tough-skinned

1. 1.

   having a relatively tough outer covering

   Similartough
2. 2.

   insensitive to criticism

   Synonymsthick-skinned

   Similarinsensitive

Questions about tough-skinned

What does tough-skinned mean?

tough-skinned means "having a relatively tough outer covering". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tough-skinned?

tough-skinned has 2 syllables: tough--skinned. The stress falls on "tough-".

What is another word for tough-skinned?

Close synonyms include thick-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.

Is tough-skinned a common word?

tough-skinned is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.