thick-skinned

1. 1.

   insensitive to criticism

   Synonymstough-skinned

   Similarinsensitive

Questions about thick-skinned

What does thick-skinned mean?

thick-skinned means "insensitive to criticism".

How many syllables are in thick-skinned?

thick-skinned has 2 syllables and divides as thick--skinned under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for thick-skinned?

Close synonyms include tough-skinned. 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.