Matter-of- fact and Tough-minded

Tough-minded and matter-of- fact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tough-minded" instead an adjective phrase "Matter-of- fact".

Tough-minded adjective - Facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination.

Matter-of- fact and tough-minded are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Matter-of- fact" with "Tough-minded", this phrases are similar.