stalwart

1. 1.

   having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

   “hardy explorers of northern Canada”

   “proud of her tall stalwart son”

   “stout seamen”

   “sturdy young athletes”

   Synonymshardystoutsturdy

   Similarrobust
2. 2.

   dependable

   “the stalwart citizens at Lexington”

   “a stalwart supporter of the UN”

   “stout hearts”

   Synonymsstout

   Similarresolute
3. 3.

   used especially of persons

   “a stalwart knight”

   “a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army”

   Synonymsstouthearted

   Similarbrave

1. 1.

   a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)

   Synonymsloyalist

   Broadersupporter

Other forms of stalwart

plural

stalwarts·

comparative

stalwarter·

superlative

stalwartest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stalwart

What does stalwart mean?

stalwart means "having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stalwart?

stalwart has 2 syllables: stal-wart. The stress falls on "stal". In IPA it is /ˈstɔlwɚt/.

What is another word for stalwart?

Close synonyms include hardy, stout, sturdy, stout, stouthearted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stalwart a common word?

stalwart is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.