robust UK /ɹəʊˈbʌst/US /ɹoʊˈbʌst/adjective 9forms 4 adjective9 •Evincing strength and health; strong; (often, especially) both large and healthy.He was a robust man of six feet four.A robust wall was put up. •Able to withstand adverse conditions. •Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage. •Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions. •Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors. •Of an individual or skeletal element: strongly built; muscular; not gracile. •Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety. •Requiring strength or vigor. •(euphemistic) Rough; rude. formsmore robust · robuster · most robust · robustest