquaintances to help on his interests.
Southern Hearts|Florence Hull Winterburn
This, indeed, must be the impression all robust and unfettered minds will receive from a visit to Our Lady of the Snows.
In the Track of R. L. Stevenson and Elsewhere in Old France|Sir John Alexander Hammerton
As for the elders, they did not look a day older, and all were in robust health.
The Dingo Boys|G. Manville Fenn
Large, robust, and full of wiles, the great crabs are a very combative race.
The Sea|Jules Michelet
I never saw a more beautiful or robust proliferation epitherial cell nest in my life.
Remarks|Bill Nye
British Dictionary definitions for robust
robust
/ (rəʊˈbʌst, ˈrəʊbʌst) /
adjective
strong in constitution; hardy; vigorous
sturdily builta robust shelter
requiring or suited to physical strengtha robust sport
(esp of wines) having a rich full-bodied flavour
rough or boisterous
(of thought, intellect, etc) straightforward and imbued with common sense
Derived forms of robust
robustly, adverb
Word Origin for robust
C16: from Latin rōbustus, from rōbur an oak, strength