hardy

Meaning

Adj

1. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
2. Able to survive adverse growing conditions.
3. Brave and resolute.
4. Impudent.

Noun

1. Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.
2. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil.
3. hardy hole

Synonyms

tough

sturdy

strong

robust

audacious

resistant

enduring

dauntless

intrepid

unfearing

brave

stout

stalwart

daring

fearless

bold

hard

solid

spunky

tenacious

durable

vigorous

healthy

⚕️

well-built

wiry

reckless

refractory

repellent

risque

rubbery

rugged

running

🏃

seasoned

serviceable

staunch

stouthearted

stringy

sustainable

thoughtless

tolerant

unblinking

unbreakable

unflinching

unshrinking

unyielding

valiant

viscous

hard-fought

ropey

unchewable

be durable

unfrightened

unintimidated

assiduous

hard-working

brazen

chewy

courageous

dashing

desperado

difficult

diligent

dour

foolhardy

fuller

gallant

hard-core

immune

impavid

indefatigable

indissoluble

industrious

invulnerable

iron

laborious

painstaking

plucky

proof

racy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɑɹdi/

Etymology

From Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (“hardy, daring, stout, bold”).
Old French hardi is usually regarded as the past participle of hardir ("to harden, be bold, make bold"; compare Occitan ardir, Italian ardire), from Frankish *hardijan; but it may also have come directly from Frankish *hardi, a secondary form of Frankish *hard (compare Old High German harti, herti, secondary forms of Old High German hart (“hard”)); or even yet from Frankish *hardig (compare Middle Low German herdich (“persevering”), Old Danish hærdig, Norwegian herdig, Swedish härdig (“vigorous, courageous”)).
Cognate with hard. May have at some point also been surface analysed as hard + -y.