STUBBORN Synonyms
6 hypernyms for stubborn. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for STUBBORN
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| obstinate | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield adjective satellite • stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing • resistant to guidance or discipline verb • persist stubbornly | ||||||
| adamant | adjective adj | |||||
noun • very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem adjective satellite • impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | ||||||
| headstrong | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition | ||||||
| unyielding | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly unyielding • resistant to physical force or pressure | ||||||
| determined | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation adjective satellite • characterized by great determination • devoting full strength and concentrated attention to • determined or decided upon as by an authority • strongly motivated to succeed | ||||||
| dogged | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly unyielding | ||||||
| fixed | verb, adverb, adjective v, adv, adj | |||||
adjective • securely placed or fastened or set adjective satellite • (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value • fixed and unmoving • incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices" | ||||||
| inflexible | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • incapable of change • not making concessions • resistant to being bent adjective satellite • incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances | ||||||
| mulish | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack | ||||||
| pigheaded | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • obstinate and stupid | ||||||
| relentless | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty • never-ceasing | ||||||
| resolute | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination adjective satellite • characterized by quickness and firmness | ||||||
| rigid | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure adjective satellite • incapable of or resistant to bending • incapable of compromise or flexibility • incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances • fixed and unmoving | ||||||
| tenacious | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • good at remembering adjective satellite • stubbornly unyielding • sticking together | ||||||
| contrary | adjective adj | |||||
noun • a relation of direct opposition • exact opposition • a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false adjective satellite • very opposed in nature or character or purpose • of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false • resistant to guidance or discipline • in an opposing direction | ||||||
| disobedient | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority adjective satellite • unwilling to submit to authority | ||||||
| enduring | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • lasting a long time • patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble | ||||||
| insubordinate | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • not submissive to authority adjective satellite • disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority | ||||||
| obdurate | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | ||||||
| persistent | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • retained; not shed adjective satellite • never-ceasing • continually recurring to the mind • stubbornly unyielding | ||||||