robust

adjective

1. Evincing strength and health; strong; (often, especially) both large and healthy.

   “He was a robust man of six feet four.”

   “robust health”

2. Violent; rough; rude.

3. Requiring strength or vigor.

   “robust employment”

4. Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety.

5. systems engineeringDesigned or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.

6. software engineeringResistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.

7. statisticsNot greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.

8. chiefly zoologyanthropologypaleontologyOf an individual or skeletal element: strongly built; muscular; not gracile.

9. Sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction

   “a robust body”

   “a robust perennial”

10. Marked by richness and fullness of flavor

    “a rich ruby port”

    “full-bodied wines”

    “a robust claret”

    Similar: full-bodied, racy, rich

11. Strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity

    “the experiment yielded robust results”

    “a robust faith”