hardy

• able
• able-bodied
• absurd
• acclimatized
• adventuresome
• adventurous
• annealed
• asinine
• audacious
• balmy
• bold
• brainless
• brash
• brave
• brawny
• burly
• capable
• cast-iron
• courageous
• crazy
• daredevil
• daring
• dashing
• dauntless
• dumb
• durable
• emboldened
• enduring
• enterprising
• everlasting
• fearless
• firm
• fit
• flinty
• flourishing
• foolhardy
• foolish
• fortified
• free-swinging
• fresh
• gadarene
• gallant
• greathearted
• gritty
• gutsy
• hale
• half-witted
• hard
• hard-bitten
• hardened
• harebrained
• hasty
• headlong
• healthy
• hearty
• heedless
• hefty
• heroic
• heroical
• hotheaded
• husky
• idiotic
• idiotical
• immortal
• imperishable
• impetuous
• imprudent
• impulsive
• in fine fettle
• in good condition
• in good shape
• incautious
• indefatigable
• insane
• intrepid
• inured
• irrational
• lasting
• leathery
• lionhearted
• lunatic
• lusty
• mad
• madcap
• mighty
• moronic
• muscular
• nerved
• nervy
• nutty
• overbold
• overconfident
• permanent
• physically fit
• plucky
• powerful
• precipitate
• prospering
• rash
• reckless
• red-blooded
• resilient
• resistant
• robust
• rugged
• scatterbrained
• seasoned
• silly
• solid
• sound
• spirited
• spunky
• stable
• stalwart
• stanch
• staunch
• staying
• stout
• stouthearted
• strapping
• strong
• stupid
• sturdy
• substantial
• swashbuckling
• tempered
• tenacious
• thoughtless
• thriving
• tough
• toughened
• unafraid
• undaunted
• unflagging
• unnecessary
• unreasonable
• unyielding
• valiant
• valorous
• venturesome
• venturous
• vigorous
• virile
• wacky
• well
• whacky
• wild
• witless

• affrighted
• afraid
• alarmed
• appalled
• calm
• careful
• cautious
• chickenhearted
• concerned
• cool
• coward
• cowardly
• craven
• crippled
• debilitated
• delicate
• diseased
• dismayed
• emasculated
• enervated
• enfeebled
• exhausted
• fainthearted
• fearful
• feeble
• fragile
• frail
• frightened
• heedful
• horrified
• incapacitated
• incomplete
• infirm
• invalid
• levelheaded
• lily-livered
• milk-livered
• milky
• mortal
• nonhardy
• overcareful
• overcautious
• perishable
• poltroon
• prudent
• puny
• pusillanimous
• rational
• reasonable
• resistless
• run-down
• sage
• sane
• sapped
• scared
• sensible
• sensitive
• shocked
• shy
• sick
• soft
• sound
• spooked
• startled
• susceptible
• temporary
• tender
• terrified
• terrorized
• timid
• timorous
• transient
• unadventurous
• unenterprising
• unfit
• unhealthy
• unnerved
• unresistant
• unsound
• upset
• vulnerable
• wary
• wasted
• weak
• weakened
• wise
• worn
• worn-out
• worried
• yielding

• noun
  1. (usually in the plural) 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, called the hardy hole.
• adjective
  1. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
  2. Able to survive adverse growing conditions.
  3. Brave and resolute.
  4. Impudent.

• The plants in this region are very hardy and can survive harsh winters.
• Only hardy hikers dare to climb the mountain during the cold season.
• She has a hardy spirit that helps her overcome difficult challenges.
• These hardy animals can live in extreme environments with little food.
• The hardy fabric is perfect for outdoor clothing and gear.

gallant

madcap

valiant

valorous

able-bodied

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