street fighter, tough - someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie - an aggressive and violent young criminal
bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo - a cruel and brutal fellow
tough - resistant to cutting or chewing
tough, toughened - physically toughened
Example:- the tough bottoms of his feet
tough - not given to gentleness or sentimentality
Example:- a tough character
ruffianly, tough - violent and lawless
Example:- the more ruffianly element
rugged, tough - very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
Example:- a rugged competitive examination
hard, tough - unfortunate or hard to bear
Example:- had hard luck
sturdy, tough - substantially made or constructed
Example:- sturdy steel shelves
baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough - making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Example:- a baffling problem
bad, tough - feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
Example:- my throat feels bad