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Spell Bee Word: Robust


What does robust mean?

Word: Robust

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Robust means strong and healthy, or strongly made and not likely to break.

Synonyms: sturdy, strong, tough, hardy

Antonyms: weak, fragile, frail

How do you spell robust?

Syllables: ro - bust

Tricky part: One b only: students who think of rubber or ribbon write robbust.

Watch out for: robbust, rubust

Memory tip: Strong things need no spare parts: robust stands firm on a single b.

Robust in a sentence

Example 1: These robust steel trunks can survive years of rough train travel.

Example 2: Grandpa is still robust enough to walk five kilometres every morning.

Example 3: Engineers need a robust design for bridges in earthquake zones.

Fun Fact

Robust comes from Latin robur, which meant strength and was also the name of a very hard kind of oak.

Practise the CREST Way

Sound Check

Which word does not rhyme with 'robust'?

a) entrust
b) adjust
c) burst
d) disgust

Show answer

c) burst. Burst has the vowel of bird, so it does not match the u of robust, disgust and adjust.

Spellacadabra

Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:

rob_st

a) u
b) e
c) o
d) a

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a) u. The second part sounds like bust and is spelt that way, with u.

Word Puzzle

Match each word with its opposite:

1. robust 2. cautious 3. visible a. reckless b. hidden c. feeble

a) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
b) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
c) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
d) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b

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d) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b. A cautious person is the opposite of a reckless one and something visible is not hidden; robust is the opposite of feeble.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is robust?

a) a paper boat
b) a soap bubble
c) a thin glass bangle
d) a solid wooden table

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d) a solid wooden table

2. A robust child is one who ___.

a) talks in a loud voice
b) can play outdoors for hours
c) reads books all day
d) is shy with new people

Show answer

b) can play outdoors for hours

Associated Words

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: sturdy, strong, tough, weak, fragile

More words from this list

transient, amplify, chide, discourteous, fissure, inadequate, maxim, paltry

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