stalwart

adj

1. stout, sturdy, rugged, hefty, husky, burly, Scot, and North Eng. stiff, solid, iron, Inf. tough as nails, Inf. hard as rock; able-bodied, able, athletic, sinewy, well-knit; muscular, muscled, well-muscled, full-muscled, brawny, strapping, broad-shouldered, powerfully built, Derog. musclebound, herculean; powerful, mighty, Literary. puissant.

2. robust, vigorous, full of vigor, hearty, hale, hale and hearty, hardy, lusty, strong and healthy, bursting with health or vigor; sound, healthy, in good health, fit, physically fit, in fine fettle, in good condition, Inf. in good shape, Inf. in shape.

3. brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, intrepid, indomitable, heroic, manly, manful, brave and strong, Archaic. stalworth; stout-hearted, lionhearted, iron-hearted, great-hearted, strong-willed; bold, daring, audacious, adventurous, fearless, aweless, dauntless, dreadless; mettlesome, gritty, plucky, game, spirited, red-blooded, defiant, Inf. spunky.

4. firm, steadfast, staunch, tenacious; uncompromising, unyielding, inexorable, intransigent; resolute, resolved, determined, decided, settled, fixed; unflinching, unswerving, unwavering, undeviating, unshrinking, unbending, unfaltering, unhesitating; persevering, pertinacious, relentless, implacable, stubborn, indefatigable, tireless, persistent, unflagging, unwearied, enduring, staminal; true, faithful, constant, steady, stable, unshaken, undaunted.

n

5. hero, heroine, paladin, valliant, gallant, good soldier, trouper, a man; strong man, tower or pillar of strength.

6. support, supporter, mainstay, maintainer, sustain-er, upholder, Inf. stand-by, Inf. old faithful or reliable; regular, loyalist, partisan, party man, party member, party faithful.